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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
Ford doing sub brands? good luck from a company that is leaving India because of poor sales
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GM was the 5th best-selling automaker in India once it pulled the plug there and in South Africa, and shortly after in Indonesia too. Manufacturing for export of CKD kits of the previous generation of the Spark (and a sedan version meant specifically for India too) sent to Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador remained for a while. Even though in South Africa the local operation was fully-owned by GM, in India it was a joint-venture with the very same Chinese SAIC, which now is using one of GM former plants in India to make MG SUVs.
Ford's operations in India are fully-owned, and were implemented after a failed joint-venture with Mahindra, and once again Ford recently approached Mahindra in a seemingly attempt to outsource affordable SUVs like GM has done with the Chinese-built 2nd generation of the Captiva (not so affordable by the way).