The car has been our family car since a long long time and we have been using it for travels of both kinds may it be long or short distanced.
I personally have found it to be one of the very few rough and tough cars in the luxury section.
The ikon ford is one of those cars which you can drive for a long time but won't regret even a single mile of it because most of the drives that I had with this car have been nothing but comfortable. There are some weaknesses to it also where I think that the chassis could have been more sturdy and and the cabin of the car could have better noise reduction technology.
Long story short it is a rough peice of vehicular engineering that can take you places without any discomfort if maintained well enough to give it a long life.