Ford India Sales up 40% for the Year
Just a quick update to announce some good news - Ford India’s sales have increased 40% so far this year, continuing to outpace the market. Ford sold 80,332 wholesale and export vehicles from January to August 2011, compared to 57,303 units sold during the same period last year. Ford India also sold 8,914 combined wholesale [...]
Ford India’s DSFL: Driving for safer roads, greener India
By the time you finish reading this, more than 25 people will have died or been injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident, on average. India has the highest motor vehicle injury and fatality rate in the world. On-road safety has never been this important. As part of our commitment to promote a [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Games galore in Gujarat
Cargo Motors in Gandhidham, a city 11 km from Kandla, India’s largest port, was bursting at its seams on July 5. On this hot and sunny day, a huge crowd had gathered at the dealership to watch the flag-off for the Ford Figo Bharat Yatra for the Gujarat sector. The crowd was excited and garrulous; [...]
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 [...]
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 Figo Smart & Smarter Tour: Your Questions Answered Here
We have a great response to the Ford Figo Smart & Smarter India Tour (see blog post here) and so far have received more than 250 entries in just 3 days. That’s a wonderful lot. Thanks to everyone who has registered. We also noticed the online conversations and reactions from our fans around the tour. [...]
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. [...]
