Ford is one of the many automakers that has been suspending work at plants that usually make SUV’s and trucks because consumers are not willing to shell out money for cars that will cost them a fortune in gas money. Ford has decided to take a different route. Instead of just closing down the plants they will be redesigning them to build Euro-market cars for the American market.
Sources say that Mr. Mulally has already made the decision to convert at least three truck/SUV production facilities in North America as soon as possible to produce Ford models currently sold in Europe…. The timeline Mulally prefers, according to insiders, is ‘yesterday’.”
The reasoning is ostensibly that with the American market going to more frugal cars, it’s time for Ford to start spending the money to provide them – even though cash is tight right now. What might make the leap across the water? The Euro Focus, the Focus Coupe, and the C-Max are candidates.
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