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Configuration
| Specification | DRDO Armoured Ambulance | Ford Focus |
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| Type | tracked military ambulance[source] | — |
| Designer | Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), a branch of the Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO )[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | AVANI[source] | Ford[source]Ford Focus · Manufacturer |
| Medical equipment | continuous ECG monitoring, a ventilator, a suction unit to remove unwanted fluids, a DC refrigerator for preserving drugs, and an air-conditioner with optional heating facility[source] | — |
| Capacity | seating capacity of 12 persons including two crew, two medical attendants and eight sitting patients |
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| Patient configurations | four stretcher patients only or two stretcher and four sitting patients[source] | — |
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| Armament | It retains the turret but without the gun or smoke grenade launchers.[source] | — |
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| Protection | special blower and absorbent filter for nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection[source] | — |
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| Communications | external and internal radio communication for navigation[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | India[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 15, cell 5; revision 1377113086; retrieved 2026-09-30 | — |
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| Production | — | 1998–2025[source]Ford Focus · Production |
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| Model years | — | 2000–2018 (North America)[source]Ford Focus · Model years |
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| Class | — | Small family car / Compact car ( C )[source]Ford Focus · Class |
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| Body style | — | 3/5-door hatchback 4-door sedan/saloon 5-door estate 2-door coupe (US) 2-door coupé-cabriolet (Europe)[source]Ford Focus · Body style |
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| Layout | — | Front-engine, front-wheel drive Front-engine, four-wheel-drive (Mk 3 RS Only)[source]Ford Focus · Layout |
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| Predecessor | — | Ford Escort (Europe, North America and Argentina ) Ford Laser (Asia and Oceania)[source]Ford Focus · Predecessor |
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| Successor | — | Ford Kuga (indirect)[source]Ford Focus · Successor |
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| National origin | — | German and British teams[source]Germany and United Kingdom; every source-named partner retained |
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