Ford may build Verve in Mexico - Sources identify plant, but firm won't say

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit Free Press

Ford may build Verve in Mexico
Sources identify plant, but firm won't say

February 5, 2008
BY SARAH A. WEBSTER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER

Ford Motor Co.'s future subcompact car for the United States, called Verve, will likely be built in Mexico, the Free Press has learned, adding to that nation's growing automotive industry, particularly for small cars.

Ford officials would not comment on their production plans for the European-engineered Verve, which was well-received at the Detroit auto show in January and is slated to come to market in the United States in 2010.

Two people with knowledge of Ford's production plans said the car is slated to be assembled in Cuautitlan, Mexico.

They did not want to be identified because the automaker has not yet publicly disclosed its decision.

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Read more: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/BUSINESS01/802050397/1002

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Pic of new Verve is shown at the link.

[baldguy]

1. Of course they must, because Americans can't build cars.

:sarcasm:

[bigworld]

2. So much for buying American

My Honda Element is made is Ohio with union labor, and 80% of its parts sourced from domestic companies. It's more American than many "domestic" cars. Yet my neighbors till give me crap for buying foreign....

[ileus]

4. tell them your element will be on the road, when they're on their 5 or 6th ride.

[primavera]

5. Yep, this always cracks me up too

Listening to people here on DU talk about how we should buy American cars to support US workers, when in fact buying American cars supports Mexican workers.

[smiley_glad_hands]

3. If its gotta be somewhere other than the US, better there than china. eom