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Car Magazine South Africa has played out a story on the Ford EcoSport mini SUV showcased at last month’s Beijing Auto Show. Ford South Africa will begin selling the EcoSport in the first half of 2013 with the 1-liter EcoBoost engine, shortly after it is launched in India.

Much like the Fiesta, Ford will offer plenty of goodies in this car such as the SYNC driver connect system, keyless entry, push button start and safety features that include ABS and ESP. Ford India exports the Figo to South Africa and is likely to extend the same strategy to the EcoSport.

Ford India President and Managing Director Mr Michael Boneham has spilled the beans on the market plans for the Ford EcoSport, unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show last week.

Ford showcased the EcoSport in Brazil a day before it was unveiled in Beijing. Built using Fiesta components, the EcoSport will be manufactured in India, Brazil and Thailand

See images of the Ford EcoSport from the Beijing Auto Show unveiling

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Not really! This video plays out some footage of the Ford EcoSport from its development program. You can see how engineers are verifying its water wading abilities and the how well the suspension system copes with forces and vibrations transmitted from broken roads. They have camouflaged the vehicle to ensure no prying eyes get to see the body work or the finer details. One test mule is camouflaged to its alloy wheels!

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The Ford EcoSport is production ready, may come out in India in the last quarter of 2012 with 1-liter petrol engine pumping out 120PS and a 1.5L diesel hijacked from under the Fiesta’s bonnet.

Ford Brasilia yesterday uploaded a new video on their Youtube channel that shows the EcoSport in all its glory. The production-spec Ford EcoSport greeted the Brazilian media at the Barra Lighthouse in Salvador two days ago.

The EcoSport is Ford’s global SUV with a 1-liter..blah blah blah! Enjoy the video

This is our fourth update on the Ford EcoSport in the last 24 hours where we’re going put down technical data and info on features shared by Ford India on their official website. The Ford EcoSport made its global premiere at the Beijing Motor Show today and was shown to the Brazilian media last night.

Ford EcoSport features and technical details

• 200mm ground clearance
• 550mm water wading capability
• Quietest cabin in its class (also applies to the Fiesta)
• SYNC technology that connects the mobile phone and the car. It reads out text messages, can browse audio tracks and makes phone calls

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Thanks to Auto.Sohu.com, we can show you all some live images of the Ford EcoSport mini SUV, heading later this year to India, from the Beijing Auto Show floor.

We laid out all the details focusing the engines, safety and convenience features and transitional changes of the car from concept to production in a blog post yesterday which also contains official images.

After revealing the interiors, Ford has uploaded a boat load of images of the production EcoSport model. The production model has two changes that we can instantly spot as compared to the Delhi Expo concept – it has a conventional headlight assembly and a spare wheel cover.

Ford is previewing the EcoSport today in Brazil and premieres it in China tomorrow at the Beijing Auto Show. Ford is using “Titanium” as the trim description for the top-end variant. They are sticking to the dark orange color (Mars Red) for communication.

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Do you know what day is today? Today is the day when Ford previews the EcoSport for select journalists at Barra Lighthouse in Salvador. Sure, you will say that we have seen the production model before doing its crash testing. But you haven’t seen the interiors; well at least till now!

Thanks to our friends at Autossegredos.com.br, IndianAutosBlog brings you the first exclusive pictures of the Ford EcoSport interiors. The mystery has been finally put to rest.

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