India is among the countries where US-based auto maker Ford has announced 25 mobility experiments this year to test breakthrough transportation ideas for creating better customer experiences.
Ford India has created waves in the Indian hatchback market with its latest offering the Ford Figo.
The automaker will invest USD 195 million (about Rs 1,300 crore) and would employ 3,000 workers over the next five years, Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford said in the Tamil Nadu capital today.
Ford India's commitment to launch a new product in the country every 12-18 months will see the company strengthening its domestic supplier base, as it seeks to keep the costs down while maintaining global quality standards.
Car maker Ford plans to unveil a new concept vehicle at the upcoming Delhi Auto Expo as the company looks to tap growth in the compact car segment India.
The car will take on Honda City and Hyundai Verna.
The past two years have seen a 30 per cent jump in the number of cities with Ford outlets.
Ford India on Friday said it will be increasing the price of its latest small car Figo on account of rising input cost by next week.
US car maker Ford on Tuesday said it will phase out its hatchback 'Fusion' from the Indian market, as it gets ready to launch the small car 'Figo' next month.
The move will make it the first global automobile major to design a vehicle here
Speculations are on about the price of the car which is expected to be between Rs 350,000 and 450,000.
Ford is expected to start production in two years, said Arvind Mathew, president and managing director, Ford India. The details of the small car, however, are yet to be finalised.
'We announced a $500 million investment plan for India. I have not received a single call from either the US or Bangkok (Ford's Asian centre of operations) asking me to freeze the investment programme or to scale it down,' says Michael Boneham, MD, Ford India.
He will be succeeded by Joginder Singh, who now heads the Business Services Centre of Ford Motor Company.
Ford India recently exported its 5000th container, thus despatching so far over 100,000 units of Ford Ikons in completely knocked down condition.
The Hollywood veteran was spotted driving around Saturday.
Ford had reported a loss of $404 million in Europe in the second quarter this fiscal and had said it expects the full year loss in the continent to exceed $1 billion.
Early this year, Ford displayed SUV-Ecosport at the Auto Expo held in New Delhi.
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From the customer point of view too, LFP batteries are safer and offer a longer life.
Ford India Ltd on Tuesday drove into the growing sports utility vehicle market with the launch of its Endeavour model.
The car is good enough to dethrone the current segment king, the Toyota Fortuner.
Ford is among several multinational automobile companies in India for whom exports now bring bigger volumes than local sales.
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Car maker Ford India said it is looking at introducing a small car model in the country as part of its strategy to roll out eight new products by 2015.
The partnership will look to expand Ford's reach in the fast-growing Indian market and improve M&M's access to global markets
The stock of the country's largest passenger vehicle maker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL), has been hitting successive all-time highs over the past three trading sessions. The rally in the scrip has helped it notch over a 21 per cent gain since the start of February, outperforming the National Stock Exchange Nifty Auto Index. The gains for the leader of small passenger cars have been more recent, as the company still trails the Nifty Auto over one- and two-year periods.
The company had drawn flak from different quarters for the posters, one of which also depicted socialite Paris Hilton hauling the three Kardashian sisters in the trunk of the Figo hatchback.
Betty Ford, the much-admired wife of late United States President Gerald R Ford and powerful advocate of women's rights and health who helped treat drug and alcohol addicts at her California-based facility, has died. She was 93.
Of the 15 car manufacturing companies in India, eight have a market share of below 2 per cent, raising questions about their long-term future in a competitive market that has already seen Ford Motors and General Motors slam the door on India.
The recall will impact different batches of Figo and Classic models manufactured between January 2010 and June 2012.
Auto maker Ford India on Thursday said it has hiked prices by 1-5 per cent on different models with immediate effect to offset rising input costs.
Days after Ford Motor chairman and CEO Bill Ford promised fresh investments for India, the company said it will be pumping in $75 million (around Rs 330 crore) for expanding operations.
Ford India launched the premium action sports utility vehicle, which is equipped with a 2.5 litre duratorq engine and is available as 4x2 wheel drive and 4x4 wheel drive variants at the cost of Rs 14,72,000 ($36,058).
US automobile manufacturer Ford is studying the feasibility of launching a compact car in India that will be imported as a completely-knocked-down kit from a manufacturing hub in Thailand.
MotorBeam reviews the top-end diesel trim of the compact sedan, which in this Ruby Red colour, looks stylish and sexy.
Indian conglomerate Tata and US car maker Ford are expected to complete the deal of the latter's luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover within a few days, a media report said on Monday. According to The Guardian newspaper, Ford is expected to complete the sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata "within a few days." However, neither side has put a price on the marques. The price tag is likely to get closer to $ 2 billion. The deal was prolonged due to complexities in the agreement.
Smith and Green played vigilantly and stitched up a massive partnership to see off a comfortable victory in the three-match ODI series.
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