Buying experience: Bought from PPS ford , bangalore . Service experience is excellent. Other ford centres in bangalore OK Ok type , but this one is better among ford showrooms in bangalore. I definitely recommend this .
Riding experience: This is the best among all the compact sedans considering the Price, Safety, Performance, Mileage, Power , Features, Comfort, Space , Built quality ( for the price), Service .
Ameo is costly in price and in service.
dzire is lost on safety , power . built quality.
xcent, tatas, etc is ok ok type .
In City , this has excellent driverability and almost like petrol sedan ( can compare with honda city).
In highways, this , i will rate as excellent package interms of steering feel, driving dynamics, performace , mileage.
-> steering will get speed sensitive weighing , at 120 or 140 , it will feel like hydraulic steering ( can compare with older fords or Fiat lineas )
Ease of driving, drivieability, pickup, comfort .
Mileage ( in city in bangalore , around 13/14 with 15kmph avg speed and 15/16 with 20kmph ).
mileage in highway ( 23kmpl at average speed of 64kmph with speed between 80 to 100 , and 20kmpl if speed increases 110 to 140,150kmph .
overall, decent mileage.
Details about looks, performance etc: looks are okay , could be better interms of modern style elements like projectors, DRLs,
performance is outstanding for compact sedans . ( power Vs performance Vs mileage ) .
Servicing and maintenance: ford service is improving and they are doing much better job now .
Pros and Cons: pros as above
cons : head light is good , but can be better at highways.
chassis built could be better ( but again this is trade off).
front seat could be made like bucket seats to give better side support.
Modern style elements like DRLs, Projectors are missing.