Ownership review - New Ford Figo TDCI Titanium (Nov 2012)

I bought the new Ford Figo TDCI Titanium (Diesel) on 11th Nov 2012 (Dhanteras)

Been in love with it since the first drive I had in it.

Summary

Pros (With respect to my requirement) -

• Ride Quality
• Leg Room (Now people can seat behind me and I don't have to push my seats in front)
• Superb AC - the cooling setting on dash actually works with different degrees of coolness and hotness
• Nice Comfy seats (drove several hours without fatigue)
• Adjustable steering, driver seat height and electronic ORVMs  (since my Dad also drives it )
• No noticeable turbo-lag
• Big Boot  - 284L ( Big enough to fit a person in it , really !! )
• Music System - Best factory fitted music system that I have heard in cars of this segment. (Will explain in detail later)  
• Great looking alloys 
• Grippy car even at high speeds (high speeds considering the cars in its segment :P ) 175/60 R14 Tyre
• Aerodynamic 

Cons

• No climate control (The cooling/heating dial makes up for it )
• No rear power windows (cannot remember the last time I had to pull down the rear windows)

Scroll down for details and pics :D

The Almighty on new blue color dash-board

Under the Hood :- 

The muscle

1.4L Duratorq Diesel

The accelerator is very responsive, it allows you to easily switch between normal cruising and gradually accelerating drive. Or you can put your foot down and churn out all the power at once. The turbo kicks in around 2000 rpm without any noticeable lag.

Some cosmetic changes:-

These small changes really redefines the looks of this car in a very positive manner .

The new hexagonal grill

New head lamps

New Fog - Lamps

Blue fabric finish (same color as the original seats )

New Y-Bar alloys (Disc breaks in Front)

Rear drum breaks - Tyre 175/65 R14

New Tail - lights

Thats me wid my ride :D

 The ride quality of this car is quiet astonishing, it absorbs all the uneven road and pot-holes quiet smoothly must be because of it weight and suspension. Even at fast speeds (140-150) it does not rattle neither gives you the feeling its going to tear its self apart, instead its very calm.

Sun-visor mirror for the female passenger :P

Fuel filler cap release and factory matting

I was not kidding about the boot space, You really can fit a person in it :P

Diesel :) 

Rear defogger button on center console, tried it too and it works just fine.

Great looking speedo 

The Center console

 The factory fitted music system comes with four speaker fitted in doors. The sound quality is brillian,
dropped the idea of adding sub-woofer for some time now. the treble is very clear and bass is can make the doors and rear view mirrors vibrate.
The bluetooth enabled system works perfectly (call receiving dialing , phone-book BTA etc.)
Speed controlled volume also adds up to your adrenaline when you are accelerating at a faster pace B-)
The new version comes with USB port in the glove box.

The pendrive inside the glovebox

Aux-power

5-speed manual gear box (No auto version as yet)

Front lamps and fog lights switch

Boot lid opener - This would have been a nice place for a automatic start/stop button

Got the black leather seat covers from the showroom

Space in the doors to keep bottles

Have gone 900 km in it now, I will update more after I have gone for some trips in it :D