Ford's small car

BS reports : US automobile manufacturer Ford is studying the feasibility of launching a compact car in India that will be imported as a completely-knocked-down (CKD) kit from a manufacturing hub in Thailand.

The plan leverages India's free trade agreement (FTA) signed with that country in October 2003. Ford is building a car plant in Thailand in alliance with Japanese automobile company Mazda. Ford owns 33 per cent in Mazda.