Ford Fiesta Sales Reaches 10,000 Unit Milestone

Ford India started the new year with its best monthly sales performance ever, with 10,026 units sold in the first month of 2011 a more than four-fold increase, against 2453 units sold over the same period last year. By reaching the 10,000-unit monthly sales milestone, Ford has surpassed its previous monthly record of 9,478, set in March 2010. Sales of the Ford Figo also hit an all-time new monthly high, with more than 8,600 units sold in January. This marks the best monthly sales performance for the Figo since its launch in March 2010.

In 2010, Ford India sold 83,887 vehicles, an impressive year-on-year increase of more than 184%.

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Ford Fiesta to be named as Ford Fiesta Classic

Ford will launch the next generation Fiesta (B299) in India this year. This means that the current Fiesta will either have to be faced out or renamed if Ford wants to call the 2011 Fiesta, the Fiesta. Hence the company will re-badge the current Fiesta as the Fiesta Classic. The new Fiesta will be base on Ford’s global kinetic design theme and is being extensively tested in Chennai, near the company’s manufacturing facility. The 2011 Fiesta will be powered by a more powerful 1.6 liter petrol motor producing 118bhp and 1.6 liter 90bhp diesel with 20.7kgm of torque. Ford will price the new Fiesta between Rs. 7-9 lakhs. the old Ford Fiesta will continue to sell alongside the new model, albeit in a rebranded avatar, and will now be called the Ford Fiesta Classic. Now, will Ford India chop off the Fiesta Classic’s prices and reposition the car as a VFM mid segment sedan alternative

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