Fords made for India hatch

 

Exterior Clean no nonsense looks, which is acceptable to most people.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) No power windows for rear passenger.front seats are small compared to swift, ritz or even santro!

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is quite torquey, has a good low to mid range-so easy to drive around in town. when driven hard pick up is not great after a certain RPM. Engine mounting- there seems to be some difference in the way they have mounted tthe engine in fiesta and figo. noise and vibration especially during startup and stopping is high! harshness of the engine is very much audible inside the cabin.

The a/c works very well. but the fan is very noisy-not only inside, it is very annoying to hear high wining sound outside when the a/c i working.

 

Ride Quality & Handling Rides very well and excelent handling on most surfaces.suspension is noisy on bad stretches. lot of rattling noises inside the cabin. brakes well-had use of ABS in two instances-it got activated and the car stopped without skidding.

 

Final Words Having driven around 20000 km in one year-feels very good, stable and sturdy on high ways and winding ghat roads.

 

Areas of improvement Front mud flap gets broken hitting on big humps,- had to replace twice-a flexible one will be better. Especially when fully laden.When four full size adults are seated the back of the cars is too low. There are instances of under body scrapings when going in or out of high gradients with humps and fully laden. Ford should should take up this matter seriously and do some thing like stiffer spring settings or flexible mud flaps, It should also do some thing about the noise and vibration of diesel engine-at least make it as good as that of the fiesta!

 

looks,space,handling,fuel economynoisy engine,vibrations,plastics rattling,low ground clearance.