Ford goes small:
The Ford Motor Company, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to putting millions of Americans into big pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, is about to drastically alter its focus to building more small cars. [...]
Among the changes, Ford is expected to announce that it will convert three of its North American assembly plants from trucks to cars, according to people familiar with the plans.
As the article goes on to note, Ford has 14 manufacturing plants in North America, eight of which are currently being used to build trucks, full-sized vans, and SUV’s. That the plants will be converted over to the production of smaller vehicles instead of simply closed down is of course a cause for further happiness. The two-door Hyundai Accent that I have parked at my parents’ home in Virginia looks better and better by the day.
(Photo via Flickrer j.r.trauben.)
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