Ford Fiesta Facelift - New Luxury Sedan by Ford

Ford Fiesta Facelift Preview

The Ford Fiesta is the American automaker’s C-Segment fighter for quite some time now. What we now call the Ford Classic was the original Fiesta that came to India in 2004 and was a major success for the American automaker during its entire run. It introduced the completely new car in 2009 for the Indian market with much anticipation. However, despite having a well-built package, the car did not do well due to an error in the pricing policy. Ford is expected to introduce a facelifted version which it displayed at the 2014 Auto Expo.

Exterior - 

The 2014 Ford Fiesta gets a similar fascia to that of the Ford EcoSport which in turn is in line with the American automaker’s family face and one Ford global programme. Its most striking feature is the Kinetic design Aston Martin-Esque grille which is now a standard feature across all its models. The revisions to the fascia now includes sharper headlights that flow to the back of the hood, changed housing for the fog lamps and obviously a new bumper.

The side profile of the 2014 Ford Fiesta remains the same as before but now includes two revised designs for the wheels and consequently the wheel covers. It still retains its characteristic flared wheels arches, forward leaning stance as well as aerodynamic creases running along the side.

The rear profile now gets some minor modifications in the form of a revised number plate holder, a rear bumper which has now been fitted with a chrome strip to give a premium appeal and finally a modified tail lamp cluster.

Interior - 

The facelifted Fiesta remains the same as the outgoing model in terms of the interiors so this means fabric seats, leather- wrapped steering wheel reverse parking sensors, climate control (the last three being applicable for Trend and Titanium), airbags and ABS with EBD. However, what’s new on this model are the rain sensing wipers, push button start, ambient lighting and Ford’s patented SYNC technology which made its Indian debut with the EcoSport compact crossover.

Engines and gearbox and variants - 

The Ford Fiesta in its current avatar is offered with two engines and three gearb

ox options. The petrol is a 1.5-litre unit that produces 108bhp and 140Nm of torque while the diesel is also a 1.5-litre unit that produces 89bhp and 204Nm of torque. The petrol is offered with a five-speed manual gearbox or a six-speed dual clutch automatic while the oil burner is offered with a five-speed manual. However, the latest brochure from the American automaker reveals that it will only offer the 1.5-litre diesel engine for the Fiesta. It is likely that such a step has been taken due to poor demand for the petrol models. If Ford launches only the diesel engined variants then we expect that they will introduce a base Ambiente diesel variant along with Style and Titanium+ variants.

Price and competition - 

We expect that Ford will price the facelifted Fiesta in the range of Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh but may price it even lower if it is only going to produce diesel models for the domestic market. It competes with the Honda City, Renault Scala, Nissan Sunny, VW Vento and the Skoda Rapid in the C-Segment sedan category. In terms of price it also competes with the Renault Duster and Nissan Terrano.

Source - http://www.carwale.com/ford-cars/fiestafacelift/

Toyota Etios Cross – Toyota New Launch Very Soon

Toyota has launched a new car model Toyota Etios Cross for the Brazilian market, and planning to launch the same in indian market by this 2014 auto expo.

The Toyota Etios Cross

Exterior - 

The Toyota Etios Cross is a modified version of standard car and looks are like the Cross Polo, it gets a large plastic based body kit. The design of the car is some like the same as Etios Liva hatchback car. Rest changes of the standard car include the Etios Cross lettering on the side.

Engine – 

The India spec Etios Cross will get the 1.2-litre petrol unit that produces 79bhp and 104Nm of torque as well as the 1.4-litre diesel unit that does 67bhp and 170Nm of torque. Both engines have been mated to a five-speed manual. There is a possibility of a TRD Sportivo unit that will get the 1.5-petrol engine and the same 1.4-litre diesel unit.

Price- 

The Toyota Etios Cross is in the competition on Volkswagen cross polo, ford eco sports, renault duster and Nissan terrano and also expected to get competition from Mahindra S-101 which will be launched of the dame anytime this year. The price of that model is expected to be 20,000 or 30,000 more than the standard car. Expected launch date of the car is in this May 2014 and the price should be about 5 - 7.70 lakhs.

Market Trends on New Cars in India

Automobile market in India going to be develops in coming next few years more. Many MNC’s are coming in automobile industry to resolve customer’s issues with advance technologies. Already India having so many companies in automobile industry launching so many products with latest technologies like: Maruti, Suzuki, Tata, Hyundai, Toyota, Nishan, Mahindra, chervlate, scoda etc. as per current market statics Maruti and Hyundai is the top brand in Indian automobile industry.

Maruti is working in four wheeler industries with the help of Suzuki, having so many top selling cars in market right now. Like: Maruti Alto, Maruti Alto 800, SX4, Swift, Ertiga, Astar, Ritz, WagonR etc. Maruti have record on their name on Maruti 800 selling as most selling car in a financial year and booking in a particular year. Current Maruti Suzuki one model have got an award as most fuel saving car of the year in 2013 and the model name is Maruti Alto 800. Maruti other models are also running very well in market and peoples like them most, because Maruti Suzuki is the only automobile company which having maximum service center in India and this is the only reason maruti is the most reliable brand in Indian market.

Hyundai is also capturing Indian market and customer’s behavior very fast, Hyundai is the second best car selling brand in Indian market, and they having so many car models in market which are running very well. Model name are Hyundai Santro, i10, i20, i10 grand, fluidic verna, eon etc. specially Hyundai eon made for middle class society with best price and features.  Hyundai is growing very speedily in Indian market and gaining faith of Indian customers.