In July, Ford announced plans to convert the Michigan Truck plant in Wayne from its current products, the giant Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition SUVs, to small cars in 2010. It's part of Ford's effort to shift three factories from trucks to cars to match consumer demand, which has rapidly moved away from trucks and SUVs with gas prices around $4 per gallon.
Due to sagging demand for SUVs, Ford temporarily closed Michigan Truck for 10 weeks during the summer, but it's scheduled to resume production next week. It will build trucks into November, when Ford will start pulling out part of the machinery and moving it to the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, which will build the big SUVs starting in the second quarter next year. The plant in Louisville will continue to build F-series Super Duty pickups as well.
Source: MSNBC
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