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Ford India cares about going green

Driving Ford — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:55:42 +0000

Each year, Ford volunteers across the world reach out to their communities under a special programme we call the Global Week of Caring (GWC). This year, the theme is “Go Green”. True to the spirit of the theme, our India team kick started the 5th Annual Ford GCW by planting 1500 saplings on the GST [...]

2 big announcements from Ford: To launch 8 new vehicles by the middle of the decade, Ford Figo to be exported to 50 new markets

Driving Ford — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:28:51 +0000

We have 2 big announcements to share today. First. Ford Motor Company will launch 8 new vehicles in India by the middle of the decade as it moves to rapidly expand its presence in the fast growing market. Second. Ford India will export our locally-produced, hot-selling Ford Figo to 50 new markets, including Mexico, North [...]

Great car, great service: Ford Car Lovers Speak Part 6

Driving Ford — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:45:37 +0000

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. [...]

Chennai plant is a green leader!

Driving Ford — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:31:50 +0000

You’ve heard from us earlier on how our Maraimalai plant in Chennai has put in a lot of efforts to be as green as possible. Well, our efforts have been rewarded, because Ford India recently received the 2009 APA Environmental Leadership Award for its innovative efforts to reduce landfill waste. In a ceremony at the [...]

Motorbeam – winner of the Ford Figo Bloggers Drive

Driving Ford — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:02:15 +0000

Drum rolls, please! We are happy to announce Motorbeam as the winner of the Ford Figo Bloggers Drive activity. We had many great posts coming from all the bloggers and had a great time reading those as well . We would like to thank all the bloggers and everybody else who participated in the conversations [...]

New sales record in 2010 – Ford India achieves 307% year-on-year jump in July sales compared to 2009

Driving Ford — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:38:01 +0000

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 [...]

A Week with the Figo – Ford Figo Bloggers Drive

Driving Ford — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:48:11 +0000

Early this week, we announced the Ford Figo Bloggers Drive, where we gave away 3 Figos to 3 bloggers for this whole week. The bloggers were informed that they could drive the cars wherever they wished, make interesting videos, take pictures, write poetry, review their Figo cars, etc, basically anything that caught their fancy. At [...]

Loving the Ford service: Ford Car Lovers Speak Part 5

Driving Ford — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:05:31 +0000

This post is Part 5 of our ongoing Ford Car Lovers Series. After Anish Iyer, Manishi Dutt, the Quadros family, and Rohan Charles have shared their experiences with Ford, Mr. Kumar from Chennai too has some anecdotes to add. Kumar’s first encounter with Ford was about five years ago, when he had rented a Ford [...]

Bloggers Figo Drive: 3 bloggers get behind the wheels of the Figo this whole week

Driving Ford — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:55:34 +0000

Hey Figo lovers, we have been doing a number of activities with bloggers over the last couple of months. This time we thought, why not do an activity where Figo fans can also take part in. So starting today till the end of the week (July 31), we will have 3 key bloggers get behind [...]

Orchid Ford opens at Meerut today

Driving Ford — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:04:29 +0000

Today we opened a new Brand@Retail showroom, Orchid Ford, in Partapur on the Meerut Bye Pass Road. It’s a large 17,000 feet 3S (showroom, sales and service) facility with a large product display area, multiple sales counters, customer lounge, and a play area for children. The service centre has 8 mechanical bays and 5 body [...]