List of articles tagged: South Africa

Mumbai:  With more than 25,000 sales bookings registered since its launch in March, the Ford Figo has cemented its reputation as one of India's most in demand new cars.

At a celebration ceremony, Michael Boneham, president and managing director of Ford India, flagged off the first shipment of Ford India manufactured Ford Figos bound for South Africa.

Tata Motors has appointed Carl-Peter Forster as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the company.  He will have the overall responsibility of Tata Motors Operations globally, including Jaguar Land Rover.

In most markets that Mercedes Benz has a presence in has registered a good growth for the company in the month of January 2010 with India leading the way with more than 400% growth.

Maruti Suzuki’s A-Star crossed export mark of 1 lakh units, with the shipment from Mundra Port. The company has achieved 1 lakh units cumulative export of A-star in less than a year since its first shipment to Europe in January this year.

The Mahindra Xylo, which has seen a fair amount of success in India in its MUV avatar is now going to be exported to South Africa, albeit in a cargo variant. While the vehicle’s exterior will remain unchanged, the middle and the rear windows will be ‘blanked’ out. This saves Mahindra valuable time and money in re-tooling and making new dies for this cargo variant.