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With SUV and large truck sales constantly declining, Ford Motor Company has no other option than to shift its focus to passenger cars. As part of the company's plan to boost North American small-car production, the American automaker announced today that it will invest $75 million in its Michigan Truck Plant’s body shop to prepare it for car production. Work at the plant will begin in November when Ford starts moving the tooling equipment specific to the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator to the Kentucky Truck Plant, which begins producing the large SUVs in mid-2009. The move will open the way for Michigan Truck’s plant to be retooled to a car plant that will begin producing global C-car based vehicles in 2010. -Continued
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Cars
Ford Invests $75 Million to Prepare Michigan Truck Plant for Small Cars
With SUV and large truck sales constantly declining, Ford Motor Company has no other option than to shift its focus to passenger cars. As part of the company's plan to boost North American small-car production, the American automaker announced today that it will invest $75 million in its Michigan Truck Plant’s body shop to prepare it for car production. Work at the plant will begin in November when Ford starts moving the tooling equipment specific to the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator to the Kentucky Truck Plant, which begins producing the large SUVs in mid-2009. The move will open the way for Michigan Truck’s plant to be retooled to a car plant that will begin producing global C-car based vehicles in 2010. -ContinuedAs for the Michigan plant’s 1,000 employees, Ford said that they will be transferred next door to Wayne Assembly Plant where a third crew will be added in January to accommodate increased production of the Focus.
- Ford Starts Production Of The 2015 F-150 In Kansas City Too
Ford has added a second production base for the all-new 2015 Ford F-150 at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. The facility complements the Dearborn Truck Plant, which builds the F-150 in three shifts. Read more »...
- Ford Starts Building All-new 2015 Edge Suv In Canada
Ford has celebrated the global production start for the all-new 2015 Edge at the retooled Oakville Assembly plant in Canada. Following an investment of C$700 million ($561 million) and the addition of 1,400 new jobs, the plant has undergone a retooling...
- Chrysler Invests $165 Million In Michigan Assembly Plant
Chrysler announced today that it will invest $165 million in its Sterling Heights, Michigan plant to add a new state of the art, one million square-foot body shop. Last December, the Detroit carmaker had also revealed that it would invest close to $850...
- Gm To Invest $336 Million In Detroit-area Plant To Build Chevrolet Volt
General Motors is planning to invest $336 million in its Detroit-Hamtramck factory to produce the new Chevrolet Volt electric car next year, bringing the combined Volt-related investments in eight different facilities in Michigan to a total of $700 million....
- Ford Reopens Cleveland Plant Which Begins Production Of Ecoboost V6
After hearing about all sorts of closures in the auto biz, Ford brings us some good news today with the announcement of the reopening of its Cleveland Engine Plant No.1. The plant, which had been idled since 2007, is now open up for business as it has...