Central government has approved the proposal to buy Ford's Ikon Flair for institutional purchases. Ford India has entered into a tie-up with the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals for this. The Ikon will be available to government departments at a special rate. Ford India had supplied its SUV Endeavour and sedan Fiesta to various government and public sector undertakings. Besides the Ikon, Ford India sells sedan Fiesta, compact car Fusion, SUV Endeavour in India.
Ford Motor India on Monday said the sales of its flagship model Ikon crossed the 10,000 mark in the first five months this year and the company was poised to post profit in 2004.
Ford Motor India plans to hike prices by up to Rs 19,000 on mid-size car Ikon next month after steep increase in steel prices raised input costs and put pressures on margins.
Ford India Ltd on Wednesday launched Ford Ikon NXT series, the latest variants of its successful mid-size passenger car, Ford Ikon.
The house of the Prime Minister's media advisor Harish Khare was broken into in New Delhi early on Wednesday morning and the burglars decamped with his laptop and mobile besides driving away his car.
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New units of the iconic Maruti 800, Ford Ikon (1.3 petrol), Fiat Palio, Skoda Fabia (1.2 petrol) and Octavia (1.9 TDI engine), and Chevrolet Tavera (2.5 DI) of General Motors will no longer be sold in the 13 notified cities from Thursday, which constitute 40-50 per cent of total car sales in the country.
The diesel variant of the new Ikon would come with a 1.4 litre DuraTorq TDCi engine, while the petrol variant would be available with a 1.3 litre RoCam engine. The company would launch a new small car in India in 2010.
Riding on the success of Ford Ikon and Ford Fiesta, in the mid-size sedan segment, Ford plans to roll out the new car by March.
Hyundai Santro, Ford Ikon, Honda City and Tata Safari have been ranked highest in their respective vehicle segments in a study conducted by global research and consulting firm J D Power.
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Ford India recently exported its 5000th container, thus despatching so far over 100,000 units of Ford Ikons in completely knocked down condition.
Ford India on Wednesday launched a new line of its mid-size 'Ikon' model adding two new variants 'LXi' and 'EXi' and improved versions of the existing 'ZXi' and 'Flair' as part of efforts to increase market share.
With the launch of 'Flair', the new variant of Ford Ikon, auto major Ford India entered the sub-Rs 500,000 mid-sized luxury car market.
General Motors India on Wednesday launched two variants of its mid-size car Opel Corsa.\n\n\n\n
Honda Siel Cars India on Friday said its sales soared by 195 per cent in December 2003 to 2,760 units on the back of strong demand for the recently-launched all-new mid-size car City.
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