In short, ford was never going to close any plants. There were just moving the lower cost/lower margin focus and c-max production to mexico so they could use the existing factories to build the higher demand and higher margin upcoming SUVs that americans tend to buy more anyway. Unlike the other two disasters of american car companies (one being now partly italian), Ford actually has the opposite problem of almost not having capacity to meet demand of its truck and SUVs, which have been selling like hotcakes. And Ford is bringing back the Ford Bronco and Ranger next year to the U.S. to try to meet demand for this country’s demand for trucks and SUVs. Ford is doing well, because Ford got their head out of their asses years ago, cut down on spending, sold brands they couldn’t run well (Jaguar, Land Rover, part of Mazda), so it could re-focus on it’s core business. And it invested heavily in technology, some of it borrowed from Ford India.
It was one of the first domestic companies to start pushing for turbo charged engines to meet CAFE standards, and it was the first company to start to use aluminium in it’s bread butter F150 truck, which had incredible weight savings and fuel economy without sacrificing to much in HP/torque. Ford is succeeding simply because they have good products, and demand is there.
All this is. Is just lip service to what Ford was already planning to do, because Ford had no plans to eliminate those factories to begin with, they were just making space for more capacity for higher margin products. You can’t make money on a low cost sub-compact ford focus. Whereas you can make a shitload of money on a $30k+ SUV/truck. and given how low gas prices are, more americans are buying those big trucks/SUVs again.
But hey, don’t let facts get in the way of ignorance.. Sure hasn’t stopped some of you before, lol.
As far as some of you other that think about Apple’s demise is good.. Fine, let’s say apple goes under. That’s great. There’s always samsung,LG, HTC, and huawei. I’m sure they would be thrilled they have one less competitor to deal with, especially apple.
I would say, we could consider another U.S. cell phone company could replace them. Something like Motorola, but they are part of Lenovo…God, some of you folks are brilliant. Even if an american company is 50% produced here in America, you still would rather see it fail and employ 0% in america, versus 50%.Lol…
Trump did talk to Bill Ford, but the Kentucky plant was never moving to Mexico.
During his campaign, Trump claimed that Ford was going to fire US workers and move manufacturing to Mexico. That wasn’t the case – yes, Ford planned to transfer Focus and C-Max production from Wayne, Michigan, to Cuautitlan, Mexico, but no, that wouldn’t mean anyone losing their job. The Wayne plant will continue to operate, and likely busier than before, as it will be the home of the new Bronco and Ranger. So Ford CEO Mark Fields responded with the facts, and then chairman Bill Ford Jr. sat down with Trump over the summer. Things apparently weren’t resolved to Trump’s satisfaction, so he and Bill Ford spoke on the phone yesterday as he claims in this tweet:
We continue to engage with President-elect Trump’s team – and the new Congress – as they shape the policy agenda for 2017. We have shared our commitment to continue investing in the U.S. and creating American jobs – building on the $12 billion we have invested in our U.S. plants and the nearly 28,000 U.S. jobs Ford has created in the past five years. Ford continues to employ more American autoworkers and produce more American made vehicles than anyone.
Today, we confirmed with the President-elect that our small Lincoln utility vehicle made at the Louisville Assembly Plant will stay in Kentucky. We are encouraged that President-elect Trump and the new Congress will pursue policies that will improve U.S. competitiveness and make it possible to keep production of this vehicle here in the United States.
We will have more details to share on our future plans at the appropriate time.
