Ford to stop making vehicles in India amid mounting losses and poor sales

Ford had been rethinking its India operations even before it had initiated discussion with Mahindra & Mahindra in 2019

Ford India will stop manufacturing vehicles in India but retain the engine-making and technology services business (Global Business Services) as part of restructuring its India operations. Approximately 4,000 employees are expected to be affected by this.

The move was prompted by the mounting losses and slowdown in India’s passenger vehicle market, and the crisis the pandemic brought, Anurag Mehrotra, president and managing director, Ford India, told reporters at a virtual press meet on Thursday.

“We are not exiting India. This is a restructuring of our business,” he said.

Jim Farley, Ford Motor Company’s president and chief executive officer, said in a statement: “As