Yes a big
thanks.
Some
background. After driving my beloved Swift for years, I saw Maruti Suzuki S
Cross and fell in love on first site. Amazing stance, length, ground clearance and many
other factors (already lots of review on many sites) .
But there
was one problem. Due to Pune traffic, I wanted to go for an Automatic
transmission, and S Cross doesn’t have that.
I checked
other options and finally settled on Ford Ecosport automatic. There were lots
of issues actually:
- The fuel efficiency for Ford Ecosport is very poor,
- its console is dated (even that is understatement). Its designed on old feature phones, with lots and lots of buttons. Even phones today don’t have that.
- It’s not having a true door lock from inside. Almost all cars when locked, from inside, need two step door open process. First you shift a small lever/switch and then use the main handle to open the doors. But ecosport, even when locked from inside, the doors open with single action, and that too a simple lever/handle pull. A huge safety concern.
- Its back seat is small to fit 3 people comfortably.
- Even with spare wheel outside, the boot space is low.
But just
for automatic, I made a compromise and booked. I was told I will get the car in
maximum 2 months.
Arrange ? Excuse me!!! Didn’t I put an
order on authorised showroom, or did I asked you to steal Kohinoor or something. But ya, thats the way it was.
Finally,
booking CANCELLED after wasting my 3 months and eating bank interest on
booking amount.
Went back
and booked S Cross, got the delivery few days back and man, am I delighted. It’s
a huge upgrade over Ford Ecosport with price being almost similar. All Alloy,
all disk brakes, beautiful AVN and loads of other features.
So thanku
Ford :)
