Following its preview in Ford showrooms since the beginning of the month, Sime Darby Auto Connexion has finally given the Ford EcoSport its official debut in the country – the compact five-seater SUV was introduced moments ago at a launch event in Symphony Suite, KLCC.
The Thai-assembled EcoSport – which made its ASEAN premiere at last year’s Bangkok Motor Show and which was showcased at KLIMS13 last November – arrives in two trim levels, these being Trend and Titanium. Both are powered by a 1.5 litre Ti-VCT normally-aspirated mill offering 110 PS at 6,300 rpm and 142 Nm at 4,400 rpm.
The unit is paired with a six-speed Powershift dual-clutch transmission, the Getrag 6DCT250, the same powertrain and drivetrain configuration as found in the B299 Ford Fiesta facelift. A 1.0 litre EcoBoost variant is expected to join the lineup at a later stage, when the Powershift option becomes available (the 1.0 litre currently only ships with a manual transmission, where it is sold in Australia).
Dimensions-wise, the EcoSport measures in at 4,273 mm long, 1,765 mm wide and 1,675 mm tall (+291 mm, +43 mm and +186 mm respectively compared to the Fiesta), with a wheelbase that’s 2,519 mm long (+30 mm over the Fiesta). Other numbers include a 200 mm ground clearance, 362 litres of boot space (705 litres with rear seats folded) and a 52 litre fuel tank (nine more than the Fiesta, which has a 43 litre capacity tank).
We’ve highlighted the full specifications in our preview post, and the brochure is on hand here again, but here’s a general spin on things if you’re not inclined to peruse it.
The Trend is the baseline variant, and is equipped with black fabric seats, manual air-conditioning, keyed ignition, front and rear fog lamps, a six-speaker Ford Sync infotainment system, steering wheel audio controls, tilt and telescopic steering adjustment and 16-inch alloy wheels with 205/60R16 tyres.
The Titanium, meanwhile, goes the leather route for the seats, steering wheel and gear lever, and the driver’s seat gets adjustable lumbar, with a centre armrest added on. The variant also gets a single-zone automatic climate control system as well as auto lights/wipers and a powered tilt/slide sunroof.
Other additions include keyless entry and push-start ignition, and there’s also an additional 12V power socket at the side of the rear seat. The Titanium also rides on 16-inchers and the same tyre size, but the wheel is of a different design.
Exterior-wise, there are some slight cosmetic differences, this being that the Titanium’s front grille is black with chrome accents (Trend’s is painted silver) and its roof rails are finished in silver (black on the Trend).
Common safety equipment to both is electronic stability control, traction control, ABS with EBD, hill launch assist, emergency brake assist, rear seat Isofix mounts and dual airbags for the Trend – the Titanium features a Safety Pack, which brings the airbag count to seven (front, side and curatin as well as driver’s knee airbag)
Five exterior colours are available for the EcoSport, and unique to the Trend is Candy Red, while variant specific shades for the Titanium are Mars Red and Winning Blue. The last two colours, Midnight Sky and Frozen White, are available for both trim level variants.
Finally, pricing – the Ford EcoSport Trend is priced at RM92,888 while the EcoSport Titanium goes for RM103,888, both on-the-road with insurance. The EcoSport comes with a five-year/200,000 km warranty and three-year/60,000 km Extended Service Plan (ESP) free maintenance programme.
We’ve driven the Ford EcoSport – read our Thai test drive report of the SUV.
1.5L EcoSport Titanium
1.5L EcoSport Trend
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can buy 2 Great Wall M4.
Yes. 2M4 better than this.
both FWD.
This Ford has got Dry Dual Clutch Gearbox.
As Scary as DSG.
Problematic Gearbox macam VW.
Good car, bad spec.
Good market launching, good pretty girls model.
Bad price marketing, over priced.
Just forgot about Ford existing in Msia:
– 3 months+ plus waiting for part purchased (shipping via sea ~3months, by air ~1wk) even a small hand carry part
– poor management included top management
– no improvement driven internal SD@Ford
– ignore customer complaints (full use from the weaknesses of msia rules & regulations that not clear indicate to full protect end consumers)
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Nice one! Well done Ford.
As long as it is not Kimchi, it will have RV.
As long as it is not Proton, it will have build quality.
As long as it’s same lorrr’s comment, dun bother to read
I dun understand how can you relate Ford and Vw? come on.. you are giving a bad example. my Vws is free from Problematic Gearbox.
I am taking the one in Blue
The car or the girl
Yeah, right. But the car don’t come with the girls. Buy blue colored car, get the girl in blue dress. Black one get the black dress girl…
True, or wait for Haval H6. Sime Darby pricing is always ridiculous.
Bye Bye Toyota Rush!!!!
Should be “bye bye” to SD Ford Eco Sport:
–>The day Eco was born also the day it died.
The whole Msia market is driving car price reduction programme.
A segment: ~ 20k – 45k
B segment: ~ 40k – 70k
C segment: ~ 65k – 95k
D segment: ~ 90k – 120k
Luxury segment: from 90k onwards
Should be “bye bye” to SD Ford Eco Sport:
–>The day Eco was born also the day it died.
No need to mentioned Rush as it already died long time ago.
The whole Msia market is driving car price reduction programme.
A segment: ~ 20k – 45k
B segment: ~ 40k – 70k
C segment: ~ 65k – 95k
D segment: ~ 90k – 120k
Luxury segment: from 90k onwards
OMG…the car is not matching all these beauties…
How much ? For the girls
I come in for the chicks
Can’t help to realise you can get a Focus S+ for 15k more with more safety and more power and space.
The entire automotive industry is running price reduction programme, BUT seems SD direction is only aligned with tun to increase car price wirh same standard and quality.
I fell shamed if I was the man running SD Ford.
not the best looking thing isnt it
Those show girl……cant make me cum to the show room and test ride!
Just noticed been loaded m9re car show girls from initial only 3gals, u might need to verify again …
dear Honda & Nissan,
they launched Ford EcoSport and Toyota currently have Rush and Peugeot 2008 as well
so when will launch the Vezel and Juke?!
Nissan did bring Juke here as fully CBU car from Japan in 2011 alongside with 370Z and Elgrand, which cave had you been?
What kok u talking about? Nissan already have the X-Gear. It’s in the same level with this EcoSport. Compact SUV category.
TCM did bring CBU Juke back in 2010-11 along side with Elgrand and 370z.
I guess you’re living in Bikini Bottom??
As a Reference:
City Driving = 8.6L/100km = 11.6km/L
(1.5 Ti-VCT Manual Version)
furthemore, think twice for a Dry DCT Transmission.
Actuall SDA can bring the 1.0 Ecoboost mated with conventional manual transmission EcoSport for market testing. I remember some of the people had prejudice on 1L Ecoboost mill after test driving the 1.0 Ecoboost Ford Fiesta.
Back to the my point, with manual transmission variant of the Ecoboost-powered EcoSport, some potential buyers may consider it (even though the sales figure is not encouraging) and this will be an additional sales to SDA but like most of the car distributors in this country, not feasible and low demand are the excuses not to bring it in.
hey SDAC, bring in the 1.0M Ecoboost laa….haven’t u had enough complaints with the DCT?
Yawnn..1.5.. 110PS.. same old gear (fiesta).. 100K..
Expensive spare parts? …
Yawnn again.. tito dulu lah..
Pass..
Good camera.. nice photos. . Thx for that.. now2.. try get some wet dreams. .
Again!!!?? No manual? What is Sime Darby waiting for?? Not going to buy this due to no manual. Eco boost with manual is perfectly fine!
Indeed Ecoboost mated with conventional manual transmission is an alternate options for those people who are scared of the DCT issue (especially dry clutch DCT). Remember, for Ford, smaller vehicles with Powershift (DCT) as replacement for conventional automatic transmission but not conventional manual transmission due to some advantages of manual transmission that Powershift does not have.
However, like I always emphasizes, local car distributors do not give a crap for minority people who prefer the old-school and reliable manual transmission equipped vehicles and forced people to accept sole transmission equipment with those crappy and selfish reasons.
Both are hot,the car and the girls..phewww
Wah! EcoSport… where’s the sport when it’s underpowered?
Rename it to EcoSpoilSport.
Ugly car now has a price… Yawwwwwwn…
based on the link above, i checked the price of a new ford ecosport in south africa and its only 60k. rofl malaysian prices.
Sime Darby, do you realise, the price range you set, got a lot of better alternatives already available?
Power = 110ps is not really impressive, even with EcoBoost. 140nm torque? All for 93-104k? Too overpriced.
Transmission = Look, i know DCT are the future for fuel efficiency, but it is not that reliable as per now. Why not put MT as optional? With such underpowered engine, MT will at least let driver control the power output, allowing greater driver’s pleasure.
Interior = Personally speaking, i expected more premium rather than “funky” design. Not liking it this time. (purely own taste)
Brake = You gotta kidding me right? HAVAL M4 every wheel also DISC BRAKE, yet you wanna imitate HONDA? 2 Drum brake at the rear?
SUV already got so much body roll and tall gravity center, making it harder to brake than other car type already and you wanna compromise on brake? Shame on you.
Okay i give you one of them: For a price of RM93k – 104k, i could easily wait for Haval H6, which has way more power from its turbocharged engine, reliable automatic transmission, and a much larger interior, brake, and boot space! At a price of RM88k-92k!
Not worth the money at all to buy this SUV at such ridiculous price.
a new review by carbuyer on youtube for this ecosport
verdict:
crap on fuel economy
crap on comfort
crap on driving dynamic
crap on interior quality
crap on build quality
crap on practicality
finally for msia, crap on pricing..
need someone to be insane enough to buy this car
Ya I jus watched that jus now as well, conclusion : its crap…but in the uk thrs alot more options frm other brands for this kind of small crossover thingy….bt anyway its very cheaply made, nt comfortable, stupid rear access…pointless….
It’s rather small in size. Look at those girls. They’re even bigger size than the car hood
Pray hard Ford dont put the 1.0 3 cylinders turbo in this massive car..At least a 1.3 3 cylinders turbo is sufficient enough…
Put P1 badge on it. And no one can criticisize the car. Or else you’ll be called as non-patriotic.
Hahahahahaha.
Idk why but P1 fanboys always in defensive mode. You can joke on Toyota, Ford, Honda or Kia but never P1. Hahahaha.
As always this blog is filled with pompous arses who support proton with almost zero logic. These pompous arses will defend their beautiful national brand with the confidence of a full fledged lawyer as if their life depends on this brand. They love to shower people with verbal abuse and make everybody feel as if they are ignorant fools who know nothing about the automotive industry. Welcome to the amazing proton attorneys of paultan.org. Period.
If you give peanuts you will get monkeys
It’s that simple
dei.. u first time commenting on paultan ah?
P1 takes a bashing like nobody’s business, to the point sometimes i feel sorry for them. but whattodo, just like my family, we were taken for a ride by proton for a long time, not although we dont drive protons anymore, the general public is not willing to accept them back into their homes so easily.
Overprice suv. Thats it
After watching carbuyer.com.uk reviewed this car, erm….kinda dissapointed.
Hmmm I was initially interested to get this as my second vehicle but after watching some reviews done by overseas reviewers; my perception of this vehicle has changed.
Why? Its mainly got to do with the cheap stuff they used to build the interior & the boot opens sideways which is a downside especially when you reverse park or when you park at tight areas.
matt hated this car! wow a first in carbuyer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilt7CrYn358&list=UUULKp_WfpcnuqZsrjaK1DVw
never before seen Matt point out so many negative point about a car. Seems this is a totally pointless car to buy.
that bad huh?..im only consider buying it if it include the girls
servicing price is reasonable?
not in Malaysia… hahaha..
It also looks like SDAC went to a GRO joint and asked the captain for 4 girls to model this car. So if this is the case, it sums SDAC up really well.. we blind you with aesthetics, but the reality is far from pleasant.
If anyone is at fault for the price here it is Peugeot. They are the first to re-ignite this mini-SUV segment and have the first say on the price. Ford and Honda are probably happy the baseline price is set high; they can always point their finger to the 2008 to justify their prices.
Do you have any idea how much bigger the 2008’s boot and how much better the interior materials are? Your comment makes no sense. Even if the 2008 is not practical, at least there are people who likes the look of it. I have seen an ecosport, it looks even uglier in person, the cabin feels so cramped and in my seating position absolutely nobody can fit in the back.
The reason for the around 100k pricing for a mini-SUV/Crossovers is because Peugeot launched first and priced it at 120k. Ford (and Honda) needs to take into account their rival prices. Even if their own model is severely lacking; they now can reason to price it high and make bigger profit per car.
If Honda launched first and priced the Vezel at 85k-95k (just an example), since there is no precedent, Ford will need to follow Honda’s lead and would try to match accordingly. If the 2008 was priced at RM105k; there is a possibility Ford might lower their price if they think the market perceive their package is not competitive.
Btw, having spare tyre behind the car on the outside?????
very nice girls……
Will consider Great Wall M4
But asbestos inside scared got cancer
The price of each brand in Malaysia (both CKD and CBU) is not a real reflection of market competitiveness because the calculation and how base price of tax calculation differs from one brand to another and never being made transparent by the government.
EuroNCAP how many * ?
i have seen things that can;t be unseen
OMG!! the girls!!!!! smoking hot
Mr Anthony Lim must have some good time talking with that 4 hotties isnt it?
This car damn ugly but the sexily MILF model is yummy …………
I dont like the spare tyre hanging there, looks like kembara ….
Saw the Carbuyer review (thanks for the heads up!)
Err…don’t know what else to add to that very enlightening review by Matt…well…there’s a very nice washing machine in one of the pics though…if that helps any…
As much as I’m a loyal Ford guy, this pricing is ridiculous. Might as well get M4 with spare cash for a decent bike for those speed freaks.
Only click to see the girls and the black dress girl really worth seeing for.
Blue chick better
Dem legs…
Chicks not bad. Can buy.
Pathetic….. pls grow up. Ur brain is as small as the engine minus the eco stuff
hi,
I work for Llumar. I would love to hire these show girls for my roadshow. Would anyone know who represents them? Or can someone put me in touch with the event organiser?
Y they put the spare tyre out side