Ford Aspire 1.5 AT now comes with seven airbags, including driver's knee airbag [Update]

14/12/2016 - 10:19 Ford Aspire, Ford Aravind Jayachandran

Update - The information is incorrect and was due to a bug in the Ford website.

Priced at INR 8.20 Lakhs (ex-showroom Delhi).

As the Ford Aspire 1.5 AT is based on the Titanium grade, it only got driver and passenger front airbags, while the Titanium+ grade of other manual variants came with a class-leading six airbag count.

2015 Ford Figo Aspire Titanium Plus Petrol front top quarter first drive review — The Ford Aspire AT is the only car for under INR 10 Lakhs in India to get a driver's side knee airbag.

Now though, Ford has made seven airbags as standard in the Ford Aspire 1.5 AT, including a driver's knee airbag. This makes it the only car for under INR 10 Lakhs in India to get a driver's side knee airbag. The Aspire AT also comes equipped with ABS+EBD, Electronic Stability Program (ESP), Traction Control System (TCS) and Hill Launch Assist.

Ford had recently made ABS and EBD as standard in the Trend models, while dual airbags is standard across the range. No other changes have been made; Titanium grade of the manual variants continue to get dual airbags, ABS, and engine immobiliser.

2015 Ford Figo Aspire Titanium Plus 1.2 Petrol side airbag first drive review — Ford has also included side and curtain airbags in the Ford Aspire AT Titanium.

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On paper, the Ford Figo and Aspire are two of the safest cars for under 10 Lakhs, an USP that Ford is trying to market. Despite the attractive package, Ford is managing to push out an average of only 1,500 units of the Ford Aspire per month.