has been stalled by objections raised by the states labour department which wants to safeguard jobs at the halol plant the unit was to have been shut in june at ford the response to the new figo and aspire has been muted with sales failing to achieve even a third of internal expectations according to people with knowledge of this and while the ecosport suv has been a success ford is finding it hard to perk up sales of other models that doesnt bode well for the company which has no allnew products lined up for the next three years anurag mehrotra executive director for marketing sales and service at ford india declined to comment on future product and manufacturing plans but said lukewarm industry growth has not deterred ford from continuing to evaluate new and subsegments in existing product lines to revive interest in its recently launched models ford india has started a marketing campaign and launched several service initiatives thats seen volumes in the first half of the year rise 30 compared with the industrys 67 albeit on a relatively small base industry experts said this has come at a cost and it will be a challenge for ford to sustain that pace fiat chrysler meanwhile has gone ahead with the homologation of its petrol vehicles even as it awaits clarity on indias policy towards diesel the launch of the jeep brand will take place in the second half of the year and the company is also readying petrol variants for premium suvs grand cherokee and wrangler fortunately jeep on a global sales level is predominantly petrol so we are homologating these models so we can react to the market once clarity is known flynn said this uncertainty in the business environment is still a big concern for us and our dealers at this important time of investment ahead of going live gm and ford put their future plans for india on hold fiat chrysler goes ahead with its jeep launch plans with petrol option by ketan thakkar et bureau published on jul 25 2016 at 0750 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app general motors maruti suzuki india limited general motors india private limited india strategy fiat chrysler hyundai motor india limited ecosport mary barra wrangler hyundai ford india private limited kevin flynn ngt maruti suzuki investment ford fca india automobiles private limited homenewsindustrythese three big us carmakers reviewing india strategy investment plans