Discover Smart Drive Season 2 kicks off today!
As promised earlier, Discover Smart Drive Season 2 (DSD Season 2) is back! While the first round last year was fun, we’re excited that the second edition will bring plenty more thrilling action! Today, three participating teams and one mentor team will set off on exciting road trips in the Ford Figo from different parts [...]
Ford’s Global Week of Caring: Make the 3Rs work for you
In our earlier post, we explained how Ford India strived hard earlier this month to make a difference in the local community and the environment, as part of our Global Week of Caring. In this post, we explain how you can make your life more ecofriendly using the 3Rs concept. What is the 3Rs concept? [...]
Gujarat plant news: Groundbreaking at Sanand
A short while ago, we broke ground at Sanand, Gujarat for our new, state-of-the-art integrated manufacturing facility. The facility will house new vehicle manufacturing and engine plants. The first vehicles and engines are scheduled to come off the line in 2014. Ford leadership during the Gujarat plant groundbreaking ceremony As we announced a few weeks [...]
All-new Ford Fiesta update: Production begins at Chennai plant
We’re happy to announce that we have kicked off production of the all-new Ford Fiesta in our Chennai plant. The Maraimalai Nagar engine plant will produce the advanced 1.5L Ti-VCT petrol and Duratorq TDCi diesel engines for the car. These extremely agile and fuel-efficient engines helped Fiesta achieve class-leading fuel economy figures of 17 km/L [...]
Ford CSR: Rebuilding schools for better education
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” –William Butler Yeats At Ford India, building the best possible future for our children is as important as building the best cars. Helping the children from our local communities get good education in the right environment has topped our priorities over [...]
President on the Shop Floor
It was a typical Tuesday at our Maraimalainagar plant and the afternoon shift at the Blanking and Stamping department was about to start when a special visitor dropped by. It was Michael Boneham, president and managing director of Ford India, ready to spend time on the shop floor with the people who play a vital [...]
Ford Motor Company announces USD 72 million investment to increase production capacity at Chennai engine plant
We are very pleased to share the announcement about Ford Motor Company investing US $72 million to expand its powertrain facility in Chennai to further support sales and export growth plans in India. When the expansion programme is completed in mid-2012, the engine plant’s production capacity will increase from 250,000 to 330,000 units per year, [...]
Ford Fiesta: What the press is saying post-unveil
On a very special day last week, we revealed the new Ford Fiesta to India at the specially created Fiesta Café in Delhi, with more than a 100 auto bloggers and journalists attending the event. The car’s unveiling was held at an unusual location—Saket Citywalk Mall, right where urbane, smart and tech-savvy shoppers can check [...]
All-new Ford Fiesta comes to town!
Just a short while ago, the all-new Ford Fiesta enthralled shoppers with its eye-catching design, world-class quality, rich interiors and voice-activated entertainment and communication consoles. Here it is: The Ford Fiesta is our premium sedan for India and was unveiled at Select CITYWALK Mall in New Delhi today, along with the innovative digital Fiesta Café [...]
Engine rollout from Chennai plant : 1 lakh and counting!
Our Maraimalainagar Nagar engine facility in Chennai has just crossed a major milestone: rolling out its 100,000th engine this month! We achieved this milestone in just 14 months after the engine plant began operations in January 2010. That shows how fast wheels are turning at Ford India (pun intended)! Congratulating the plant employees for this fantastic achievement, [...]
