The 2017 Ford Ecosport could be the first car to be exported to the U.S. market from India from Ford’s new manufacturing and engine plant in Sanand, Gujarat. Spread across 460 acres, the plant is an integrated facility comprising of a vehicle manufacturing facility and an engine plant. Ford has...
India becoming a source for cars
India's Mahindra & Mahindra sells its XUV sports utility vehicle in Europe since late 2012 and is expanding shipments to Latin America. And Korean automaker Hyundai has been shipping Chennai-built cars to Africa for more than five years. But now France's Renault is shipping India-built Dusters to Europe. Fiat and...
Ford India sales rise 300 percent in February 2011
Ford Motor Company's India operation said that its sales in India tripled in February compared with the same month a year ago. For the month, Ford sold 9,293 cars in India compared with 3,223 last February. Both Ford and General Motors are doing very well in India lately. Takeaway: If...
Auto sales rise 31 percent in 2010, will continue at 15 percent or better in 2011
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) reported that 2010 sales climbed to 1.87 million cars from 1.43 million in 2009, a breathtaking increasing of 31 percent. Car sales are projected to rise to 3 million units a year by 2016, according to SIAM. Growth will not be as high...
India is becoming a global automotive powerhouse
While much of the automotive headlines from India talk about how its consumer are now a major market, there is another substantial megatrend that is just as interesting. In my book, Doing Business in 21st Century India, I wrote how Hyundai Motors of Korea was starting to export its cars...