Comments on: Ford Figo revealed by CEO to target Indian, export sales

By: fingo

fingo — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:51:16 +0000

I need fingo tel me what is price of this car

By: mithun

mithun — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:15:55 +0000

I Am the proud owner of a healing green maruti astar zxi.i dont know wat to tel abt its handling simply superb and many times i tackled corners above speed of 80 km/hr.its performance is awesome with .its steering and brakes are awesome.anyway dis is all my personal opinion about the car.anyway drive safely

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:39:06 +0000

Yeah, ALL Indians are crooks and ALL people from other nationalities are honest. Right?

By: t

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:56:56 +0000

indians will buy it, and decide they dont want it and return it the next day anyway.

thats what they do where i work.

i wonder if they will return the car with bits missing too?

By: t

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:53:52 +0000

current bimmers look like they have been stepped on and squashed by a giant.

hideous.

but even in the late 90s and early 2000s theri designs were boxy and dated.

over rated, over priced!

By: Naughtyius Maximus

Naughtyius Maximus — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:58:54 +0000

Agreed, when one lines up photo of 2008 Fiesta to this new car only minor difference in character lines on bottom of doors and wheel arches and bonnet/front bumper/front lights. Result is only a minor tweak with one front fits all look at front end.

Ford Australia need to take notice that this is reason Ford not selling well as cars not released here that could be sourced from places like Chennai that would succeed well here! Lift the bar and get quick with it Ford Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Clueless

Clueless — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:25:40 +0000

The Fiesta Econetic goes on sale in November in Australia. It will use 3.7 l/100km and be the MOST FUEL EFFICIENT CAR on the Australian market. You are a worthless moron.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:07:28 +0000

BTW, the current Ford Aus President Marin Burela, an Aussie, was before arriving in Australia, the man behind the Fiesta in Europe and he knows all about Euro Fords.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:03:21 +0000

Hey Filippo, just a few points to consider:
* The AU’s styling was based on the then successful US Taurus/Sable and was pushed by the Yanks against the wishes of Ford Australia
* When the HC Mondeo was last available in 2000/2001 a 2.0lt auto LX sedan was approx.$35000 o/road compared to approx. $32500 o/road for a 4.0 lt AUII Forte sedan and neither were particularly attractive cars. Remeber the Holden Vectra? Not a bad car but made no sense alongside the Commodore when petrol was 80c p/litre.
* Ford hope that Australians will buy a 4cyl Falcon. A lot of Australians buy the 4cyl Aurion(Camry)and lets not forget that the Mondeo TDCI is similar in size and probably weight and torque to the ECOboost Falcon 4cyl, so who knows?
* The Territory Diesel will still be the first diesel engined Australian car. Cost is obviously a major factor in designing/building cars in Australia and that being the case how much more would a potential Territory buyer pay for a diesel do you think? $5000,$10,000 maybe $12,000. Toyota charge a premium of $10,000 more for a diesel Landcruiser tha a petrol one and both models are fully imported and Toyota have been making diesels for a very long time, so maybe the delays are cost related rather than anything else.
* The Mondeo TDCI was what you would call ” a toe in the water” to test the potential market.No problem getting one now.
* The Fiesta TDCI may well be late but it will still beat the diesel Mazda2, Yaris,Swift,Barina,Getz etc. to the Aussie market.

BTW,

By: Phil C.

Phil C. — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:00:41 +0000

Ford Aus re-engineered the previous model. With the emphasis on engineer. That model was very nearly best in class for dynamics and build. Okay, the styling is only an update too with some modern touches. So, what? The car is designed to be tough, durable, cheap to run and able to cope with terrible conditions. It’s also a step up from many offerings in that market.

This will sell by the factory load and make Ford Aus some good coin. Well done!

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