18/01/2013
The Ford EcoSport is easily the most anticipated launch of the year 2013, which is why we saved it for last. So far, it seems the Renault Duster has little to no competition in the Indian market and is currently thriving on high sales numbers. The Ford EcoSport is expected to give the Duster a run for its money. Interestingly, the Ford EcoSport launch has been confirmed for March end, 2013 in Nepal, which means that Indian is all set to get the EcoSport at around the same time. However, reports indicate that only the petrol version of the EcoSport will be launched first with the diesel engine to follow. The EcoSport that is destined for Nepal and India as well, will house the famed 1.0-litre 3-cylinder EcoBoost petrol engine that cranks out roughly 118bhp along with 170Nm of peak torque. As far as mileage goes, we have no concrete details as yet, but the expected Ford EcoSport petrol mileage is in the proximity of 20kmpl.