Ford to build two new plants in China
- Ford the American carmaker currently has two plants in China (manufacturing passenger cars) located in Chongqing. In these two plants, Ford manufactures models sold in China, such as the Fiesta (48 608 units in 2013), Focus (402 476 units), Ecosport (60 405 units), Mondeo (70 583 units), Kuga (97 404 units), S Max (1220 units) for a total of 680 696 units in two saturated plants (with a capacity of 300 000 units per plant). In partnership with the Chinese carmaker Changan, the first plant started manufacturing in 2002 and the second plant started in 2009.
- Ford also has another plant in China (for light commercial vehicles), located in Nanchang, which started its production in 2002 and manufactures the Transit. This plant is the result of a partnership with the Chinese carmaker Jiangling (JMC).
- In 2014, Ford will sell 800 000 PC in China and given the strong sales of Ford in the PC market, the manufacturer is going to double its local production capacity from 600 000 at 1 200 000 PC per year.
- The first new Ford plant will be opening in the fourth quarter of 2014, also in Chongqing and still with Changan and the second will open in 2015 in Hangzhou (also with Changan). These plants will produce, the following passenger cars: the Ford Focus sedan (past and present), the future Escort (segment C), the Fiesta, the Mondeo, the S-Max MPV and Ecosport SUV, the Kuga and the Future Edge.
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