Chicago Assembly Plant
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)Chicago Assembly Plant (sometimes referred to as Torrence Avenue Assembly) is
Police Interceptor Utility
.
History
Production started on March 3, 1924, as an alternative production site for the
M20 Armored Utility Car armored cars during World War II. It was the site of pickup truck production for 40 years before that operation stopped in 1964. In 1985, it was selected as the site of production for the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable
midsize sedans.
Ford spent
just-in-time production. As of 2023[update] the Ford Web site stated that it employed about 5,800 workers, mostly paid per hour.[1]
As of 2022[update] there were concerns that Ford's phasing out of internal combustion-engined vehicles in favour of electric vehicles could throw into question the future of the Torrence Avenue complex.[2]
Products made (model years)
As of 2023, the following vehicles are produced at Chicago Assembly Plant:[3][1]
- Ford Explorer (since 2011)
- Police Interceptor Utility
- Lincoln Aviator (since 2020)
Past (model years)
- Lincoln MKS (2009–2016)
- Ford Taurus X(2008–2009)
- Mercury Montego (2005–2007)
- Ford Freestyle(2005–2007)
- Ford Five Hundred (2005–2007)
- Ford Taurus (1986–2019)
- Mercury Sable (1986–2009)
- Mercury Marquis (1983–1986)
- Ford LTD(1983–1986)
- Mercury Cougar (1981–1982)
- Ford Granada (1981–1982)
- Ford Thunderbird (1977–1981)
- Ford Torino (1976)
- Ford Elite (1974-1976)
- Mercury Marquis (1969–1976)
- Ford Galaxie (1969–1976)
- Ford Country Sedan (1952-1974)
- Ford Country Squire (1950-1991)
- Ford Deluxe (1941-1948)
- Ford Custom (1949-1951)
- Ford Crestline (1951-1954)
- Ford Fairlane (1955-1961)
- Ford F-100(1953–1964)
- Ford Model A (1927–1931)
- Ford Model T (1924–1928)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Chicago Assembly Plant". Ford Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Illinois can't afford to allow this economic engine to sputter out". Crain's Chicago Business. 3 June 2022.
- ^ Boudette, Neal E. (September 29, 2023). "U.A.W. Expands Strikes at Ford and G.M." The New York Times.
Ford makes the Explorer, the Police Interceptor Utility and Lincoln Aviator in Chicago.
- Mayne, Eric (1 July 2002). "Betting on Ford". Ward's Auto World. Archived from the original on December 27, 2004.