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North America car and truck production by plant - April and YTD
… 23,967 11% 103,329 84,579 22% Michigan Assembly (Wayne) (C) 31,424 24,045 31% 121,447 84,704 43% Ford Edge 17,279 14,953 16% 67,083 57,551 17% Ford Flex 3,037 3,276 -7% 11,908 11,449 4% Lincoln MKT 478 820 …
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Ford to maintain Canadian factory footprint despite high labor costs
… Camaro sports car in Lansing, Mich., and stop output in Oshawa, Ontario. Ford's Oakville factory currently makes the Ford Edge and Flex and Lincoln MKX and MKT. Ford in 2011 closed its St. Thomas, Ontario, plant that made the Ford Crown Victoria …
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2013 North America car and light-truck assembly plants - 05/01/2013
… layoff Dec. 22, 2011) North America car and truck assembly plants – as of 5-1-13 CANADA T Oakville, Ontario – Ford Edge , Flex; Lincoln MKX, MKT C St. Thomas, Ontario – (permanent layoff Sept. 2011) MEXICO T Blue Diamond (JV w/ International …
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North America car and truck production by plant - March and YTD
… 724 20,617 25% 76,687 60,612 27% Michigan Assembly (Wayne) (C) 30,697 20,617 49% 90,023 60,659 48% Ford Edge 16,635 13,037 28% 49,804 42,598 17% Ford Flex 2,917 2,723 7% 8,871 8,173 9% Lincoln MKT 472 588 …
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Ford to boost Kuga output in Spain by 10%
… the next six years, with SUVs accounting for 10 percent of all Fords sold in the region by 2016. The all-new EcoSport subcompact SUV will launch at the end of 2013, and will later be followed by the larger, next-generation Ford Edge .
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Lurching at launch is nothing new at Ford
… Ford has put its recent launch problems behind it will be seen with this year's launches, which include a restyled Ford Fiesta, built in Cuautitlan, Mexico, and a redesigned Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, both built in Oakville, Ontario.
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North America car and truck production by plant - Feb. and YTD
… 824 20,533 21% 50,963 39,995 27% Michigan Assembly (Wayne) (C) 29,013 20,578 41% 59,326 40,042 48% Ford Edge 15,959 14,116 13% 33,169 29,561 12% Ford Flex 2,870 2,209 30% 5,954 5,450 9% Lincoln MKT 537 985 …
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Ford weighs how to make the Mustang appeal in Europe
… engineering standards, while trying to maintain its identity as "a North American icon," Smith said. The next-generation Ford Edge also will be sold in Europe. Although a few Mustangs have been sold in Europe by private importers, Ford will sell the …
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Next Mustang must gallop on global stage
… engineering standards, while trying to maintain its identity as "a North American icon," Smith said. The next-generation Ford Edge also will be sold in Europe. Although a few Mustangs have been sold in Europe by private importers, Ford will sell the …
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North America car and truck production by plant, January
… 19,784 3% 283,447 221,514 28% Michigan Assembly (Wayne) (C) 23,948 19,784 21% 303,337 221,514 37% Ford Edge 12,665 12,743 -1% 182,728 171,285 7% Ford Flex 2,469 2,511 -2% 33,000 31,163 6% Lincoln MKT 974 …
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Ford unveils EcoSport SUV for Europe
… joining the recently launched new Kuga compact SUV. The automaker also plans to bring to Europe the next-generation Ford Edge , a larger and more premium SUV sold in the United States. The European EcoSport is visually unchanged from the version …
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North America car and truck production by plant, November and YTD
… 21,047 6% 262,983 201,730 30% Michigan Assembly (Wayne) (C) 26,979 21,047 28% 279,389 201,730 39% Ford Edge 18,194 17,039 7% 170,063 158,542 7% Ford Flex 2,746 3,200 -14% 30,531 28,652 7% Lincoln MKT 730 …
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Chrysler avoids touch-screen woes by letting Ford, GM blunder
… unable to keep David Cheslow as a customer. The 65-year-old life insurance agent said that the screen in his 2013 Ford Edge "froze" and went black on three separate occasions in one day this week. He's had similar problems since buying the …
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Lincoln dealers need better cars
… Changing holdback will not matter either way. What I find amusing is: Where are we going to get the cars to certify? The Ford Edge outsells the Lincoln brand. Most Lincoln customers need a better experience -- I agree with that -- but they also need …
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Inside Ford-CAW Deal (9/18/12)
… pattern set by four. Among bad deal highlights. 600 jobs will be created at Ford's Oakville some plans. Where the Ford Edge and plaques and the Lincoln and eighteen and and Kate acts are built. Wages will be frozen. New hires will start at …
jobs will be created at Ford's Oakville -- some plans. Where the Ford Edge and plaques and the Lincoln and eighteen and and Kate acts are built. Wages will be frozen. New hires will start at -
CAW, Ford reach tentative deal that freezes base wages, adds 600 jobs
TORONTO -- The Canadian Auto Workers said it reached a tentative labor agreement that covers wages and benefits for 4,500 Ford Motor Co. workers and averts a strike at the Ford Edge assembly plant. CAW President Ken Lewenza said the four-year deal would provide no base wage adjustments but hourly ...
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Finding mpg in lost heat
… try it on other vehicles, too, Black said. Dana also developed similar components to warm transmission fluid in the Ford Edge with a 2.0-liter engine. Ford says it improves fuel economy about 1 percent. Tenneco, a Monroe, Mich., supplier …
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U.S. safety regulators probe Ford police cars
… complaints that the shaft was starting to shift away from the steering column. Separately, Ford recalled about 5,500 Ford Edge SUVs with 2.0-liter engines to repair a defect in the fuel system that could cause a fire. In both cases, no injuries …
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Waste not, want not: Engineers make use of lost engine heat
… try it on other vehicles, too, Black said. Dana also developed similar components to warm transmission fluid in the Ford Edge equipped with a 2.0-liter engine. Ford says it improves fuel economy about 1 percent. Recycling exhaust heat Tenneco …
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A plan to tackle Lincoln's 'burden'
… in recent years as its customers have aged. In August, Lincoln accounted for just 4 percent of Ford Motor sales. The Ford Edge , the third-best-selling SUV or crossover in Ford's lineup, outsold the entire Lincoln brand in August, 11,603 …
