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SAIC-GM-Wuling to Build Third China Complex in Ford’s Chongqing
Chongqing of course is the original home of Ford China and now contains a sprawling manufacturing center. Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA) last August broke ground for a third assembly plant, Chongqing 3, in China. CFMA has also signed a letter of intent with the Municipality of Chongqing to explore expanding its research and engineering capability in Chongqing. Continue reading
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Tagged auto informed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, cfma, Chongqing, ford china, gm china, Ken Zino, sgmw
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Lincoln to be Sold in China by Late 2014
The announcement means that Ford will have to pump a lot of money into the almost dead U.S. brand, which has virtually no global presence. In July, Lincoln sales dropped to just 7,000, off -11% year-over-year in a U.S. market that grew by 9%. Last year Lincoln sold 85,643 re-badged Fords, a flat performance in a market that’s up ~10% from 2010.Year-to-date Lincoln is at 50,000 vehicles, a 1.8% decline y-o-y in a total market up 14%, or 18% in the passenger car segment. Continue reading
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Tagged auto informed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, cfma, china, ford hangzhou, joanne kao, Ken Zino, lincoln, pei-wen hsu, richard baker
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Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Breaks Ground for Chongqing 3
The $600 million expansion will make Chongqing the largest Ford production site in the world by far – a latter day Rouge for communist customers. Chongqing 3 includes a new assembly line, body and paint shop. The first vehicle is expected to come off the flexible assembly line in late 2014. CFMA already operates two assembly plants and an engine plant in Chongqing, with another engine plant and a transmission plant currently under construction. Continue reading
