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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

“Yeah, is Ford trying to throw the election to Trump?”

The timing of the announcement of their decision makes you wonder. Maybe Ford is being pro-America here.


61 posted on 09/14/2016 5:18:11 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Signalman
What corrupt Ford and Mexico will do is attempt to import thousands of these vehicles into the U.S. on the backs of unemployed Americans in decline.

No doubt they’ll be smuggling in hundreds of tons of dope hidden in these new vehicles like the cartels are already doing with countless other products.

We’ll not only need to tax the sh*t out of these products but thousands of these vehicles them will need to be routinely dismantled and searched one at a time to ensure that corrupt country and this slimy unscrupulous company do not continue with this country with an endless conga of drugs flooding in.


62 posted on 09/14/2016 5:22:38 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: boycott

That’s another reason I only buy meat and milk at wholefoods.


63 posted on 09/14/2016 5:28:04 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN)
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To: Covenantor

true, but wood was used extensively. Ford contracted bodies by the thousands from several manufacturers. This was not “custom coach work”. These bodies accounted for one third of all ford automobiles up until the early 40s.


64 posted on 09/14/2016 5:29:50 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Nachum

Unless this is simply posturing by Ford (for whatever purpose), it is an incredibly dumb move before finding out who’s going to win the election.


65 posted on 09/14/2016 5:30:45 PM PDT by Egon
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To: rottndog

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.

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Too many facts spoil a good rant.


66 posted on 09/14/2016 5:36:28 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

That’s another reason I only buy meat and milk at wholefoods.

I also try to buy only USA fruits (bananas and limes are hard to find USA) and vegetables. If the country of origin doesn’t say USA, I don’t want it.

I don’t know how someone can see tomatoes from USA next to some that say Mexico and then pick up the ones that say Mexico. I’ve actually left stores because they didn’t have USA tomatoes.


67 posted on 09/14/2016 5:36:29 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: Egon

NAFTA, which was specifically passed by Congress, very effectively prevents a president form some kind of retaliation. Ford’s small cars are meant more for the non-US market anyway.


68 posted on 09/14/2016 5:36:53 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Nachum

This should be rich with anti America car manufacture crowd....


69 posted on 09/14/2016 5:39:05 PM PDT by Moleman
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To: boycott

About 25 years ago there was a TV special on the tomato growers in Mexico.

Some of it was quite disgusting.

I have never bought a tomato from Mexico since then.


70 posted on 09/14/2016 5:39:39 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Nachum

“Hey Baracko, go have a ‘meeting’ with experts and talk about it... “

You should have said ‘experts’. As if.


71 posted on 09/14/2016 5:41:01 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Graybeard58

72 posted on 09/14/2016 5:42:57 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Graybeard58

73 posted on 09/14/2016 5:43:48 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: jjotto
I have wanted to order a mid size pickup for a while now. There is really only the Tacoma. I want rubber floor mats, no carpets, hand crank windows, manual locks, no fabric headliner, vinyl bench seat, locking hub 4 wheel drive, and towing package.

Just a working truck..........Almost impossible to get unless you are a utility company or fleet buyer.

74 posted on 09/14/2016 5:47:15 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: BenLurkin

>>Giant Sucking Sound<<

If only Americans would have believed the old man. Nope, the party was way more important.


75 posted on 09/14/2016 5:50:45 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Mears

This is what we get from these 3rd world nations .....

TOXIC SEAFOOD WARNING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0F8x4i5GYE

Shrimp: The Disgusting Truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDAPi0r4d9s


76 posted on 09/14/2016 5:51:20 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: blackdog

There is a high tariff on imported pickups that effectively keeps smaller, cheaper pickups off the US market, so US makers don’t need to make one to compete.

Tariffs are indeed the best way to raise money for the federal government, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have some negative effects.


77 posted on 09/14/2016 6:02:38 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Nachum

Getting out while the getting is good. In your face Obama.


78 posted on 09/14/2016 6:09:15 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
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To: jjotto
I know. I tried to order a Toyota Tacoma the way I wanted it and found I cannot. They fly off the lot so fast they won't take a bare truck order. You get what they give you or you don't get.

I've been hoping for the Ranger or S15 to return. I had an Isuzu that ran out of life at 375,000 miles after 25 years. Best darn little truck ever! Of course that was why they stopped making them for US sale. They were too good.

79 posted on 09/14/2016 6:12:07 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: BenLurkin
Giant Sucking Sound

Well, somebody remembers...
Ross Perot was spot on.

Twenty-four years ago!

80 posted on 09/14/2016 6:17:08 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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