Ford India has given the Endeavour a minor facelift and added features to this large SUV. It has also rejigged its variant line up. Prices for the new Ford Endeavour now start at Rs 28.19 lakh ex-showroom, going up to Rs 32.97 lakh for the top-spec 3.2 litre Titanium 4x4 variant.
Prices of 2019 Ford Endeavour
Ford Endeavour 2.2 Titanium 4x2 MT: Rs 28.19 lakh
Ford Endeavour 2.2 Titanium 4x2 AT: Rs 30.60 lakh
Ford Endeavour 3.2 Titanium 4x4 AT: Rs 32.97 lakh
Ford has trimmed its Endeavour line up over the years. It earlier had a base Trend variant with the 2.2 litre engine. It also had a 2.2 litre 4x4 manual variant. It now has only one manual 2.2 litre variant, but has added more features to it. The top-spec 3.2 litre automatic Titanium 4x4 continues to be its flagship variant.
What’s New With the Ford Endeavour?
Given that there are new competitors in the price segment that the Ford Endeavour operates in, it had to spruce itself up to fend off the competition. Mahindra has just launched the Alturas G4 in the same price segment, albeit a couple of lakhs cheaper and then there are vehicles like the Skoda Kodiaq and Isuzu MUX that have also come in. Of course, the segment leader continues to be the Toyota Fortuner that sells over 1,300 units a month.
The Ford Endeavour is the second best-seller in the segment with sales of about 500-600 units monthly. It was already pretty feature rich, but it’s got even more now.
The new Endeavour gets an improved SYNC 3 system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. It also gets full keyless entry and push-button ignition. Besides that, the interior colour scheme has been tweaked, while the use of leather continues. Externally there’s hardly any difference except to the grille and minor tweaks to the fog-lamp bezel.
All variants get six airbags, ABS, traction control as standard. The top-spec 3.2 litre Titanium 4x4 variant gets seven airbags. The entry-level model is also a fully-spec’d model. Ford has also added an automatic boot opening feature (like the Skoda Kodiaq and Volkswagen Tiguan), where you can wave your foot under the bumper to open it.
The Endeavour 3.2 gets the same five-cylinder diesel engine that puts out 197PS of power and 470Nm of torque. The 2.2 litre four-cylinder puts out 160PS of power and 385 Nm of torque. It’s more fuel efficient at a rated 14.2 kmpl.
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