Top summer car maintenance tips
Summer is a time for holidays—weekend getaways to cooler climes and long drives to native towns. But while you enjoy your summer break with friends and family, and switching to your air conditioner’s highest settings, have you given a thought to your car? Your car needs summer care just like you. Here are our top [...]
Keeping it cool on the road: Part 2
In our previous post, we gave you tips to avoid road rage and be cool at all times. In this post, we share tips on what to do if someone vents their anger on you on the road. Ritika, a Mumbai resident, accidentally grazed another car on a jampacked road recently. Her car got slightly [...]
Keeping it cool on the road: Part 1
Atul is a really cool, calm and relaxed guy, say his friends and family. Except when he’s driving. Slow vehicles in the fast lane, sudden lane cutting, among other things, infuriate him. Fortunately, he has not gotten into an altercation on the road yet. We can almost see you nodding your head and thinking, “Hey, [...]
From metal to machine: the journey of a Ford car (Part 2)
This is the second part of an earlier blog post. After visiting the Ford India Engine Plant, the bloggers were showcased the company’s efforts to reduce the cost of owning Ford cars through its selection of child parts. These child parts reduce the cost of repairing or replacing spare parts by eliminating the need to [...]
Sneak peek into the Ford facility
Earlier, we posted about the Ford facility tour and Driving Skills for Life session, which we organized recently for select auto bloggers. Here is a sneak peek into the Ford manufacturing facility. The video starts with a visit at the Blanking facility where sheets of steel are cut into ‘blanks’ or shapes of the car’s [...]
From metal to machine: the journey of a Ford car (Part 1)
“Have you ever seen a car factory in India? Been explained, in the highest detail, the entire production process by Heads of Manufacturing? Right from the time that sheets of steel come in, to the car actually rolling out? I’ve been to other factories before, but no one allowed a camera inside. I was pleasantly [...]
Top Ten Driving Tips
More people die in road accidents in India than anywhere else in the world, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety by the World Health Organization. Each of us can reduce the likelihood of an accident by driving safely and cultivating good driving habits. Ford conducts the Driving Skills for Life programme that [...]
Two Eventful Days for Bloggers in Chennai
Road accidents are often the result of poor driving habits and skills. Most of us tend to forget the basics of good driving and put ourselves and others on the road at risk. To inculcate good driving skills in drivers, Ford India conducts the Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) program. The unique DSFL program is [...]
