Excursions in the best company - Life happens outside

The new Ford EcoSport offers users even more style, comfort, performance and choice - it successfully combines the functionality of a rugged SUV with the practicality of a city car. Ford's new SUV with a high seat position, it provides a good overview, and the already recognizable excellent Ford dynamics of easy driving are complemented by the sophisticated SYNC 3 communication and entertainment system, which is compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto™ programs and supports the EcoSport's floating 8- or 6.5- inch color touch screen.

Powerful and economical at the same time
Slovenia is a big little country. Despite the good roads, as foreigners say about them, to reach hidden corners and the most beautiful views, good starting points and lesser-known, but homely guesthouses and lodgings in addition to good navigation via SYNC 3 we often need smart ones too four-wheel drive, like Ford's AWD. This technology is available in combination with an all-new 1.5 liter Ford EcoBlue diesel engine with 125 hp and 300 Nm of torque and a six-speed manual transmission.

Fewer switches, more disposable surfaces
Comfort is also important when driving off-road to the most beautiful vantage point or the still well-hidden exquisite inn or your sunbathing corner. The new seats are optimally adjusted for the comfort of passengers in the front and rear of the vehicle. EcoSport brings a new level sophisticated interiors with easier-to-use switches and other controls, soft-touch materials and a new center console that's ergonomically designed for easy operation and has fewer buttons.

A really fun ride
Ford has made sure that the drive to the chosen destination is fast and fun premium sound system B&O PLAY. The system is specially calibrated for use in the EcoSport and includes ten speakers, including a bass speaker in the boot and a mid-range speaker in the center of the dashboard, and works with the latest amplifier with digital sound processing for a precise and balanced sound image. Surround sound is also available.

Picnic with an ant
If we go further, especially on hot summer days, don't forget a lot of liquid and a snack, which can be served somewhere along the way as a picnic on the lawn under a bushy canopy to the sounds of crickets and crickets. For this purpose, it has EcoSport has many sophisticated storage solutions inside. Among other things, it is integrated into the new center console folding and longitudinally adjustable armrest with drawer, which can hold a tablet or snacks. The new adjustable trunk floor provides a hidden compartment in the upper position, and in the lower position trunk volume increases to 334 liters. The bottom of the trunk is made of a special honeycomb that can carry more than 300 kilograms.

Advanced driver assistance technologies
In the summer, it is also important to stay fit while driving. That's why the EcoSport is available with cruise control with adjustable speed limiter, which makes it easier for the driver to comply with speed limits, and reversing camera for easier and safer parking. Also the option withautomatic switching on of headlights and wipers with a rain sensor eliminates some of the stress of driving and allows the driver to be more focused on traffic, heated steering wheel and automatic electronic climate control and provide greater comfort.

Excursions in the best company

Here are some ideas where you can go during the summer, either alone or as a couple or with friends and family, even with the youngest:

Alpine mountains
Hikers have plenty of options for walking along the hiking trails, which can be found both in Posočje, Pokljuka and Pohorje, as well as above Lake Bohinj, where you can go up with a gondola and walk a nice circle past the Black Lake, maybe even the Triglav Lakes to Ribčev Laz . Among the most famous is Velika planina, which you can also go to on foot or by gondola. On the way, you can refresh yourself in a cold spring and treat yourself to delicious dishes by the spoonful, sour milk with brandy, homemade bread and strudel and many other things, all prepared in the old way and according to the old recipes of the housewife, who will probably also serve us.

Vineyard hills
With the EcoSport to the foothills, and by bike further along the hills, looking for the most beautiful view among vines, brick buildings and inns with eights, to see old villages, buildings and natural features, to visit a farm and a monastery, where they like to present herbalism and other skills from ancient times times, and in between and at the end to excellent homemade food and drink. We have many options to choose from: Goriška Brda, Vipavska dolina, Slovenska Istria, Karst, Dolenjska, Bizeljsko Sremič, Bela krajina, and the Prekmurje and Styria wine-growing regions.

Karst underground
Karst in Slovenia represents a large part of the territory, so we have many opportunities to visit various caves in the surrounding area, from the most famous Postojna Cave, part of which can even be visited by train, to the charming Škocjan Caves, which you can walk through on your own. , also past the underground lake, to many others, such as Pekel, Vilenica, Pivka, Pod babjim zobom. These can usually be seen with a local guide. The caves have a constant temperature between 8 and 10 degrees Celsius, which is especially pleasant in summer.

Lakes of all kinds
Practically every region offers its own set of natural lakes, among which Bled and Bohinj shine, but let's not overlook the smaller ones, which also offer excellent opportunities for a trip - on foot, by bike or by car, which occasionally requires four-wheel drive. Among them are Cerkniško, Planšarsko na Jezersko, Jezero and Rakitna in the south of Ljubljana, Zbilje and Trbojsko in its north, Šmartinsko and Vrbje near Celje, Miklavški ribniki, Trije ribniki in Maribor, Lendavsko, Kočevsko... There are also catering options by many lakes, where they will add their own ice cream, lemonade, cold beer and some snacks.