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Ford Says It's Moving All of Its U.S. Small Car Production to Mexico
CNS News ^ | 9/14/16 | AP

Posted on 09/14/2016 3:29:17 PM PDT by Nachum

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. says it's moving all of its U.S. small car production to Mexico.

Ford CEO Mark Fields confirmed the long-expected move Wednesday during an event for investors and Wall Street analysts.

Ford currently makes its Fiesta subcompact in Mexico, but its Focus and C-Max small cars are made in suburban Detroit. Making them in Mexico would boost company profits because of low wages there.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: automakers; car; ford; fordmotor; manufacturing; mexico; production
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To: lodi90

“is Ford trying to throw the election to Trump”

Probably not, but they are trying to destroy the union parasites. Nobody comes in between the rich libtards and their bottomline.


21 posted on 09/14/2016 3:49:03 PM PDT by sagar
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To: nesnah

Also Perot and Admiral Stockdale were vociferous advocates of abortion in 1992.


22 posted on 09/14/2016 3:49:13 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, 2016)
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To: Nachum

Guess what my response is to “buy American”.


24 posted on 09/14/2016 3:52:00 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Oldexpat

Somebody needs to tell Gainesville, GA (THE poultry capitol of the world.

I see dozens of trucks driving by every morning on their way to slaughter.


Actually chicken processing for the US is moving to china..


25 posted on 09/14/2016 3:53:57 PM PDT by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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To: boycott

Don’t remember him saying that...but its all a jumble to me. I have trouble separating Perrot in my mind with the Hank Hill’s father on King of the Hill.


26 posted on 09/14/2016 3:54:58 PM PDT by AndyTheBear (Hating Islam is the natural consequence of caring about people in the Middle East, including Muslims)
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To: Dacula
Here in southern DE, a chicken doesn't stand a chance. 😆
27 posted on 09/14/2016 3:55:13 PM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: KansasGirl

Also gas was unleaded or leaded. Now Flint’s water is Would you like Leaded water or Unleaded water. You have your choice. The Wixom MI Ford Car plant closed a couple years ago. Drive by that plant being developed into something else. Up here in the UP we still have the former Ford Plant in Kingsford. Also the Ford Sawmill is still in in Alberta Village, MI (Just northeast of Covington and Southeast of L’ Anse). This operational saw mill was donated by Ford to Michigan Technical University. This was Ford; Socialism experiment. Everything was right there, housing and work.


28 posted on 09/14/2016 3:57:15 PM PDT by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2016 - Make America Great Again)
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To: Bratch

>> as their income increases.

Unfortunately, in the nation of Outsourcing and Rightsizing and Part-timing, the income doesn’t increase any more. If you aren’t a white male, you might get a promotion. Whatever meager increases there are are taken up by health care and food.


29 posted on 09/14/2016 3:57:18 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: nesnah

I tell you what. I’ve got 5 girls out back that are fighting off nightly attacks by possums.

GIVE CHICKS A CHANCE! :)


30 posted on 09/14/2016 4:01:45 PM PDT by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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To: Nachum; All

Wait just a minute. Didn’t i hear a talking head at Ford a bit ago when Trump said Ford was moving to Mexico say Trump was not telling the truth?

They would stay here? Yes I am pretty sure I saw that. anyone else remember that?


31 posted on 09/14/2016 4:02:30 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Hillary Clinton......unfit to serve, shovel ready)
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To: KansasGirl

Did you know until 1952 Ford’s were made with wood. Kingsford Charcoal was an offshot of the process of cutting the ends off the oak wood used in the manufacturing process. Kingsford got its name one of Ford;s senior employees. Just think Ford’s no longer made in the USA. Ford has a huge plant in Brazil. I can remember the word Brazil on my nephew’s Ford Ranger rims.


32 posted on 09/14/2016 4:08:05 PM PDT by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2016 - Make America Great Again)
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To: boycott

Some other pork related stuff may be on the way to China as well.....


33 posted on 09/14/2016 4:10:49 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: hondact200

Thank you for the history lesson. I learn stuff all the time on here. Yes, I made a donation recently.....


34 posted on 09/14/2016 4:12:09 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Nachum

They send us their dependents and criminals and we send them our jobs. That’s some great deal, right there....


35 posted on 09/14/2016 4:13:26 PM PDT by clintonh8r
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To: Nachum

A lie of omission is a lie nonetheless....please tell the WHOLE story...

Ford is EXPANDING production in the US...yes they are moving small car production to Mexico...but larger more lucrative vehicle production in the US is INCREASING.


36 posted on 09/14/2016 4:14:32 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: Nachum
Making them in Mexico would boost company profits because of low wages there.

Yes, there are other reasons companies move production from the US to cheap labor nations, but cheap labor is and always has been by far the main reason manufacturing leaves the US.

37 posted on 09/14/2016 4:25:40 PM PDT by Will88
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To: hondact200; KansasGirl; wally_bert; Nifster; nascarnation
Did you know until 1952 Ford’s were made with wood. Kingsford Charcoal was an offshot of the process of cutting the ends off the oak wood used in the manufacturing process....

Man we have had some really uninformed posters on FR, but you're in a class by yourself.

Have to wonder in what part of the world you were raised.

Folks, don't be fooled by this yayhoo.

1925 Ford Model T chassis and drive train and wood spoke wheels, common on nearly all autos of the day..

1932 Ford chassis and bodies.

38 posted on 09/14/2016 4:26:20 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: rottndog
"Ford is EXPANDING production in the US...yes they are moving small car production to Mexico...but larger more lucrative vehicle production in the US is INCREASING."

Yes and the Rumor is, the "Ranger" ( the American Version ) as well as a potential spin off ( aka a new "Bronco" )

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2015/08/25/ford-ranger/32373741/

Imagine a 2 door wagon back version of this, if the auto press rumors are correct..


39 posted on 09/14/2016 4:26:39 PM PDT by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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To: Nachum
This was known at the last UAW negotiation table when the union took pay raises rather than keep the small car production here in the U.S..........

Old news and nothing to see here...............

40 posted on 09/14/2016 4:27:14 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
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