It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Birthday for Figo!
It’s March 9, 2011—exactly a year since we launched the Ford Figo, and what a year it has been. From record breaking sales, to bagging the most number of awards, it has been a special year for all of us at Ford India. But what does this mean for the Ford Figo? Hear it straight [...]
Ford spoke to India’s favourite bloggers!
At the sidelines of the world’s most exciting consumer technology trade show in Las Vegas held in January—CES 2011—a few senior managers at Ford Motor Company spoke to India’s favourite bloggers: Kamla Bhatt (of the Kamla Show) and Kiruba Shankar. As Kamla and Kiruba posed them one question after another, we got some unusual and [...]
Ford India Triples Sales in February
Great news! This February we nearly tripled our sales, with a 188 percent increase from the same month last year. This was largely driven by continued strong sales of Figo. Ford sold a total of 9,293 vehicles this February compared to 3,223 in 2010. The Figo has been selling like hot cakes, with sales of [...]
Guess who’s coming to India?
It’s the all-new, global Ford Fiesta! Yes, you read that right! The all-new, award-winning Ford Fiesta is coming to India this year. This marks the first in a series of eight new global products that Ford plans to introduce in India by the middle of this decade. Announcing the new Fiesta’s eagerly awaited arrival, Michael [...]
Ford India begins 2011 with record-breaking performance
We’ve started 2011 with a bang! January 2011 was the best sale month for Ford India ever, as we sold more than 10,000 cars (10,026 to be precise) last month. We did some quick math, and here’s what we discovered: Last month’s sales are a four-fold increase from January 2010 sales. Some other great numbers [...]
Double win for Ford Figo at CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards 2011
Late Tuesday (January 4) was yet another special evening for the Ford India team. At the CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards 2011 ceremony in Mumbai, Ford Figo bagged not one, but two awards! The Figo won Compact Car of the year and Viewer’s Choice award (4-wheelers), beating formidable competition in both categories. Nigel Wark, executive director, Marketing, [...]
Ford records strong sales growth in 2010
Capping up a momentous year in which the Figo won ‘the Indian car of the Year award (ICOTY 2011)’, Ford recorded an impressive annual sales increase of 184 percent this year. From January to December 2010, the Company sold 83, 887 units and nearly tripled it sales volume against a total of 29,488 cars sold [...]
Ford Figo is the best among equals!
In a spectacular wrap-up to a record-breaking year, Ford Figo won the Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) award in Mumbai on Wednesday night. There was a cheer as Michael Boneham, president and managing director, Ford India, received the award from Dr R.P.Singhania, vice chairman and managing director, JK Tyre & Industries. Michael was cheered [...]
Ford Figo wins 2011 Indian Car of the Year award
It’s time to cheer. Ford Figo was selected as Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) 2011 today, earning the country’s top automotive award in the fiercely competitive and rapidly growing Indian market. Now in its 6th year, the ICOTY is awarded to a new vehicle after comprehensive testing by a jury of leading automobile journalists [...]
Ford treks into Nepal
It’s the festive season in both India and Nepal and the Ford teams in both countries have one more reason to celebrate— we’re opening our first dealership in Nepal! The brand new dealership, GO Ford, will sell our hottest model—the Ford Figo, along with Ford Fiesta, and vehicles from Thailand, the Ford Everest SUV and Ranger [...]
