Additionally, Ford India has also been expanding its sales and service network across the country.
Ford India apologized Monday for an ad it never ran.
FORBES: Ford India Apologizes For Advertisements It Never Ran
Ford India President and Managing Director Michael Boneham said the new dealerships, all opened on Friday, are mostly thanks to the sales success of the entry level Ford Figo hatchback.
People woke up this morning to an AP story newswire story saying that Ford India apologized today for a series of three ads, even though they never approved of the ads in the first place.
FORBES: Ford India Apologizes For Advertisements It Never Ran
In India, Ford dealerships will go to 315 from 92, and in the ASEAN region dealerships will grow to 280 from 143.
Ford experienced a bumper year in India with overall sales reaching 83, 887 units during 2010 against 29, 488 units in 2009.
Ford will likely introduce the EcoSport in India in June with 1.5-liter gasoline and diesel engines as well as the 1.0-liter engine.
The late John Bissell had been a buyer for Macy's when he came to India in 1958 on a Ford Foundation grant to advise a government-run handicrafts institution.
But the Board of Control for Cricket in India ultimately interviewed South African Graham Ford and England's John Emburey.
Ford sold 96, 270 passenger vehicles in India in 2011, a 15% increase over 2010 sales, the company said in a press release Jan. 2.
Reports say that it was posted online by the India-based advertising agency hired by Ford.
With other carmakers, including Ford, also announcing plans to build small cars in India, some environmentalists griped that it was the wrong step forward.
India also became an increasingly important exporter of Ford vehicles last year, with shipments reaching 22, 521 vehicles, almost three times the number exported in 2010.
Aside from China and South Korea, India is likely to become one of the key markets for Ford with sales in August up 16% y-o-y.
FORBES: Ford Looks To S. Korea As Its Next Asian Growth Engine
Ford expects the compact SUV will help the company turnaround its falling sales in India--its sales fell 30% to 7, 253 vehicles in February.
Both U.S. automakers have been investing heavily in China and India, but as more of a newcomer to those markets, Ford has far more to gain.
Ford's marketing chief apologized, and the auto maker's ad agency in India fired an undisclosed number of workers following some "inappropriate" proposed ads for the Figo car.
Tata Motors boosts its revenue by making dies for Jaguar, Ford, General Motors and Toyota, too, just as it does by allowing the made-in-India Mercedes to be run through its paint shop.
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