The Ford Aspire recently received a facelift and while there’s a fair share of cosmetic updates that bring it more in line with current trends, it is what has changed underneath the bonnet that we are more interested in for this report. Yes, we are talking about the new 1.2-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine that churns out 96PS. It replaces the older 1.2-litre, 4-cylinder petrol engine that dished out 88PS of maximum power. To find out how well it does in real world conditions, we pitted its manual version against the best-selling car in its segment, the Maruti Suzuki Dzire (petrol-MT).