Canada to build Lincoln Town Car

[Joeychgo]

Canada to build Lincoln Town Car
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Bloomberg
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. will continue making the Lincoln Town Car, quelling speculation Wall Street's ride of choice would be mothballed after the 2007 model year.

Demand remains and production will shift to a plant in Ontario, Canada, Ford said Friday.

Ford in January said it will close the Wixom, Mich., plant where Town Cars are built and hadn't disclosed plans to make the sedan elsewhere.

"This is certainly good news for the industry. We were very worried we'd have to replace it," said Berj Haroutunian, president of New York-based Vital Transportation Inc.

Sales of the Town Car have slipped to about 47,000 in 2005 from a high of 149,000 in 1990, according to Autodata Corp.

 

[Joeychgo]

Reprieved
• Lincoln Town Car. Production of Lincoln's limousine will move to Canada when Ford's Wixom Assembly Plant in Oakland County closes next year. The Town Car will join the Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis on the assembly line in St. Thomas, Ontario. Many observers suspected Ford would kill the Town Car, but the long-running big car is still Lincoln's best-selling model by a wide margin. It dominates the limousine market and should continue to make money for Ford for the foreseeable future.

 

[pepperman]

Yeah Town Cars ROCK.

 

[cavemansmarkviii]

Especially compared to the rice equivalent.