Ford has a problem that many of their competitors face, but it's worse for the Big Three automakers because of their high labor costs in the U.S. Here's a quick (simplified) summary:
1. Fuel efficiency standards require car manufacturers to sell vehicles that meet an average mileage standard across their entire product line. To meet these standards they have to sell a lot of small cars. U.S. auto safety standards make these cars more expensive today than ever before.
2. So Ford faces a dilemma: they have to sell a lot of their compact cars, but the combination of UAW labor costs and government safety standards push the prices of these things up near the $20,000 range.
3. The problem is that nobody wants to buy a compact car for $20,000 these days. Anyone willing to shell out that kind of money for a new car is likely to be in the market for a mid-sized car.
4. So Ford has to get the price of their compact car (the Ford Focus) down to the $16,000-$18,000 range -- either by producing it in the U.S. and selling it at a loss, or by producing it in Mexico and making a small profit on them.
Can anyone blame Ford for opening a new plant in Mexico to manufacture the Focus?
Once we build the wall, Americans will be happy to pay more for a Ford Focus.
Or go without.
“Can anyone blame Ford for opening a new plant in Mexico to manufacture the Focus?”
Yep, Trump can. The facts be damned.
Stop it with the logic and knowledge about the issue! We all know that Ford is a big corporation that pays their CEO millions a year, so they are evil and should be destroyed!
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