Ford India launches the All New Freestyle at Rs 5,09,000/- Ex-Delhi
Ford India today launched the All New Freestyle, its latest compact Cross-over car, at a price tag of just Rs. 5,09,000/- ex-Delhi . The Ford Freestyle will compete with the likes of the Toyota Etios Cross, Hyundai Active i20, Polo GTI and other premium crossovers. The car was globally unveiled in January this year. The car also debuts the company’s brand new 1.2-litre petrol motor from the dragon family which produces a class leading 96 PS and 120 Nm. This is very impressive as the competing 1.2-litre units like the Maruti K-series and Honda i-vtec produces 83 PS and 89 PS respectively. It is based on the bigger 1.5-litre Dragon petrol that does duty on the 2018 Ford EcoSport face lift. The engine is mated to a brand new 5-speed manual gearbox.
The Ford Freestyle gets a rugged exterior and looks much more aggressive than the Ford Figo, the car that it is based upon. So you get a new blackened grilled with a new mesh design, smoked headlamps, black plastic garnishes and black cladding all around the car. It also gets new design 15-inch alloy wheels, carbon fibre finish ORVMs and roof rails too.
On the insides, you get the same instrument cluster but the most important addition is the fantastic touchscreen infotainment system from the new Ford EcoSport. The screen size is a bit small at 6.5-inches but you still get support for Android Auto and Apple Car Play. The car will also be available with the fantastic 1.5-litre Diesel engine with 100PS and 215 Nm.
The Ford Freestyle also gets a host of safety features like TCS, ABS with EBD, EPAS and Active Rollover Prevention (ARP), with 4 Airbags right from the Base Model. Freestyle is designed to perform safely in extreme situations, without compromising on the fun-to-drive elements. Combined with Electronic Stability Control, the ARP system will be able to automatically detect potential rollover situations by applying brakes to individual tyres and decrease engine torque. The Freestyle offers the Utility of a SUV at the price tag of a Hatchback, what else does one want. SImply put, Ford has hit all the right chords specially with the product pricing, have a look at the pricing option for various models of the Freestyle.
