Ford Ecosport: Beautiful & Capable Compact SUV!

Exterior

 Looks are personal but for me looks are Great. Few options looks good from front but sad from rear and Few options looks sad from front but cool from Rear but Ecosport is Awesome!Because of looks, Ecosport is Crowd puller. Its not like that everyone is watching ES because its new launch, many other Vehicles launched but ES is attracting everyone because of its Looks. Front gives Big car feel and Rear is awesome. That spare wheel at back gives is too good (in my personal opinion) and for looks I will give 5 Stars to Ford India. 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Interior is similar to New Fiesta but looks better in ES. Gives big feel inside specially to driver. Ford engineers utilised space beautifully though size is compact. Sit on driving seat and its different from other Sedans & hatchbacks. Seats are comfortable and little space here and there for small things. Its 5 seater but 3rd is little bit tight specially if heavy built.They provided charging point for rear passenger too on right side but space where they placed is on left side too. I feel that space is slight waste as they could provide this point anywhere and utilised that space for seating comfort, 3rd comfortable I feel after calculating space. Ample leg space for front and rear passengers.

As far as features are concern, its loaded with all necessary features. ABS+ Airbags for safety, automatic climate control, Sync powered by microsoft is very handy, I connected my iphone 5 and you can download phonebook and use voice command for calling, you can play music from phone. Music system is decent and quality is good. No need to upgrade even speakers. 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 I bought Diesel one because of our usage which is on higher side. 1.5 litre Turbocharged engine is already available in New Fiesta which outputs 90PS and 204Nm torque. Engine is refine and gear shifting is smooth with short throws. Clutch is also very light specially if I compare it with the one in Duster. Turbo comes into picture around 1500 rpms and I tested my car upto 110 kmph only as its not good to drive it on high speed when engine is new. Mileage should be around 15 as I didnt checked yet. 330 kms done after 2nd tank full and this time I will check what I am getting.

 

Ride Quality & Handling

Ride & handling is perfect. EPS is very effective and after driving ES for 17 days I feel Fiesta & Spark (our other cars) are very heavy and very low . I can see road easily and light clutch and light steering makes city driving fun. Steering feel is different on highway journey, good feel not as good as Fiesta but definitely very good. Drove it on no roads for around 3 kms with mud, stones and big path holes and my ES tackles them easily. 

Final Words

Its a beautiful & capable compact SUV. I saw few are saying its tall hatch, I suggest them to drive it and see SUV feel. Its the best from Ford and 30,000 bookings in 17 days is showing how good it is! If you want a compact SUV with great looks and you can wait, just book it! Worth waiting!!!

Areas of improvement  

Well, I feel its very good compact SUV and there is very little things Ford can do. 3rd person at rear seat is tight but I dont think ford can do much. Even 3rd is tight in so many cars including Fortuner. You have to live with it. Its too early to say this thing is not good or that thing is not good as I have done around 1200 kms only. I will see and update! 

 

Looks & Interiors, Ride & handling and Features3rd person is slight tight