All the speculations and the rendering jobs will end for good in two days as Ford is likely to take the veil off its small car for India. Ford’s President and CEO Mr. Allan Mulally will be flying down to India on the 23rd to unveil the car which has been spinning around the minds and lenses of the Indian auto bounty hunters.
According to the company officials the car will come in two variants 1.2L petrol and 1.5L diesel. Ford’s factory in Chennai which recently got pumped up with 500 million dollar job will be producing this car. The Chennai factory is getting its steel from its plant in Thailand, to make this small car cheaper, Ford is holding talks with Tata for a steel deal.
The 500 million dollar (2000 crores) expansion of the Chennai plant is evident with ford acquiring 103 more acres of land out of which 30 acres will be allotted to its components suppliers. The Chennai plant has been automated by 30% with the installation of 90 new robots. Ford has increased its components suppliers from 30 to 180, another step to make the small car cheaper.
The Car might look like these:
