Test Driven Ford Figo 1.2 Petrol & 1.4 TDCi Diesel

Here's my Test Drive experience with New Sea Grey coloured Ford Figo 1.4 TDCi TITANIUM Diesel & Moondust Silver 1.2 Duratec Petrol with Coral Dash,





LOOKS:
From the first look the Both the colours are equally attractive, Moondust Silver simply Shines up & on the other hand Sea Grey colour in the Ford Figo looks good & lends it the class with Black-like shine hues.
Rest, Chill & White shades also looks cool.

Design of the Car looks somewhat Fresh & New with Properly hiding the Old-Fiesta Underpinnings, but Overall looks seems to be Conservative & the best designed feature is the Front Kinetic design hued front bumper & Well-Executed & Integrated Bigger Boot in the Rest of the Bodyshell, unlike Honda Jazz.
Rear-section is also executed well with Smartly designed Rear Tail-gate Glass in design Syuncro with Tail-lamps.

Other Special bits includes the Chrome-lined front Grille, Black coloured Plastic Cladded B-Pillars(even on base LXi versions too), Chrome-Shrouded Side Indicators, Smart ORVMs, Wheel Covers & Lower-part Cladded Rear Bumper, etc.

INTERIORS:

After opening its Driver's door, the 1st attention seeking thing is the Coral shaded Dashboard, which i found somewhat actually Good-looking than Ordinary Grey or Black Shades.




The Seats are well Cushioned with Proper Contours & are also Comfortable to sit on too but the Sore miss is the Tilt Steering Wheel(even on Top-end variants), but it wasn't a Sore miss actually, as the Steering Wheel is placeed at Proper height for drivers of almost all heights, lending a good Ergonomic feel.

The Instrument Panel Dials/digits are well executed & Clear & legible to See & Read on the Move too, but looks even more better at Night with its Red-lights, but here the Crab was the Opposite-Placed Indicator & Wiper stalks.

Rest all the Gear-shifter, Door Trims, Centre Console, Tag-Ringed Silver lined A/C vents are Cool & Fine.
While the Coolest bit being the Electric Boot-lid release near the Instrument Console,


But the Best Part from the Whole Car lies inside & it's its Bluetooth Enabled CD/MP3/FM Player with AUX-in facility, it simply looks & Sounds Awesome(above the Great) even at the FM-mode(92.7 BIG-FM at time) with only its Factory Fitted Speakers, Truly eliminating the need of Expensive Speakers with Sub-Woofers, etc.


DRIVING IT:
After twisting the Key, the Diesel engined car swiftly settled into a Smooth & Quiet Idle but the most Worst thing is that the Minor Tapp on the Accelerator pedal, the Whole of the Cabin vibrates very much in a Shivering manner(or in simple words, The Engine Shakes the Whole Bodyshell in a Jerk manner if suddenly the Accelerator is pressed or Released or while Switching-Off the Engine, like the Jeep, may be due to Cost-Saving Engine Mounts there)

But Performance-wise, The Engine response was Good with Power Delivery in a proper Linear manner with Smooth & Strong Acceleration- Much Easier & Relaxed than 1.3l MjD/DDiS/Quadrajet Diesel.
Whereas what really Surprises is the Way its 1.2l Duratec Petrol engine sounds, Revs & Actually responds to the Driver Inputs. Though it's having only 71PS on paper, but what actually surprises is the Way it Drives, with almost Linear Power delivery & its Refined nature it's almost Effortless to drive in both City & Highways at speeds upto 130kmph.


Overall the Car is having very Sorted dynamics with Satisfactory performance, Good Ride & Body-Control, Infact while driving the Car felt much Compact than Actually it is, Surprisingly Good it is.

But during that Scorching Afternoon, its A/C performance felt just adequate or Slightly less than Satisfactory, but not Upto the mark(like Beat, Swift, etc).
Also not so good is the Amount of Vibrations creeping in the Cabin of its Diesel variant, indicating Cost-Cutting Insulation used, etc, really a notch behind the Swift/Ritz DDiS & quite reminding me of ZEN-D all the way.


MY VERDICT:


On Carefully driving & Watching the whole package, At a Price-tag of Rs. 3.5 lacs, 4.5 lacs & with FE of 15+kmpl & 20+kmpl for Petrol & Diesel respectively & with Long list of Attractive features like Airbags, ABS, etc. This Car feels an Attractive VFM Buy, even better than earlier Class leader Indica Vista. An Overall Tempting & Satisfactory Package, Proof being its Top10 sales figures since 1st month of its Launch.