Ford overtakes Renault to claim seventh spot in Indian car market

French car maker Renault has lost the seventh position in the fast-growing Indian car market to rival Ford as the company's volume has been under pressure for several consecutive months. It now ranks eighth in the domestic car market.

Data for the first five months of the calendar year 2018 shows that American car maker Ford sold about 44,000 units of passenger vehicles (cars and utility vehicles) in the domestic market compared to about 36,000 units sold by Renault. These are wholesales to company dealerships. Indian companies do not share data of retail sales made to end buyers. In 2017