Ford India, a wholly owned unit of Ford Motor Co, said on April 03, vehicle sales rose 83 percent from a year ago to 5,929 units in March, its highest monthly sales.
Ford said it sold 14,125 units in the domestic market in the January-March period, compared with 7,607 units in the same period a year earlier.
The company said the Ikon and the newly launched mid-size Fiesta drove growth in the quarter.
Ford India, which set up operations in 1995, sold 22,347 units in India in 2005. It also assembles the Fusion mid-size and Endeavour sports utility and imports the Mondeo saloon fully built.
It has a plant in Maraimalai Nagar near the southern city of Chennai with a capacity of about 50,000 units a year, which can be doubled if needed.