New Small Car from Ford in 2010

July 01,2009, 10:10 IST by Satish Kalepu

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Ford India is all set to launch its news small car by early 2010. The company is currently testing around 300 prototypes of the small car on the road. The new small car will share its platform with its European and Australian siblings and will have 85 percent localization. This will help Ford to curb the cost and place the car competitively in the Indian market which is one of the most price sensitive markets in the world.

Ford Small Car

The new small car is being primarily designed for the Indian customers to suit the Indian driving conditions and the Indian roads. The company intends to launch 1.2L petrol engine to get the excise duty cut and probably 1.5L diesel engine.

Ford has sustained the credit crisis in the US market and Ford India has already invested nearly USD 900 million in India. This includes its $500 million investments on the new engine plant and the small car project as well as ramping up of the vehicle assembling capacity from 0.1 million units to 0.2 million units. The company has also recently signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu state government which will see fresh investments of $400 million in the auto sector. The new plant will have a production capacity of manufacturing 100,000 units annually. It will also be able to produce 250,000 engines each year.

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i want to enquire about the cost ,mileage of the companys newly car to be launched in july 2001

July 03, 2009 by Ankit

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I would like to konow more about the new ford car coming by 2010 and all the specifications including costing of all the versions diesel as well petrol and the mileage and new features which is not in other cars plzz pass the msg to me i'm anxious to know more about it !@!

July 02, 2009 by ANIrban Dey

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We will provide all the details of KA soon.

July 02, 2009 by Shiva Shankar,CarTrade Expert

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can i get the specificaiton and all the version with pricing.

July 01, 2009 by Ishaq

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I would like to know about the specifications of the new car. Iam planning to purchase a new car in 2010. Please send the details of the car immediately. asokan

July 01, 2009 by Asokan

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I would like to know more information on New Ford car-2010:- Price on road,Petrol & Diesel model details,Seating capacity,Engine power and then mileage in city as well as on highways etc.Plus interior details.

July 01, 2009 by Cravikumar

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it's 2 qute .

July 01, 2009 by Jufeed

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July 01, 2009 by Estevam Dias

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