Trump did talk to Bill Ford, but the Kentucky plant was never moving to Mexico
Lincoln MKC production won't move to Mexico, but that's not necessarily good news.
Louisville Assembly Plant
Lincoln trumpets $129M investment, 300 new jobs in Louisville for MKC
Remember when we used to talk about how close Lincoln was to being axed and how it seemed any day now the Grim Reaper would use it as a car service back to the grave? Last time we did it was, oh, not even a month ago. What a difference 27 days makes: Ford and Lincoln are trumpeting a $129M invest
Ford kicks off 2013 Escape assembly [w/video]
The 2013 Ford Escape is now a production reality, the completely redesigned crossover now rolling off the lines at Ford's Louisville assembly plant. Still a top seller in its last model year, the brand-new 1.6-liter EcoBoost Escape gets 22 mpg city, 33 mpg highway and yes, the $23,29
Ford receives nearly 17,000 applications for open positions in Louisville
Here's a measure of how bad the economy is. Ford is getting ready to start assembling the upcoming all-new Escape at its Louisville Assembly Plant after having built the Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer there since 1990 (see the last one ever made in the mob of people above). To that end, the company recently began accepting applications for 1,800
Ford to add 7,000 workers to U.S. manufacturing in next two years
Ford has announced plans to start a hiring onslaught and over the course of the next two years the automaker will add more than 7,000 employees to its ranks. Hiring both salaried and hourly employees, Ford is looking for a few good men and women in the States. In 2011, it plans to hire around 4,000 folks to fill positions at a number of plants including 1,800 positions opening up at the L
Louisville plant to build sub-MKX Lincoln crossover?
According to the Detroit Free Press, we may see a new small Lincoln crossover crop up sometime soon. Reports indicate that Ford is looking to build another small, fuel-efficient vehicle at the company's Louisville Assembly Plant, and that the mini-ute will likely sail under the Lincoln banner when it hits the light of day. The goal, according to some unnamed Ford executives, is to have a
Local TV reports Ford Kuga to be made in Louisville
When Ford began laying out its plan to build European product over here, Ford's Louisville assembly plant was tipped to build the Euro Focus. But according to sources who spoke to Louisville's NBC affiliate Wave3, the plant will actually be getting the Ford Kuga. It's a coup for the plant's roughly 3,000 employees, who currently build the slow-selling Explorer and its siblings, to now have an undeniably anticipate