Ford Increases Production with Less Idle Production This Summer

Ford will produce up to 40,000 additional vehicles this summer by reducing its summer shutdown in several North America plants from the traditional two weeks to one. New 2012 Ford Focus coming off the line at Michigan Assembly in Wayne, MI. Like most manufacturers, Ford aligned their yearly production schedule for a predicted Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 13.5 million new vehicles sold in the US in 2012. Just 5-months into the year, those early forecasts that are based on consumer confidence, housing prices and starts proved to be inadequate.