Small vehicle production heads to Mexico, and suppliers follow

Sep 16, 2016, 06:29
Small vehicle production heads to Mexico, and suppliers follow

It will also look to cut costs by reducing the number of configurations on small cars to streamline production.

Ford also has previously declined to confirm that the Focus compact vehicle and Ford C-Max hybrid and plug-in cars are the nameplates it will make in Mexico. "Ford will continue to make cars, SUVs and trucks and vans in the United States".

A Ford spokeswoman said that MI factory workers who now build the cars that are moving to Mexico will start building other Ford models instead.

"The announcement by Ford is really no surprise for the supply base", says Charles Chesbrough, an economist with OESA, a supplier trade group.

However, Ford spokeswoman Christin Tinsworth Baker said the shift in small auto production will not affect U.S.jobs, noting that two new products are coming to its MI plant.

Fields decision to appear on CNN came after Trump appeared earlier today on Fox News and said if elected he will impose a 35% tax on automotive imports from Mexico.

CEO of Ford Motor Company Mark Fields speaks with reporters during the media preview of the 2016 New York International Auto Show in Manhattan New York

Trump called the move a disgrace and added, "It's disgraceful that our politicians allow them to get away with it". And we'll have nothing but more unemployment in Flint and in MI. And you know what's going to happen?

Donald Trump today called Ford Motor's plan to relocate a small vehicle assembly plant to Mexico "disgraceful", returning to the topic of the loss of manufacturing jobs that the candidate emphasized yesterday in a visit to Flint, Michigan.

"What we'll be doing is we'll be replacing those products with two very exciting new products".

Ford argued that the shift would not reduce its US employment because of other investments it is making in its USA facilities, which will continue to produce trucks, vans, SUVs and other cars in the United States. Either way, Trump was put in place by none other than Ford itself, whose spokesperson shut down the GOP candidate's falsehoods.

Ford said there will be zero job losses in the U.S.as a result of the new plant in Mexico.

"When it comes to Ford, our commitment to creating and investing in jobs in the USA has never been bigger", Fields said.

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