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Big shift: Ford plant produced last truck today, will start making small cars in 2010

It's no secret that Ford is shifting production capability of its plants from large vehicles to smaller, more sensible rides. Workers at the Michigan Truck Plant, long the birthplace of the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs, produced their last vehicle of the behemoth variety today at 1:30 in the afternoon. The plant will now be shut down and retooled - at a cost of $75 million - to build small, fuel-efficient C-Cars (think Ford Focus) starting in 2010. Pardon the possible pun, but this is a big shift. Since opening over 50 years ago, the ... Read more →

Ford to retool 3 truck plants for small cars starting in December Sam Abuelsamid

In conjunction with the announcement of an $8.7 billion loss for the second quarter, Ford confirmed what had been suspected for some time with a major shift in production capacity from trucks to ...

Big shift: Ford plant produced last truck today, will start making small cars in 2010 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford to retool 3 truck plants for small cars starting in December 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In conjunction with the announcement of an $8.7 billion loss for the second quarter, Ford confirmed what had been suspected for some time with a major shift in production capacity from trucks to cars. Starting in December of this year, three truck plants will be retooled so that they can build cars ...

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