I drive the 1.5 Ecosport Ambient Petrol version - I bought it new - took delivery in January 2016 from Ford in Pietermaritzburg - it now has 6973 km's on the clock as at 2 July 2016 - I find that it is extremely heavy on fuel - with a combined cycle from a full tank of fuel (52 litres) it gets between 435 to 437.5 km's per tank. I've tested this on a number of occasions - and this poor performance can most certainly not be attributed to hard driving as I live in a low traffic zone and with the little power coming from the engine it does not allow for heavy driving - so average speed is between 50 - 110 on the combined cycle, I took the car back to FORD and was told it might need to be re calibrated, but why should this be necessary on a brand new car. So far this has been the most disappointing performing vehicle I've every owned! Is this normal?

Cars & Trucks - Ford