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Some of the most popular small cars sold in India, including Maruti Alto 800, Tata Nano, Ford Figo, Hyundai i10 and Volkswagen Polo, have failed crash tests showing high risk of life-threatening injuries in road accidents, according to Global NCAP.
The new year will see a line of hatchbacks (including compact SUVs) hit the Indian roads. Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com offers a peek.
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With an amazing start some of more interesting models to be launched this month are - Mercedes Maybach S600, Renault KWID, new Ford Figo and the Mahindra TUV300( launched recently)
Ford India, subsidiary of US carmaker Ford, said it aims to accelerate export of India made-Figo to 50 international markets by this year end, from current 34.
The diesel hatch is expented to be priced at Rs 5.3 lakh.
Five small cars in the Indian market failed in the first-ever independent crash tests.
US auto major Ford Motor Co will shut its two manufacturing plants in India and will sell only imported vehicles in the country as part of a restructuring exercise, according to people aware of the development. The company, which invested about USD 2.5 billion at its Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Sanand (Gujarat) plants, will stop selling vehicles such as the EcoSport, Figo and Aspire which are produced from these plants. Going ahead, it would only sell imported vehicles like Mustang in the country.
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Apart from the cut-throat competition it gets from Ford Figo, Chevrolet Beat, Nissan Micra, Hyundai i10 and Toyota Etios Liva, Swift will need to compete with a few more rivals soon.
Internet search giant Google tabulated the searches by consumers in India from January 2010 to May 2011.
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Ford dealers in India are staring at huge losses with the automaker deciding to shut production in the country with immediate effect, automobile dealers' body FADA said on Thursday. Terming the company decision as shocking, the industry body noted that the dealers have invested over Rs 2,000 crore in creating sales infrastructure while employing around 40,000 people across the country. "The auto retail fraternity is really shocked to hear another Ford India's announcement where it has said that it will shut down production with immediate effect," FADA president Vinkesh Gulati said in a statement.
The year 2011 too has a number of hatchbacks ready to be launched.
The company is wooing smaller towns to create awareness for Etios to be launched in December.
The company did not clarify if the software error affects only domestic sales or exports from the plant as well
Automobile dealers' body FADA has urged the government to formulate a task force to monitor the compensation structure being worked out by Ford India for its dealer partners across the country. In a letter to Heavy Industries Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey, FADA president Vinkesh Gulati also requested the government to instruct Ford India to keep the industry body in the loop regarding the compensation structure for the dealerships. "We humbly request your Ministry's intervention... Create a task force which takes day-to-day updates from Ford India to monitor the compensation plan for automobile dealers and dealership employees," Gulati said in the letter.
With the rapid growth of the Indian market many new carmakers are going to enter the country and the existing ones are going to come up with newer models.
Besides being budget-oriented these cars also offer fantastic performance and mileage.
In one of biggest ever such exercises in the country, Ford India on Monday said it has recalled over 1.28 units of its best selling Figo and Classic cars to rectify problems related to steering and rear suspension.
Sanand plant exported 78,930 cars. The one at Chennai exported 79,539 units of EcoSport model
Built on the Ford Figo platform, this car is a lot different because it has got a wider track, a better ride height, new set of 15-inch tyres wrapped around in smart black alloys and a ground clearance of 190 mm, says P Tharyan.
2015 will witness exciting new car launches that will prompt you to buy at one of them.
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 company also sells its mid-sized sedan 'Ford Fiesta' as 'Ford Ikon' in South Africa.
Ford to launch new compact car Figo Aspire in India
Earlier in May, Ford India announced that it had dropped its plans to make electric vehicles (EVs) in India, which it intended to export, under the production-linked incentive scheme (PLI). Ford was among 20 companies that had signed a Champion OEM Incentive Scheme under the PLI project with the government in February this year. The decision comes as a blow for the 4,000-odd employees at Ford India's Maraimalai Nagar plant near Chennai and in Sanand, Gujarat. In September last year, the company had announced that it would exit the India market, which it had entered in 1995 through an on-again, off-again joint venture with Mahindra & Mahindra (they split in 1998, signed a JV in 2019 and split again in December 2020), retailing petrol and diesel brands such as the EcoSport, Figo, Aspire, and Endeavour.
So far, the current year has not been great for the leading car exporters from India. In the top five list of exporters -- Hyundai, Ford, Maruti Suzuki, General Motors and Volkswagen -- it is only Hyundai which is clocking a growth.
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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.
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Ford is among several multinational automobile companies in India for whom exports now bring bigger volumes than local sales.
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.
Auto manufacturers have been recalling vehicles on safety issues.
Ford Motors India has apologised for an ad campaign that showed scantily-clad, voluptuous women gagged, bound and stuffed in the trunk of the car maker's Figo model.
The year 2015 was quite eventful with plenty of automakers making news with either new models or facelifts of their existing models.
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