Ford Brazil has listed the 2018 Ford EcoSport on its
website and posted an image of the facelifted compact SUV ahead of its launch
in July.
The changes part of the
facelift is look similar to that of the U.S.-spec Ford EcoSport and
Chinese-spec facelifted Ford EcoSport. The Ford Escape (Ford Kuga)-inspired
face of the B-SUV features a single-piece grille, new design, bigger headlamps
with projector lighting, triangular fog lamps and a restyled bumper. It also
gets a tailgate-mounted spare wheel with body-painted wheel covers.
The facelifted EcoSport will debut the new 1.5-litre
Ti-VCT three-cylinder flex-fuel engine that produces 137.2 Hp and
158.5 Nm of torque running on ehtanol in the EcoSport. Brazil is the first
market set to get this new engine.
Inside, the 2018 Ford EcoSport features a redesigned
dashboard housing a free-standing display running Ford’s SYNC 3 infotainment
software, new steering wheel, new instrument dials that flank a larger MID. The
Brazilian-spec version facelifted model will debut at the 2017 Buenos Aires
Motor Show in June and its sales will commence by the beginning of July.