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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 →

The end is nigh: Turbo-four a possibility in 2013 F-150 Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Ford F-150 A four cylinder engine in the F-150? What is the world coming to? Um, the realization that the price of gas isn't likely to go back down, ...

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

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 end is nigh: Turbo-four a possibility in 2013 F-150 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Ford F-150 A four cylinder engine in the F-150? What is the world coming to? Um, the realization that the price of gas isn't likely to go back down, that's what. Still, it was one thing when muscle car enthusiasts were told they may get a four cylinder ...


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