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Norfolk is the number one car or truck plant. Or so we've been told, and everyone in reply says that same thing about we were number one and they still closed our plant or They were adding on to our plant when they closed it. I'd like to see the Ranger go to Dearborn. I think Ford customers would very suspect of any foreign built truck. I have not seen an increase in two-tone production; though we are 'balanceing out' this week and running 90% V6's. Have a nice day. :rolleyes:

One must also factor in what % capcity any given factory is working at. Does it make sense to keep open an entire plant that is building only 2 cars that sell at total of 100,000 units maybe. I'm talking about Wixom here. Forgive me if my numbers are wrong, it's just a guess. Consider St. Louis is also a duplicate plant that is running only one shift and has been for quite some time. Some of the things I've heard don't make sense like: St. Paul, What are the future plans for the Ranger; this is not a market segment I want Ford to get out of? And think about this with a continuing shrinking market share and more competition then ever in the full-size truck market does Ford NEED 3 plants running F150's. Something has to give in the truck plants. So Ford is cutting 40% of its capcity; What part of that 40% is currently being utilized? I'm not happy about this, I'm not happy that Ford isn't making the products that people want to buy. If and When Ford ever gets it business model right the plants that are left will be working FULL-TIME, with the flexiblity to change models at the drop of a hat. As for the "Powertrain" plants isn't one of the cleveland plants already being planned for closure? Also isn't one of the buyback plants Rawsonville considered a powertrain plant?

30-60 more units then day shift? I hope you're not looking at the board for that number, because the board is all messed up. If you're going by rotation number than that's fine, but I HIGHLY doubt that it's even possible for nights to run 30-60 more units daily, IF we don't have significant downtime on days. On Friday we lost 15 units before first break.

I don't believe that the Mexican truck plant produces the same truck we do. I believe they build the previous generation Super-Duty. If anything this may help KTP. BTW -- What's up with our production schedule at NAP?

Come on guys... What makes you think that the majority of the american populus actually care about what happens to the "American" car industry? And while I may continue to be blasted as naive the problem is still boils down to one thing: GREED! Everything the company(ies) do is about shareholder value. It is also NOT the job or responsiblity of the government to bail out bad management. The United States of America is going to become a "3rd world country" with nukes <superpower? I think NOT> The priorities of this nation are screwed up and we have to change..... or die.