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Ford Adding 1,800 Jobs to Build New Escape
Fox News ^ | Dec. 9, 2010 | AP

Posted on 12/09/2010 11:41:43 AM PST by re_tail20

Ford is the latest U.S. automaker to announce it is hiring again.

Ford said Thursday it will add 1,800 workers at a plant in Louisville to build the Escape, the second best-selling small SUV in the U.S. after the Honda CR-V. The automaker is investing $600 million in the plant, which will be shut for a year while new equipment is installed so that Ford can build the Escape on a more fuel efficient car platform.

The plant currently employs 1,100 people on one shift and has been building the Ford Explorer mid-size SUV since 1989. Production of the Explorer is being moved to a plant in Chicago.

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KEYWORDS: bailout; ford; jobs
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To: 6323cd
I used to own a 1998 Explorer. A few years ago, I was sitting at a red light when a Lincoln Town Car and a Cadillac El Dorado collided in the middle of the intersection. The Lincoln went airborne and slammed into me on the front driver's side corner. The impact was hard enough that my Explorer was shoved sideways almost ten feet.

The damage to my Explorer was just over $7800, but I walked away with just a bruised knee from having it resting against the door when the Town Car hit me.

21 posted on 12/09/2010 1:03:39 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
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To: Moleman
And your money went to Japan. Thanks a lot.

Versus China to pay off the loans?

22 posted on 12/09/2010 1:03:47 PM PST by FLCowboy, (And people thought Jimmy Carter was our worst president........)
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To: khenrich
Versus China to pay off the loans?

I had to laugh... LOL good one, sad but true

23 posted on 12/09/2010 1:18:56 PM PST by Moleman
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To: taildragger

“This is the Ford Kuga a Euro Small SUV...”

Hmmm....
That looks remarkably like the current Toyota RAV4!


24 posted on 12/09/2010 1:42:49 PM PST by Grumplestiltskin (I may look new, but it's only deja vu!)
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To: re_tail20

“the plant, which will be shut for a year while new equipment is installed”

A lot can happen in a year.


25 posted on 12/09/2010 1:55:45 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: re_tail20

Buy some Ford stock it’s a good stock at $16+.No I’m not a broker I just know Ford Motor Company. That name on their building is not going to change.


26 posted on 12/09/2010 1:59:47 PM PST by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)
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To: khenrich

Those workers are expected to migrate along with the SUV they currently build.


27 posted on 12/09/2010 2:00:27 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: Moleman
Actually the Maazda is a rebadged Escape.

I'm not sure either one can claim original ownership. They both use a Taurus-derived drive train on a modified Mazda 626 chassis.

28 posted on 12/09/2010 2:01:16 PM PST by tacticalogic
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To: tacticalogic

You are certainly correct there, at least for now.


29 posted on 12/09/2010 2:08:25 PM PST by Moleman
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To: tacticalogic

It’s more complicated than that.

The Escape/Mariner/Tribute uses a heavily modified Mazda 626 chassis, combined with a 2.5L Duratec (Joint Mazda/Ford design) or a 3.0L Duratec (which debuted on the 1996 Taurus) for an engine... For a transmission, you get either a manual from who-knows-where or an automatic that was a GM/Ford Joint Venture....


30 posted on 12/09/2010 2:21:04 PM PST by eraser2005
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To: eraser2005

That closed-loop system they use for deciding when to send power the rear wheels on the 4WD models is kind of interesting, too.


31 posted on 12/09/2010 2:40:13 PM PST by tacticalogic
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To: Rio

Ford Motor Company, which Rush pointed out did get a cash infusion from the Obama stimulations, is supported by the New World Order, of which it is an official member, as well as by the UAW.


32 posted on 12/09/2010 3:04:24 PM PST by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: RoadTest

It’s specifically a member of the Council On Foreign Relations


33 posted on 12/09/2010 3:06:58 PM PST by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: RoadTest

It was Ford Motor Credit that got a helping hand.


34 posted on 12/09/2010 3:08:59 PM PST by KYGrandma (The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home......)
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To: KYGrandma

You’re right. I stand corrected.


35 posted on 12/09/2010 3:11:04 PM PST by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: KYGrandma

And Toyota Motor Credit and Honda Motor Credit, and Nissan, etc...

Pretty much every credit division of every car company got access to commercial paper through the Federal Reserve.

And the Federal Reserve made a profit on every last one of those loans.


36 posted on 12/10/2010 9:12:14 AM PST by eraser2005
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To: re_tail20

“Ford said Thursday it will add 1,800 workers at a plant in Louisville to build the Escape”

I bet they get over 1 million job applications.


37 posted on 12/10/2010 9:16:13 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: brownsfan
A lot of “foreign” cars are built in the US. My Acura was built in Marysville, Ohio.

For about the 10,000th time. These Cars are "assembled" here in the US. Most of the jobs created by the Japanese and others are low-tech final assembly. Many people are foolish enough to believe working for Toyota is no different from working at GM or Ford.

WRONG.

This is what a lot of very stupid and foolish people have been led to believe. Only the most naive and foolish people believe it's not essential have have domestic companies building our major transportation vehicles.
38 posted on 12/10/2010 4:07:01 PM PST by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough.)
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To: brownsfan
A lot of “foreign” cars are built in the US. My Acura was built in Marysville, Ohio.

For about the 10,000th time. These Cars are "assembled" here in the US. Most of the jobs created by the Japanese and others are low-tech final assembly. Many people are foolish enough to believe working for Toyota is no different from working at GM or Ford.

WRONG.

This is what a lot of very stupid and foolish people have been led to believe. Only the most naive and foolish people believe it's not essential have have domestic companies building our major transportation vehicles.
39 posted on 12/10/2010 4:08:26 PM PST by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough.)
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To: Rebelbase

Ford is not adding 1800 jobs. There are already 1100 employees working there. They will only add additional jobs if they go to three shifts, and that depends on sales. The DH is a Ford retiree and works as a supplier rep now. Almost all the news about the Kuga coming to Louisville has been overblown.


40 posted on 12/10/2010 5:01:01 PM PST by KYGrandma (The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home......)
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