Ford has temporarily idled two of its SUV and truck plants. The shut downs — happening at the automaker’s F-series truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan and its Explorer plant in Louisville, Kentucky — will last for two weeks.
The production halt is intended to prevent excess inventory.
F-series trucks sales are down 12.4% on the year with Explorer sales slipping by 23.5%.
Ford announced earlier this month that it would trim 2008 Q1 production by 7.4% to better control inventory.
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12/11, 3:45 PM
posted by:
LP640
DIE FORD, DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12/11, 3:50 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
The Ford, the?
12/11, 3:54 PM
posted by:
F451
@ LP640, Ford’s stock is so damn bleak it just may die before it ever gets a chance to turnaround. They cannot sell off Jaguar and Land Rover soon enough.
12/11, 3:55 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Seems like a very premature reaction on Ford’s part. Once the thundering herd of those who received the $500 Explorer vouchers reach the dealer’s lots there soon won’t be any left. Pray tell, what then?
12/11, 4:01 PM
posted by:
C6Racer
Well, then I wouldn’t have to look at any ugly Ford cars on my way to the GM dealer.
12/11, 4:05 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
…correction C6Racer: ‘as many’ ugly Ford cars on your way to the GM dealer. There are some that absolutely nobody wants…
12/11, 4:05 PM
posted by:
LP640
That’s music to my ears F451. DIE FORD, DIE HARD !!!!!!!!!!!!
12/11, 4:09 PM
posted by:
C6Racer
Yea, Johnny, that is very true.
12/11, 4:09 PM
posted by:
rsg
jjm: Cudos on the Simpsons reference. Nicely done.
12/11, 4:12 PM
posted by:
cookie4me
Yeah, watch them “sync”!
12/11, 4:41 PM
posted by:
christianboy10
Ford not the only one in trouble,the whole US economy suffering right now
12/11, 4:43 PM
posted by:
LP640
^that’s true the dollar isnt worth the paper its printed on so if were you i’d go shopping in the US with a strong currency
12/11, 5:05 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
rsg: I was wondering who’d get that one.
12/11, 5:25 PM
posted by:
autonut
Never mind union workers, what we gonna do with Ford family inbreds if stock capsizes? I think there are few thousand of them living of the stock now, it goes down they’ll be on soup lines and society will have to feed ****en leeches.
12/11, 6:36 PM
posted by:
441Zuke
if ford goes broke the federal government will bail them out
12/11, 7:19 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
I hope not
12/11, 9:03 PM
posted by:
autonut
Fed saved Chrysler 27 years ago not of love to Iaccoca but because Chrysler at the time owned Abrams manufacturing and Bradley r&d. Military division was sold under restructuring agreement. The trucks Ford makes can be manufactured by GM and/or Chrysler. How do you salvage corp. that has insane corp. structure and why would you do that?
12/11, 9:29 PM
posted by:
jdasch1
Every year at this time, a day or two late or before, Ford idles many of their plants…its called a Holiday! Every year…must be a sloooowww Leftlane news day.
12/12, 7:32 AM
posted by:
Rotman
Are the employees on paid leave?
12/12, 10:00 AM
posted by:
CA36GTP
A half-bright move by Ford. No doubt there will be 5 crappy decisions in the next few days to balance corporate karma.
12/12, 10:39 AM
posted by:
Get Real
Ford is in this shape thanks to Jaques Nasser and the board at Ford who in the mid 90’s spent Ford’s pile of cash buying dying car companies…..Now Ford is broke.
Ford can’t put the MoJo into anything they make anymore, they are lost in the design studio.
Sad that art students from a college could do a better job than the Ford design studio.
12/12, 10:59 AM
posted by:
CA36GTP
I remember recently Chrysler commissioned a team of college students to design a few concepts, and they ended up looking great. As far as I can tell, Chrysler is doing nothing with them.
Seems like Ford and Chrysler make a ****ty business call for every good one GM makes.
12/12, 3:05 PM
posted by:
planet_drive
How long before Ford just shuts down all its plants? I say move Ford headquarters to Europe and have it run by Europes management because over there the Euro fords are actually nice looking and good performers.
12/12, 5:15 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
pd: No, just send all U.S. ford designers to “study abroad” for a year, then stay out of their way