My Cool Figo

Hi all, I am very new addition to Carwale. I would like to share my experience with My New Figo, for this reason only i joined in carwale. I have more than 13 years of experience in Engineering & Maintenance fields of various Auto OEMs and now i am working in Japaneese car maker. Based on my experience in various car production & quality systems, Car Tightening tools experience,Car fluid filling system experience and feedback from lot of my friends who are working in various auto OEMs in our country, finally I decided to go with Figo. I considered & test driven I20,swift,Polo and finally fell in love with Figo. Overall It is the best of the best in this segment and VFM car.

About the delear: I booked the vehicle on March last week 2013. Both MPL ford & Chennai ford sales reps nicely responded for my queries with more patience. Finally i selected Chennaiford for my Figo titanium diesel.They offered teflon coating,mud flaps,floor mat,boot mat. In addition to that, they given sport pedals, parking sensors,car cover,free registration all at free of cost. I got the vehicle at 6.94Lakhs on road.They even arranged finance @10.25% fixed rate.  I took the delivery on 5th April as promised by the delear. After my car delivery also, Chennaiford (Mr.Magesh & CRM Mr.Samuel) called me and asked about feedbacks and suggestions. I am extremly happy about the delear also.

Exterior Very impressive exterior. Facelift is more impressive than the older version. Particularly the Front look is very bold kinetic design and looks like Astonmartin's. I like the front grille. Side view, flared arches, and corner views also looks excellent.Rear view is good.Exterior gives the feel of a strong sedan. It's very good stability while driving on high speed and sharp cornering. Unknowingly i fell love with this car.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Very spacious vehicle largest space in the rear seat...Excellent boot space, not seen in any other smaller car. Best in the segment I feel. awesome interiors Bluetooth Feature is just tooooo Goood. With A Great Music Output. The Programmed key is sum thing different compared to other cars includes boot opener, Rapid Decleration Warning is one thing I have not seen in any other cars.Door trim with arm rest design is very convenient. Very good road view for drivers with driver seat height adjustment and daylight is excellent. Also i like the Instrument panel blue colour.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Good pickup, great mileage, gear box is very responsive.I took a long drive with my family from chennai to Ooty and i checked the mileage from chennai to mettupalayam (tank full to tank full technology)with the average driven speed between 100 to 120 close to 7 hours drive with 4 persons. only stopped for lunch in salem. It given a mileage of 19.9kmpl with full AC on condition. Then imagine, if i driven in the average of 60 to 80kmph, defienetly i will get more than 24kmpl.

From ooty to Mudumalai, there are two ways and the shortest road has 34 hairpin blind curves and also police allows local vehicles and drivers only to drive. so My guide driven the car. believe me, the road has dangerous curves to drive. During return, i had a doubt that, my car will take this challange of claiming the mountain or not. but surprisingly it took the challange and it took us in beautifull manner.

Ride Quality & Handling True to Ford style ride quality and handling are good, negotiating turns at high speed is not a problem. No vibrations & NVH levels are very very low in high speeds. Turning, parking,braking are very good.I landed in heaven when it comes to dirving experience.

Final Words No doubt best product in this segment, car is excellent. I would advised my Friends to go in for the Car. It is Really a value for money. No complaints. At this price and features this is the best beast on road. if compared to  POLO,     i20, etios, all the versions are at least 1.5 lakh costlier than figo. Ford has spent lot of money on safety features. comfort is also taken care of. even on rough roads the performance is good, till date have not scrapped the surface. 

Areas of improvement Only rear windows should down fully.No other improvements should be made as this car is one of the best.

Excellent AC, Best in class space, Good fuel economy,Best city & highway drive, etc..Rear windows not fully down