Posts Tagged ‘ford splash’

Spied – Ford’s small car gets snapped in pre-launch disguise

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Our friends at TAI sent this in – If you don’t know what it is, look closely at the wheel cap. You won’t mistake it for anything else but a Ford.

Ford’s new small car (Splash?) gets ready to be shown to all of us tomorrow morning. Going by rumors, the new small car is based on a older Fiesta platform. Those who have seen the car say the body is adopted from the Fusion and the face is that of the Fiesta.

Frankly, I don’t know what to expect. A variant at an ex-showroom price of 2.5 lakh rupees is also floating around, which will have just A.C and no power steering or other comforts.

We will be coming to you with photos and information from the launch, so tune in to IAB tomorrow.

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Entry posted on September 22nd, 2009 and filed under Ford

Ford’s small car to be unveiled this month; Sales begin March 2010

New Ford small carFord India’s small car, according to Autocar India, will be unveiled this month in India. Codenamed B517, it will be strapped with both petrol and diesel engines, the later could be the 1.4-liter Duratorq engine used on the Ikon and Fiesta, contradicting the 1.5-liter plans.

The new model will go on sale in March next year competing against cars like the Polo, Micra and new Chevy Spark.

Autocar also says the car will be displayed to the media by the president and CEO of Ford Motor Company, Alan Mulally, who will fly down to India for this event. As we reported earlier, the new small car will come with a 1.2-litre petrol engine apart from the all-important 1.4-litre diesel engine. The car is based on a phased out Fiesta platform (details yet to be confirmed).

Sources add the event is scheduled next week.

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Entry posted on September 16th, 2009 and filed under Ford

Ford’s new small car to come with 1.2 petrol, 1.5 diesel

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Contradictory to earlier reports of a 1.4-liter 68hp diesel engine, new reports claim Ford’s small car will employ a 1.5-liter diesel engine apart from the 1.2-liter petrol. Another report claims the company casually hinted it will in fact be named Splash in India.

Ford has increased the number of suppliers to 180 from 150, and will source the some components from multiple vendors. Critical components will however be sourced from one vendor.

Ford is also negotiating steel rates with Tata Steel. Earlier it imported cut steel from its Thailand plant.

Ford’s new small car will have high paint quality. It will benefit from the three wet high solid process that Ford is installing for the first time in its plants.

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Entry posted on September 4th, 2009 and filed under Ford

Spied again – Ford’s small car

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This is a muddy pic and you have to understand that the boot on this car is fake.

Sent in by our reader Naeem Khan, who said it was caught on the highway near the plant, Ford’s new small car will be made public at the Frankfurt Show in September.

The vehicle will come in petrol and diesel variants, the former is a 1.2-liter engine while the latter is a 1.4-liter 68hp engine.

Facts about Ford’s new small car

- Codenamed B517, it is stationed on a phased out Ford Fiesta platform which saved Ford development cost and time. Ford worked for the past 19 months, and test mules have been spotted in Europe, India and Australia.

- Over 300 prototypes have been sent around the world.

- The car will be manufactured in India and will take on the Swift, i20, Indica Vista. There will also be a variant that will take on the Spark and Alto.

- Ford’s new small car will compete against Peugeot 206 and Renault Clio on the European playing field.

- The entry-level car should cost around $7,500 in India.

- The base model will do with A.C and power steering.

- It will share minor components with the Fiesta like door handles and A.C vent.

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Entry posted on August 10th, 2009 and filed under Ford, Spy pictures

Rendering – Ford’s new small car

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Autobild India carried a photoshop mock-up last month of the upcoming new small car from Ford for India and similar markets. The new small car as we reported earlier, will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show this September with a 1.2-liter petrol and 1.4-liter diesel engine.

The new small car from Ford could be named Splash in India. It is certain that the company has used an older generation Ford Fiesta platform to base this car which will begin at around 3 lakh rupees. The new small car shares components with the existing Fiesta, like the A.C vents, door handles among other small items.

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Entry posted on August 3rd, 2009 and filed under Ford, Renderings

Ford small car debuts at Frankfurt; uses 1.2 petrol, 1.4 diesel

Ford small car debuts at Frankfurt; uses 1.2 petrol, 1.4 diesel

Going through Ford’s history, nothing like what they are going to do has been done before. The American auto maker plans to launch an assualt in the sub-compact hatchback segment of developing markets, not by creating something from scratch, but by using a phased-out base.

Ford’s new small car, developed in 19 months, is codenamed B 517 and the automaker’s first ever hatchback in India. Not only will it be manufactured and sold here, it will be shipped to Europe, South Africa and Australia. Its highlight – usage of a phased out Ford Fiesta platform.

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Entry posted on July 30th, 2009 and filed under Ford

Is Ford getting unnecessarily excited about its small car?

Is Ford getting unnecessarily excited about its small car?

If you ask me, Ford’s getting too excited about prospects of its small car in India. I know, it is a Monday morning and people reading my blog need to leave with a lot of positive energy (which is always the idea). But on this Monday morning, I’d like you all to leave with a question to answer.

Ford’s been in India for more than ten years now. It sold the Escort and then the Ikon, which to the Indian janta, were luxury sedans in its time. I remember there was very little competition for these cars, and Ford’s got their image carved back then as not an ordinary man’s car.

The Daewoo Cielo was a car on a similar lines, and the company’s second car was a mass market car, which we call as the Spark today. Another company which debuted subsequently was Hyundai who started off with the Santro.

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Entry posted on July 27th, 2009 and filed under Ford

Rendering – Ford small car for India, Brazil, Australia, Europe + details

After going through spy shots (1, 2) of Ford’s new small car, our photoshop specialist SRK, has come up with his adaptation, which should be very close to the real thing.

Ford’s new small car has been spied several times now, both in India and abroad. We hear that Ford is testing mules with a dummy boot, to keep the bhp paparazzi confused.

It may perhaps be called the Splash locally, with interior space of the Tata Indica but cost just as much as a Hyundai Santro. It is also learnt that the new car would be based on a previous platform belonging to the Ford Fiesta to cut development cost and time. The tires of the new small car will be small (following the footsteps of the new Ikon in our fleet) to achieve more in the fuel economy department.

Mimicking the entry-level Ikon, the ground clearance is high, as it should be, a Duratorq motor would discover a home under the car’s bonnet. Initially, a 1.2-liter petrol unit would debut to keep a check on the price tag.

A base version with just A.C and power steering would assist meeting the cost target while higher variants with power windows and other gizmos would also be on offer.

This car could make it to the 2010 Delhi Auto Expo.

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Entry posted on July 20th, 2009 and filed under Ford, Renderings

They Got it! Crystal clear spyshots of Ford’s new small car

They Got it! Crystal clear spyshots of Ford’s new small car

Our friend Paul Maric over at Car Advice Australia, sent us a message this morning. What they have caught on camera will raise a few Indian eyebrows too.

It’s the Ford small car we’ve been tracking all year long.

The spyshots were picked up in Australia, the car will be introduced as a Mazda for domestic consumption. The long wheelbase, C-Pillar angle and rear quarter glass shape puts it closer in design to the Ford Fusion.

Ford’s new small car isn’t exactly small.

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Entry posted on July 3rd, 2009 and filed under Ford, Spy pictures

Rendering – Possible face of the new Ford small car

Rendering – Possible face of the new Ford small car

Ford will begin production of its new small car at its Chennai plant next year, the car will be made in both sedan and hatch formats.

Ford’s new small car will be inspired by the new generation Ford Fiesta, which will also enter India in the future. The hatchback will measure less than four meters in overall length to avail the small car cost advantages.

Thoroughly designed and developed for Indian conditions, it might be exported to nations like Brazil in the future.

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Entry posted on July 1st, 2009 and filed under Ford, Renderings

Spied – Ford’s Verve-based low-cost car for India, Europe, Brazil

Ford’s new car will come in both petrol/diesel and hatchback/sedan variants. It will be Ford’s entry level car in India and will be manufactured at the company’s facility in Chennai where vehicles like the hugely successful Fiesta and Ikon are currently manufactured.

Ford’s Indian small car as you can refer from the snaps, borrow styling cues from the Verve concept.

Ford India confirmed earlier that their new small car will have high localization content (75% or more) to control costs. A sub 1.2-liter petrol and sub 1.5-liter diesel engine will be the sole power units initially; more powerful engines and automatic transmissions might be added to the lineup after the launch.

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Entry posted on June 1st, 2009 and filed under Ford, Spy pictures
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