Ford EcoSport heading for Europe

At Ford’s ‘Go Further’ even in Amsterdam today, it’s been revealed that the compact SUV Ford EcoSport will be sold in Europe.

Ford in Brazil has been building a small SUV based on the Fiesta for almost a decade, and the new Ford EcoSport is a new version based on the latest Fiesta platform and already on sale in South America and India.

Now Ford has confirmed – to no one’s great surprise – that they will be launching the EcoSport in the UK and Europe in the next eighteen months.

The EcoSport – aimed at cars like the Nissan Juke – has a big, butch front grill, slim headlights and the regulation butch bits bolted on to make it look a funky urban warrior. It will get Ford’s new SYNC (for connectivity on the move) and grown-up stuff like ABS and ESP as well as hill start.

Engines are likely to be the same offerings we get in the latest Fiesta (could we perhaps get an EcoBoost ST?) with the 1.0 litre 3-pot likely to be the star buy.

Ford are being vague about exact timings for the EcoSport in Europe, but a production debut at Frankfurt 2013 and on sale early 2014 seems likely.

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By Cars UK