Ford India Introduces New Version of Ikon Featuring Duratorq Engine

If you have some knowledge about Ford’s Duratorq engine, you must know that it is an engine developed jointly by Ford and Peugeot. Aside from Ford, Duratorq engine is also used by some other car makers like Citroen and Toyota. This diesel engine was first introduced in Ford Mondeo cars. Now, Ford India has featured Duratorq engine in its new version of Ikon in India. Ford Ikon cars are currently produced and marketed in India; and so far, it has been very successful product line up for Ford India. The engine carries less weight than its predecessor and is fuel efficient. Duratorq engine also features some other benefits too.

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The biggest thing about the Duratorq oil burner is not about its 68PS of power (at 4000rpm) or 160Nm of torque (made at a lowly 2000rpm) but the fact that this engine weighs just a tad lesser than the earlier diesel engine employed in the Ikon. This makes for a better handling front end and more importantly, thanks to the new subframe mounting for the engine-transmission assembly, NVH has been further reduced, making for a fine driving proposition.

Drivers usually find it very easy to handle the car when it sports Duratorq engine and there will be no change in its latest version of Ikon. Ford is the fourth largest car maker in the world and the company is now looking to make its position stronger in the alluring Indian market too. Now, let us see if Ford India can increase its share in the Indian market with this latest car from Ford Ikon line up.