goinbroke2 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I can't believe I'm pursuing this..but in an effort to cancel some bullshit rumours and outright crap being spewed in the shop... Where is the Fusion built and who builds it? Yes I know it's ford and it's in Mexico somewhere but I just finished arguing with a toyota lover who is adamant that the fusion has high quality now because it is being built by toyota. I shit you not, this was a 20 minute "are you fucking stupid? FORD builds the FORD FUSION" with two of them saying "no toyota builds the fusion...check it out..it's true" No they weren't trying to string me along, they HONESTLY believe that toyota is building fusions for ford! Give me a site to go to or the build plant etc. I'll either e-mail them the link etc or just give them the info. No I can't believe it either, one guy drives an Acura and swears the sun rises and falls on toyota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomServo92 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Tell the morons to Google "Ford Fusion Hermosillo" and see if anything comes up about Toyota related to the plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Tell the morons to Google "Ford Fusion Hermosillo" and see if anything comes up about Toyota related to the plant. and tell them their Acura is made by Misubishi............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomServo92 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 and tell them their Acura is made by Misubishi............ I thought Tata made those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldZephyr Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) I wonder if they are confused because they have heard about the Fremont, CA NUMMI plant that builds the Pontiac Vibe. Or maybe they read about the Ford-Toyota patent swap. You hear things like this and perhaps it's just like the old game of Telephone where I whisper a message to you, you whisper what you heard from me to someone else, and after a few people, the message bears little or no resemblance to the original message. Edited July 23, 2009 by OldZephyr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomServo92 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I wonder if they are confused because they have heard about the Fremont, CA NUMMI plant that builds the Pontiac Vibe That's a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surgen Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermosillo_St...ng_%26_Assembly Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly is an automotive factory owned by Ford Motor Company, located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico — and currently producing Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ models for the North American market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I thought Tata made those... nice Tatas....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goinbroke2 Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermosillo_St...ng_%26_Assembly Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly is an automotive factory owned by Ford Motor Company, located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico — and currently producing Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ models for the North American market. Thanks, I was so incenced I couldn't even think of something that simple as wiki. So acura is made my mitsu? ....haha JK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstock Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 So acura is made my mitsu? ....haha JK. And Elvis is head of Styling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 And Elvis is head of Styling. and Michael Jackson on child safety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermosillo_St...ng_%26_Assembly Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly is an automotive factory owned by Ford Motor Company, located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico — and currently producing Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ models for the North American market. I am so tempted to alter the article to say that Toyota built the factory for Ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awdpath Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) Abstract An American-Japanese partnership in a Mexican auto plant provides a unique opportunity to study competitive intelligence and technology transfer in a cross-cultural environment. Ford-Mazda chose Hermosillo as its plant site following extensive competitive analysis of its global options. At the site, Ford managers and engineers learned the Toyota lean system from Mazda workers, and Mazda helped Ford and its CI personnel adapt the Fordist system to the Japanese lean production system. Work teams were a primary means for cultural/technical socialization and communication. The creative talents of the CI system of the American, Japanese, and Mexican managers, engineers, and factory technicians made the development of a world-class plant possible. © 1996 John wiley & Sons, Inc. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal...=1&SRETRY=0 The Hermosillo Fusions are officially sold/marketed in North/South America(central?) and various Middle East countries(along with the Mondeo). Right-hand-drive Hermosillo Fusions are also available ( Guyana, Bermuda, Barbados , Jamaica, Falkland Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands,Grenada,Dominica,Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Saint Lucia ...etc?). Youtube right-hand-drive Hermosillo Fusion: Edited June 10, 2010 by awdpath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I am so tempted to alter the article to say that Toyota built the factory for Ford And that Ford built the Texas plant that makes Toyota Tundras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonj80 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I can't believe I'm pursuing this..but in an effort to cancel some bullshit rumours and outright crap being spewed in the shop... Where is the Fusion built and who builds it? Yes I know it's ford and it's in Mexico somewhere but I just finished arguing with a toyota lover who is adamant that the fusion has high quality now because it is being built by toyota. I shit you not, this was a 20 minute "are you fucking stupid? FORD builds the FORD FUSION" with two of them saying "no toyota builds the fusion...check it out..it's true" No they weren't trying to string me along, they HONESTLY believe that toyota is building fusions for ford! Give me a site to go to or the build plant etc. I'll either e-mail them the link etc or just give them the info. No I can't believe it either, one guy drives an Acura and swears the sun rises and falls on toyota. Well the Subaru plant makes Camry's - http://www.automobile.com/toyota-looks-to-...0-per-year.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettech Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 The more I read on BON, the more I'm satisfied and pleased that I have a 2010 Fusion on order :shades: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettech Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I can't believe I'm pursuing this..but in an effort to cancel some bullshit rumours and outright crap being spewed in the shop... Where is the Fusion built and who builds it? Yes I know it's ford and it's in Mexico somewhere but I just finished arguing with a toyota lover who is adamant that the fusion has high quality now because it is being built by toyota. I shit you not, this was a 20 minute "are you fucking stupid? FORD builds the FORD FUSION" with two of them saying "no toyota builds the fusion...check it out..it's true" No they weren't trying to string me along, they HONESTLY believe that toyota is building fusions for ford! Give me a site to go to or the build plant etc. I'll either e-mail them the link etc or just give them the info. No I can't believe it either, one guy drives an Acura and swears the sun rises and falls on toyota. He does know that the Acura is a Honda car, not a Toyota.... right? :reading: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Reynolds Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Well the Subaru plant makes Camry's - http://www.automobile.com/toyota-looks-to-...0-per-year.html Toyota also owns part of Subaru too. How else did they manage to make the Legacy ugly as all hell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Tell the morons to Google "Ford Fusion Hermosillo" and see if anything comes up about Toyota related to the plant. As the other poster said, it may come up with something regarding the Ford/Toyota Hybrid patent swap, even though I don't believe the Fusion's Hybrid system shares anything with the Toyota system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillSD Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Recent statements overheard at our local small-town coffee shop: (1) Ford Motor Company has no assembly plants in the United States (offered by former Ford salesperson), (2) Ford Ranger is a rebadged Mazda and (3) the neverending claim that Ford owns Cummins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papilgee4evaeva Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Recent statements overheard at our local small-town coffee shop: (1) Ford Motor Company has no assembly plants in the United States (offered by former Ford salesperson), (2) Ford Ranger is a rebadged Mazda and (3) the neverending claim that Ford owns Cummins. Shameful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomServo92 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 As the other poster said, it may come up with something regarding the Ford/Toyota Hybrid patent swap, even though I don't believe the Fusion's Hybrid system shares anything with the Toyota system. I just went through the first 5 pages of Google results and the only occurance of "Toyota" was in a reference to my original post in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I just went through the first 5 pages of Google results and the only occurance of "Toyota" was in a reference to my original post in this thread. well I didn't actually search it, so I was just guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomServo92 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 well I didn't actually search it, so I was just guessing. I know. I'm just being a smartass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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