Although there is some hope that General Motors will someday reopen its Oshawa truck plant, anyone waiting for Ford to redevelop the site of a former car plant in Atlanta is out of luck. The Dearborn-based automaker announced on Thursday that it has sold the 122 acre plot of land that used to house its Mercury Sable/Ford Taurus production facility.
Jacoby Development Inc. is the new owner of the site and will develop the site into a mix of office, retail, restaurant, hotel and airport parking space, according to Automotive News. The site is located near Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The plant opened in 1947 and began producing the Taurus/Sable twins in 1985. When the plant closed in 2006, it employed 1,950 workers and had produced over 7 million of the popular sedans.
06/12, 4:07 PM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Not shocking Ford seems to be moving a lot of production to Mexico.
06/12, 5:02 PM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
The Atlanta plant was in a ghetto that makes Mexico look like La Jolla.
06/12, 5:04 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
I wonder if they’ve got any of those oval Taurus back windows lying around? I could use a new skim board for the lake this summer.
06/12, 5:39 PM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Hey, I slept in the airport that plant is near, not that bad.
06/12, 8:00 PM
posted by:
brassmonkey
Noname, no one cares where you slept. And, by the way, your mom has been sleeping under my house. Bitch chased out the rats. I’ll send her home when she finishes up chasing off the gophers, too. Thanks.
06/12, 8:02 PM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Was hoping they would convert this plant to make the Fiesta, but at least selling the land gets Ford more money.
06/12, 8:08 PM
posted by:
Get Real
I want to drive by and take a picture of the hugee mural that states:
“Home of the world famous Taurus”
06/12, 8:47 PM
posted by:
Brendino
Hey! my car was built there!
RIP, plant
06/12, 9:57 PM
posted by:
cwa107
Wow… you just admitted to driving a Ford Sore-ass. Tough break, dude
06/12, 10:26 PM
posted by:
Get Real
Taurus was a good car…just a bad transmission.
Never trust a Ford tranny with FWD.
06/13, 1:18 AM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Get Real, Ford’s in Europe get transmissions, and thankfully we get them eventually.
06/13, 9:22 AM
posted by:
tripleonefive
7 million of the worst sedans All years included
I was stuck in Jackson Airport for 5 hours once and time flew bc that place is like a mall
06/13, 11:45 AM
posted by:
Fletch
You can see that vacant plant flying in and out of Atlanta, it’s right next to the runway.
06/13, 7:47 PM
posted by:
A4
hopefully he had an SHO, cwa107.