Re: Ford's New Premium Hatchback Planned For India
I guess in the next update, Ford would be upgrading the present Figo twins with the Dragon series engines and new auto gearbox. Does not make much sense to continue producing both engines side by side. The 3 cylinder engine would also be costing lower to produce, and same would be the case for the GB, of DCT vs torque converter automatic.
I am sure they would be testing the Figo twins along side with these engines, and maybe launching it after the crossover, so that the Crossover has more to offer as compared to the Figo, and that would help the sales people to move a customer towards the crossover.
The next update is due and it will be 2018 November for Figo twins and 2018 July for Figo Cross
The Figo twins will get SYNC 3 and new MX65 Manual Gearbox instead of IB5, the MX65 is cost effective and is made by Getrag BIG COMPANY so it wont be bad at all
The new 1.2 Dragon is a derivative of 1.5 i3 Dragon developed by Ford Brazil, and new 1.2 Dragon is India specific engine and is made only in INDIA, this is a BIG move because this shows Ford is serious about India unlike GM, they are planning to do R&D and even make engine specifically for India
The Figo Cross will be a great product but sales wise they will never be in league of Elite i20,Baleno,Jazz
The new auto gearbox for Figo twins will most probably be AMTs
But for Figo Cross petrol its almost sure its same engine and AT gearbox as in Ecosport AT which is very unique and best trump card for Figo Cross in my opinion
Ford definitely wont be among top 5 sellers in India as thats almost like reserved for Japanese and Korean and some Indian brands, but it can easily be the best of the rest and thats no bad thing considering the other rivals that have competed and failed to better Ford.