Wednesday 5 October 2011

Ford Fiesta is an answer to Honda City

Ford India has recently launched it most popular and much awaited global sedan car Ford Fiesta in Indian toady. The all new Ford Fiesta available in India price range of between Rs.8,23,500 to Rs.10,42,200 at ex-showroom Delhi. The company providing both the petrol and diesel versions of the car which are very fuel efficient and excellent performer. due its competitor price range and innovative features it has direct competition to Honda's popular sedan Honda City which is available price range of between 7.49 lakh to Rs.10.08 lakh. Honda City is available only petrol engine version.

Both the petrol and diesel engine versions of the new Ford Fiesta are available in four variants like Style, Trend, Titanium, Titanium Plus which having most advanced features and available in large exterior colour choice like Diamond White, Moon Dust Silver, Colorado Red, Panther Black, Sea Grey, Morello and Chill Metallic.

The new Ford Fiesta has same features and specifications as Honda City like ABS with EBD, Driver and Front passenger airbag as standard on all variants, energy absorbing bumpers and crumple zones, Door Reinforcements, Remote programmable key with entry greeting lamps, Child lock for rear doors, Engine immobilizer etc. Here an automatic transmission options is also available in top-end version same as Honda City.

The petrol version of the Ford Fiesta is powered by a 1.5L, Duratec Ti VCT that generates peak power of 110PS at 6045 rpm and max torque of 140Nm at 4500rpm. It provides average mileage of 17 kmpl. Meanwhile, Honda City comes loaded with a 1497 cc, 1.5L (SOHC) 4 cylinder, 16 valve i-VTEC engine that generating a massive power of 118 PS at 6600 rpm and top torque of 146 Nm at 4800 rpm. It give average mileage of 12 kmpl.

Honda City is available only petrol engine but Ford Fiesta has diesel engine too which comes loaded with a 1.5 TDCi Duratorq diesel engine that produces 91PS of power at 3750rpm and top torque of 204Nm at 2000-2750rpm and delivers decent mileage of 23.5 kmpl as per ARAI. It is expected that this diesel engine version of the car would push its sales mark in the Indian auto market which is more fuel efficient than Honda City.

Along with Honda City; the all new Ford Fiesta has direct competition another entry level popular sedan cars in India like Hyundai Verna, Honda City, Volkswagen Vento, Toyota Etios and Fiat Linea. Currently, Ford has opened the bookings for Fiesta and you may book your car at your nearest Ford dealership outlet. Here you may compare Ford Fiesta and Honda City.

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