Faults:

This was a loaner car from a collision repair shop, nothing has gone wrong.

General Comments:

The instrumentation, controls and infortainment on the SE model is simple yet intuitive and well laid out.

I found the driver's seat firm yet mostly comfortable.

The backseat looks like it would be cramped for width for three normal sized adults.

Vision from the driver's seat looking forward is great, but the sides to the rear seem to have some awkward blind spots for such a tiny car.

Trunk space is tiny and cramped with the rear seat upright. The rear window parcel shelf is cheap flimsy fabric coated cardboard or fiberboard. I would not put anything heavy on top behind the rear seat headrests, and I don't think the "shelf piece" will last very long.

Handling is stable and smooth, though I didn't really push the car's limits. Ride is relatively quiet and smooth for such a small car.

This car's biggest downfall is the drivetrain, the transmission and especially the underpowered and needlessly over complex engine. Performance is merely adequate for normal driving. Passing on a 2 lane road would need a lot of space and careful planning. There are econoboxes from the 1990s that perform better than this car under hard acceleration. The transmission also hunts for gears at times in normal slow city traffic.

There is nothing reliable or efficient about a tiny, wheezy 3 cylinder engine that is straining with all its might to move a car this small. It also gets worse fuel economy than nearly everything in its class. Can't even get 30 MPH on the highway. Even beyond the poor acceleration, a tiny high compression direct injected turbocharged engine is sure to be a maintenance nightmare as it ages. My 9 year old Honda Civic without a turbo and without direct injection, with a whopping 1.8 liters (nearly twice the size of the engine in the Ecosport) gets 38 MPG highway sometimes. And it also accelerates better.

If you look past the bad power train, I suppose it isn't the worst car in the world. Since Ford no longer wants to build sedans, I get it, this thing is "entry level". But it just feels and looks like Ford built and designed about two thirds of a car and just sort of forgot the rest of it and rushed it to production, merely for the sake of having a compact crossover.

Faults:

Door seals had to be reinstalled on back doors. Did it myself, took 5 min. Absolutely nothing else has gone wrong. Had the car in for service, but no repairs in 2 years of ownership.

General Comments:

Great little car for urban driving. Sits high so you can see in traffic, and high ground clearance gets it through rough streets with no problems or grounding out. Engine (2.0) is peppy and zips me in and out of tight traffic spots.

Highway driving OK, but suffers by being a small car so you feel the road bumps and wind. Anything over 140km/hr just doesn't feel comfortable. Position of gas peddle can be tiring on one's foot on longer trips and it would be nice to have cruse control.

This is the first small car I've owned in 20 years, and I love it. Perfect for the traffic in Buenos Aires, and high enough off the ground to handle the rougher country roads in the pampas.