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Ford Ecosport Facelift: All you need to know

Ford Ecosport is one of the pioneers in the sub 4 meter compact SUV market in India. With decent performance and phenomenal mileage, the Ecosport really lived up to its name and set the sales chart on fire. the 1.0 litre turbo charged 3 cylinder engine produced 123 bhp and 170 nm of torque which is quite a big figure for a 3 cylinder 1000cc engine. However, the reign of Ford Ecosport had to come to an end with the arrival of maruthi suzuki vitara brezza. brezza stole the sales from ecosport because of the fact that, in India, maruthi just sells!!. In order to regain thier lost position, Ford is stepping up their game with the all new upcoming Ecosport Facelift. Here is a sneak peek into the upcoming Ecosport.

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The only factor that backed some people from buying the ecosport was the design. An SUV is supposed to look mean and aggressive which didn't make any sense with the old ecosport. Ford has finally managed to add that missing element to the Ecosport. the new Ecosport gets larger Front grille similar to its siblings like ford figo. the headlamps are also reworked to produce the much needed mean and aggressive look.

Engine 


















Even though the current 1.0 litre turbocharged boosterjet engine is a huge success, Ford has announced that the new Ecosport will boast of completely new series of engine named as the Dragon engines. From just the name of it, one can realize that ford is in some serious business. The dragon engine is a 1.5 litre 3 pot naturally aspirated powerplant. It is fair enough to say that the dragon naming could be due to the migration to natural aspiration from turbo charging. It is supposed to produced 123 bhp and 150 nm of torque. There are number of technical advancements for the new dragon series engine like:
  • oil immersed timing belt for reduced noise, wear and tear and multiplies the life
  • The variable displacement oil pump which would pump oil only according to the engine load, saving a lot of power from the engine.
  • An F type balancer shaft for vibration reduction and engine refinement.
  • Each cylinder gets its own ignition coil for maximum spark strength and better ignition timing.

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