Thursday, September 15, 2011

Ford Canada

Forty-four years of production comes to an end today at the Ford of Canada plant in the southwestern Ontario community of St. Thomas.

When the last Crown Victoria rolls off the assembly line, the plant's last 12-hundred hourly-paid employees will be out of work. Sales of Crown Victorias and other large rear-wheel drive cars made by Ford have been falling in recent years as consumers opt for more fuel efficient models