Ford unveiled its new 'Made for India' hatchback on Wednesday,23rd sept 2009.
Based on older Fiesta platform(newer being built on Mazda platform). The design seems to be a radical but not too much exciting & not sporty like the Swift. It seems to be a re-skinned Fusion from the window lines & rear C-pillar glass section,but under the skin its a Fiesta in a hatchback avtar.
But actually it looks good with new front(chin section like new Fiesta in Europe) & rear section especially the new tail-gate glass design is awesome.
While the huge flared wheel arches lends it a muscular look.
The interiors in the sketches looks good with its sharp curvy lines & slightly seems to be based on Fiesta's gone through the scalpel job. But it do comes with huge comfortable seats for all 5-passengers as evident from car's dimensions.
It will come with two engine options,1.4 l,68 bhp Duratorq diesel & 1.2 l, 75bhp Duratec petrol based on current group of Duratec Petrol engines in Fiesta,mated to 5-speed manual gearbox. The suspension will be the MacPherson struts in the front & Torsion beam type in the rear put together lending it a superb dynamics.
At last, pricing ! It'll be priced very competitively in lines with the Fiat Punto & Volkswagen Polo,i.e the base version will be priced very closed to the 4-lac mark.
(Images courtesy Overdrive Figo Gallery)
