Ford_News
08-26-2014, 03:55 PM
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Remember when we used to talk about how close Lincoln (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/) was to being axed and how it seemed any day now the Grim Reaper would use it as a car service back to the grave? Last time we did it was, oh, not even a month ago (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/06/30/mulally-wanted-kill-lincoln-fields-vows-turn-around-report/). What a difference 27 days makes: Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) and Lincoln are trumpeting a $129M investment in the Louisville Assembly Plant that builds the MKC (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mkc/).
In July the MKC was the third-best-selling Lincoln of the brand's six offerings, beat by the MKZ (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mkz/) and - by a much smaller margin - the MKX (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mkx/). It has sold 2,895 units in the two months it's been on sale, which is more than half the year-to-date sales of the MKS (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mks/), MKT (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mkt/) and Navigator (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/navigator/). It's already important, is what we're trying to say, and this is before the Chinese market gets a crack at it later this year.
The money headed to Kentucky will be joined by 300 new workers, another marker in Ford's march to create 12,000 hourly jobs in the US by next year. You can read more about it in the press release below (http://www.mnfords.com/2014/08/26/lincoln-129m-investment-new-jobs-louisville-mkc-production/#continued).Continue reading Lincoln trumpets $129M investment, 300 new jobs in Louisville for MKC (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/26/lincoln-129m-investment-new-jobs-louisville-mkc-production/)
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Remember when we used to talk about how close Lincoln (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/) was to being axed and how it seemed any day now the Grim Reaper would use it as a car service back to the grave? Last time we did it was, oh, not even a month ago (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/06/30/mulally-wanted-kill-lincoln-fields-vows-turn-around-report/). What a difference 27 days makes: Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) and Lincoln are trumpeting a $129M investment in the Louisville Assembly Plant that builds the MKC (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mkc/).
In July the MKC was the third-best-selling Lincoln of the brand's six offerings, beat by the MKZ (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mkz/) and - by a much smaller margin - the MKX (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mkx/). It has sold 2,895 units in the two months it's been on sale, which is more than half the year-to-date sales of the MKS (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mks/), MKT (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mkt/) and Navigator (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/navigator/). It's already important, is what we're trying to say, and this is before the Chinese market gets a crack at it later this year.
The money headed to Kentucky will be joined by 300 new workers, another marker in Ford's march to create 12,000 hourly jobs in the US by next year. You can read more about it in the press release below (http://www.mnfords.com/2014/08/26/lincoln-129m-investment-new-jobs-louisville-mkc-production/#continued).Continue reading Lincoln trumpets $129M investment, 300 new jobs in Louisville for MKC (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/26/lincoln-129m-investment-new-jobs-louisville-mkc-production/)
Lincoln trumpets $129M investment, 300 new jobs in Louisville for MKC (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/26/lincoln-129m-investment-new-jobs-louisville-mkc-production/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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