If your dad is looking out for hatchbacks today, well he has many options...
If you and I who aren't dads yet are looking out for a hatchback...
...well our options...
Our options are running out!
Because the Hyundais are set up too soft, Marutis have gamified steering and the turbocharged Abarth Punto...
is dead!
Well four seconds of silence for that, please...
However, there still seems to be a car that fits the bill for all of those who love driving!
Well, let's just say it out, simply ladies and gentlemen the Ford Figo!
Four seconds of celebration for this car, please!
Now though you love driving I'll tell you why you didn't buy the old Figo, if you didn't buy the old Figo that is...
Because it looked a bit plain jane and the interiors were from the 1990s...
However, this is 2019 where things get a little more exciting...
...because the Ford Figo here now aspires to be an aspire!
You can tell that by looking at the chrome grille and chrome highlights on the bumper...
...but that's not this variant, that's the other variant for your dad...
This variant is for you and I, and seems to be a throwback to the Ford Figo S.
So it gets an all black grille.
Blacked out wing mirrors, and 15 inches- not 14 inches- of blacked out alloy wheels.
Nice-looking, well contoured black roof.
No changes to the suspension, but then you do get some blue decals....
...and some blue highlights on the outside as well as inside.
The basic layout of the dash hasn't changed much...
...although your dad will appreciate this new seven-inch touchscreen infotainment system...
...that comes with built-in navigation.
What your dad won't however know is that...
...it doesn't get Ford's latest sync 3 system that comes with Android auto and Apple carplay.
But if it that doesn't listen to a lot of music...
...then he's not going to bother a lot about the absence of Apple-Android-auto-carplay!
I listen to a lot of music and I yet don't bother about the absence of Apple-Android-auto-carplay...
But what he will like is the fact that the new Ford Figo comes with automatic headlamps, rain sensing wipers...
...and a very nice-looking leather wrapped steering wheel.
Your dad will also like the Five-year warranty plan...
...and Ford's tall claims that this will be cheaper to maintain than even a Maruti!
123 PS that you get from the 1.5 liter *three* cylinder petrol engine...
...is what makes the Ford Figo the most powerful hatch available on sale in India.
However, This one that I'm driving is the 1.2 liter 3-cylinder dragon series petrol engine...
...that was earlier seen on the Freestyle and that really makes the Ford Figo an Enthusiast delight.
This linear power delivery all the way up to 6,000 rpm but it is then that you hit a wall...
...because finally this petrol engine just dishes out 120 Newton meters of torque.
If torque is what you're looking for then Ford continues to offer the 1.5 liter diesel engine...
...with 215 Newton meters of torque.
Now the refinement levels on the 1.5 liter diesel engine which was a car that I was driving yesterday...
...have been improved and what's really improved is what needed improvement which is...
...when you have come to a halt and do we wanna start off take the car up in second gear it is now possible...
Also, the clutch action is nice and light in the new diesel.
When it comes to handling, thank God, that the Ford Figo still retains its good handling character...
Today, you can place it exactly there where you want to in a set of twisties...
...all thanks to the communicative steering, communicative in this day and age that is.
What I really like, is the fact that the new Ford Figo feels more planted at high speed than most of its rivals
...and there is a sense of solidity to the ride even when going through potholes
Now, good driving dynamics, driving fun, and safety for you Dad and your entire family...
...is what Ford wants to assure you and that you do get because, well you do get dual standard airbags....
...this is the blue variant. So in this you get six airbags...
...ABS, EBD is also standard in the 1.5 liter Ford Figo.
You happen to get ESP fraction controls and even kill Start Assist.
As mass market cars become less and less involving to drive...
...and as the environment becomes more and more arid...
...for fast hatches, the Ford Figo is torch bearer of a bygone era!
The updates made to the new Ford Figo make it an easier car to live with.
It's now more 2019 with everything automatic, a touchscreen...
...making it your dad's favorite perhaps and....
...shall remain your favorite because it still offers something for the driving enthusiast.
Something that the Bellinos in the i-20s never did and never could!
So ladies and gentlemen, in short give a round of applause...
To the granddaddy of them hatchbacks- Ford Figo!
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