Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Originally Posted By: SAJEFFC
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Originally Posted By: SAJEFFC
Thats great! It's nice to hear that about any new car anymore but especially a domestic one. If it's about my beloved Ford it's even better!
Milan and Fusion are imports. Made in Hermosillo, Mexico. Time to buy U.S. (but not gm?) It where their made thats more important than Brand. Where its made give us many blue collar and dirty whire collar jobs. 18% unemployment now, guys(the 10% is just those collecting).
Whatever dude. Go somewhere else and troll. I've been associated with Ford for 28 years and they are the only one's doing it right at this time. I don't care if the Fusion is built in Puckeyhuttle Ethopia it's still a Ford and Ford is an American company and the PROFITS go here. Enough said!
Troll? Namecalling just because you dont like my statement? Not enough said, SAJ. If Businesses arent employing you and me and the blue collar that makes up the majority of the US population - nobody will be buying anything. We're almost donefor as it is. I do like Ford didnt ask for bailout $$ but unless we start making most stuff in the lower 48 (and alaska) forget it. This is the tipping point.
I posted this in another thread:
Assembly is done where it makes the most sense. If it costs Honda less to use non-Union workers in the states to assemble the cars for the domestic market, then that is the route they will take.
Likewise, for low-margin vehicles like the Fusion, which are high volume, if Ford can assemble them in Mexico and make more money on them, helping boost their income and pay their loans back, while still providing a SUPERIOR product, I don't have a problem with that. They have PLENTY of American plants and PLENTY of vehicles assembled in states, such as:
Ford Explorer: Louisville Kentucky, St. Louis Missouri.
Ford Expedition: Wayne, Michigan
Ford Escape: Avon Lake, Ohio
Ford Focus: Wayne, Michigan
Ford F-150: Dearborn Michigan, Kansas City Missouri
Ford Super Duty: Louisville Kentucky
Ford Taurus: Chicago, Illinois
Ford Mustang: Flat Rock, Michigan
Ford Ranger: Saint Paul Minnesota, Edison New Jersey, Louisville Kentucky
Ford E-Series: Avon Lake, Ohio
And the two Canadian ones:
Ford Flex: Oakville, Ontario (Canada)
Ford Edge: Oakville, Ontario (Canada)
That's a pretty long list.