[2banana]

Ford insiders say the new trio will be built in Mexico, where labor costs are lower and where the auto maker is already building the Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Mercury Milan.

It is not all doom and gloom from the article. And Ford seems to be learning...

[FreedomPoster]

Ford insiders say the new trio will be built in Mexico, where labor costs are lower and where the auto maker is already building the Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Mercury Milan.

Amazing how Honda and Toyota manage to build Accords and Camrys and Avalons here in the U.S. just fine, thank you very much.

[Responsibility2nd]

The very next sentence: The new cars will arrive five years after Toyota Motor Corp. (TM ) launched the Scion brand to go after the same market and three years after Chrysler (DCX ) knocked out three new models to beat up on the Focus. Ford is hoping late is better than never.

What I see: Just after Ford brings these new models to showrooms; the imports will be right behind with new better technology.

Bottom line: Ford - once again - will be a day late and a dollar short.

Oh well, at least Ford can thank God they're not GM.

[Constantine XIII]

I dunno, it sounds like an "out of the frying pan into the fire" strategy to me. :)

[Racer1]

"Ford insiders say the new trio will be built in Mexico" what they can't find enough Mexicans in this county. The Focus is not a vary good fuel economy car. The Escort of the past has it beat by about 5mpg city and highway. There is a better Focus that is diesel that does a lot better. I don't know why they didn't bring it to America. It needs low sulfur diesel but I sure It wouldn't have taken much to adjust it.

[BW2221]

Fusion, Milan and Zephyr had very bad scores on side-impact crash tests.

The one "Big Three" small car that's selling well is Dodge Caliber. Dealers have less than a two-week supply and one has 25 names on a waiting list.