A Week with the Figo – Ford Figo Bloggers Drive
Early this week, we announced the Ford Figo Bloggers Drive, where we gave away 3 Figos to 3 bloggers for this whole week. The bloggers were informed that they could drive the cars wherever they wished, make interesting videos, take pictures, write poetry, review their Figo cars, etc, basically anything that caught their fancy. At [...]
Loving the Ford service: Ford Car Lovers Speak Part 5
This post is Part 5 of our ongoing Ford Car Lovers Series. After Anish Iyer, Manishi Dutt, the Quadros family, and Rohan Charles have shared their experiences with Ford, Mr. Kumar from Chennai too has some anecdotes to add. Kumar’s first encounter with Ford was about five years ago, when he had rented a Ford [...]
Bloggers Figo Drive: 3 bloggers get behind the wheels of the Figo this whole week
Hey Figo lovers, we have been doing a number of activities with bloggers over the last couple of months. This time we thought, why not do an activity where Figo fans can also take part in. So starting today till the end of the week (July 31), we will have 3 key bloggers get behind [...]
Orchid Ford opens at Meerut today
Today we opened a new Brand@Retail showroom, Orchid Ford, in Partapur on the Meerut Bye Pass Road. It’s a large 17,000 feet 3S (showroom, sales and service) facility with a large product display area, multiple sales counters, customer lounge, and a play area for children. The service centre has 8 mechanical bays and 5 body [...]
Great fuel efficiency of a diesel & performance of a petrol – both in the Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCi: Ford Car Lovers Speak Part 4
Rohan Charles has been driving the Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCi over the last 4 and half years and is proud to own it. He has used his Fiesta for the smallest of errands in his hometown besides travelling long distances into other states. Swearing by the handling and driveability of the Fiesta he says, “I [...]
Going Fida – Ford Car Lovers Speak Part 3
This post is Part 3 of our ongoing Ford Car Lovers Series. After Anish Iyer (Part 1) and Manishi Dutt’s stories (Part 2), let’s hear it from Pune’s Veronica and Gilbert Quadros. Veronica and her son Gilbert Quadros have had a Ford Fiesta for many years, and she sums up her experience in a single [...]
Figo is the best hatchback in India in 2010, says DRIVOBLOG
DRIVOBLOG has come out with a Ford Figo Initial Ownership Review report and man, we must say it was a good read. Tirthankar Basu of DRIVOBLOG, an erstwhile SUV owner who bought the Figo in May and has driven the car for around 3200 kms so far, writes he gets around 10-15kmpl in city driving [...]
Ford Figo receives 25,000plus sales bookings in 100 days
We are happy to share with everyone that since the launch in March 2010, your favourite Figo has registered over 25,000 sales bookings, cementing its reputation as one of India’s most in-demand new cars. Ford Figo has also helped drive a sales volume of 235% for Ford India compared to year-on-year first half sales. Michael [...]
Ford Roadside Assistance does a late night rescue
Soon after we began our Ford Car Lovers Series (Part 1 and Part 2), we also noticed a comment on our Ford Figo fan page on Facebook from Emmanuel Pradeep, a Ford employee and a proud Ford car owner, recalling his experience with Ford’s Roadside Assistance. We thought this would be great complementary reading on [...]
Cars that give confidence – Ford Car Lovers Speak Part 2
We hope you enjoyed our earlier post in which Ford owner Anish Iyer spoke about his Ford Fiesta. This is the second part of our Ford Car Lovers Speak series. Meet Manishi Dutt from Mumbai, who fell in love with Ford more than two decades ago, when he rented a Ford Escort in Germany. Back [...]
