Ford_News
03-25-2011, 02:10 PM
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing (http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/)
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2010 Ford Taurus SHO - Click above for high-res image gallery
Due to a pigment shortage stemming from the March 11 earthquake in Japan, Ford has had to stop taking new orders for cars in Tuxedo Black, and is limiting orders of three shades of red. Officials from Ford say they're working on another source for the pigment as you read this, and have enough cars in each color to satisfy demand until production resumes.
The paint shortage affects the F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150) and Super Duty (http://www.autoblog.com/model/super+duty) lines of pickups, as well as the Explorer (http://www.autoblog.com/model/explorer), the Expedition (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/expedition), Focus (http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus), Taurus (http://www.autoblog.com/model/taurus) and the Lincoln MKS (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mks) and Navigator (http://autoblog.com/tag/navigator). Ford's slowdown follows General Motors (http://autoblog.com/make/gm), who slowed production of pickups in Shreveport, Louisiana, as well as compact cars in Europe following parts shortages.
Honda (http://www.autoblog.com/make/honda/), Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/) and Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/make/nissan/) have all experienced slowdowns as a result of the quake, though none have had to limit color choices.
Gallery: Review: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-taurus-sho)
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[Source: Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-24/ford-limits-use-of-black-red-paints-amid-japan-quake-shortage.html)]Report: Ford feels Japan quake effect with shortage of red, black paint (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/25/report-ford-feels-japan-quake-effect-with-shortage-of-red-blac/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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2010 Ford Taurus SHO - Click above for high-res image gallery
Due to a pigment shortage stemming from the March 11 earthquake in Japan, Ford has had to stop taking new orders for cars in Tuxedo Black, and is limiting orders of three shades of red. Officials from Ford say they're working on another source for the pigment as you read this, and have enough cars in each color to satisfy demand until production resumes.
The paint shortage affects the F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150) and Super Duty (http://www.autoblog.com/model/super+duty) lines of pickups, as well as the Explorer (http://www.autoblog.com/model/explorer), the Expedition (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/expedition), Focus (http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus), Taurus (http://www.autoblog.com/model/taurus) and the Lincoln MKS (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mks) and Navigator (http://autoblog.com/tag/navigator). Ford's slowdown follows General Motors (http://autoblog.com/make/gm), who slowed production of pickups in Shreveport, Louisiana, as well as compact cars in Europe following parts shortages.
Honda (http://www.autoblog.com/make/honda/), Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/) and Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/make/nissan/) have all experienced slowdowns as a result of the quake, though none have had to limit color choices.
Gallery: Review: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-taurus-sho)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010taurusshoreview000_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-taurus-sho/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010taurusshoreview001_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-taurus-sho/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010taurusshoreview002_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-taurus-sho/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010taurusshoreview003_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-taurus-sho/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010taurusshoreview004_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-taurus-sho/)
Photos copyright (C)2011 John Neff / AOL
[Source: Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-24/ford-limits-use-of-black-red-paints-amid-japan-quake-shortage.html)]Report: Ford feels Japan quake effect with shortage of red, black paint (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/25/report-ford-feels-japan-quake-effect-with-shortage-of-red-blac/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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