Great car, great service: Ford Car Lovers Speak Part 6
This post is Part 6 of our ongoing Ford Car Lovers Series. After Anish Iyer (Part 1), Manishi Dutt (Part 2), the Quadros family (Part 3), Rohan Charles (Part 4) and Mr Kumar (Part 5), Dixit Shah from Mumbai shares his Ford experience. Dixit Shah bought his diesel Ford Fiesta four years ago in Mumbai. [...]
New sales record in 2010 – Ford India achieves 307% year-on-year jump in July sales compared to 2009
July month sets another record of sorts: We are happy to announce that Ford India has reported a 307% jump in July sales compared to last year, with total sales of 8,739 units, four times the 2,146 sales made in July 2009. The sales performance also represents an increase of 20% compared to June 2010 [...]
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 [...]
Fiesta Revs Past Six Figures!
It wasn’t an ordinary ride. And it wasn’t an ordinary car. When Michael Boneham drove off in a brand new Fiesta from our Chennai factory on May 5, 2010, he was driving away in a very special car. It was the 100,000th Fiesta to come off the line in our Chennai manufacturing facility. Boneham was [...]
Ford Figo launched!
The Ford Figo was launched in New Delhi a short while ago! Our joy knew no end today as the car was launched. Joe Hinrichs, president of Ford Asia, Pacific and Africa spoke about the Figo. “Our dealers are excited, customers are waiting and the new Figo is now ready to hit the streets,” he said. [...]
‘The Figo has a youthful spirit’
What makes the Figo such a ‘cool’-looking and dynamic car? Who better to tell us than the design team itself, led by Scott Strong, APA design director. We had a chat with Scott Strong (SS), Scott Ferrier (SF), design manager, and Emily Lai (EL), Colours & Materials design manager, recently. They spoke candidly about the [...]
Figo’s Timekeeping Lady
Vijaya is a very busy woman—even a 16-hour work day is not enough for her. Meeting deadlines, leading a team, building and launching a car in the shortest possible time, it’s all in a day’s work. Vijaya is passionate about cars (absolutely loves the Fiesta), is motivated and very focused. This and her decade-long experience [...]
One India with One Ford
What do you do when you want to spread the message of peace all over the country? Why, you drive through it, of course! Dilpreet Singh Bindra, director of catering sales at the Taj Palace Delhi, drove across India in a 13,000-km journey in his Ford Fusion, connecting with Taj employees and the people of [...]
Chennai factory is dressed up to deliver the new Figo!
The Ford Figo, which we unveiled last month, garnered much attention in India and around the world. From the common man to the world’s leading news publications — everyone is talking about it. For this fabulous new car, we have a fabulous factory — our rejuvenated integrated manufacturing plant in Maraimalai Nagar, Chennai. The plant [...]
View from the Top: Alan Mulally
President and CEO Alan Mulally thrilled us when he said, “When you walk into a Ford showroom, you will be able to get every vehicle from there you can dream of,” at the Chennai town hall. “We are going to be best-in-class for every vehicle we make,” he added as 5000 of us from Ford [...]
