Showing posts with label EcoSport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EcoSport. Show all posts

Ford: industrial dispute tied to "new"

The union delegates are aware of the secret project automobile almost as good as the executives of these companies, but sometimes speak more than what these executives want. In the case of union conflict that occurred last year in Argentina General Motors, and delegates were not the first company to confirm the production of the Suzuki Grand Vitara and the timing of the imminent launch of Chevrolet Viva. The labor crisis that unfolded this week at Ford Argentina, when the company posted between 330 and 390 notices of dismissal scheduled for May 1, also appears to be tied to the development of new industrial projects in Pacheco, according to union sources revealed.

The delegate of SMAT, Ricardo Pignanelli said: "What we have to do is what he proposed to Ford to promote job stability through the end of the year and relocate people within the new production processes for launching new models" . Since the national government, which is mediating to resolve the conflict also emerged such declarations: "Ford is working on a project that, if combined with leaving Brazil, the chances are that all employees will remain," the deputy minister said yesterday Working Noemí Rial.

As revealed exclusively in Argentina Auto Blog in September last year, when the launch of the new Focus in Pacheco discussed the possibility of taking advantage of this new development platform to produce an additional model in the plant. A local adaptation of Kuga, the median SUV that competes against the Honda CRV and Chevrolet Captiva, was one of the models is most chances. And in combination with Brazil, he said Rial, the Pacheco plant could be responsible for the supply of parts for the production of the new Ford Fiesta and the new generation EcoSport.

According to the newspaper reported today Financial Field, the president of Ford Argentina, Enrique Alemany, will travel to Brazil this week to meet with international executives from the company. That meeting was interiorizaría on projections of the brand worldwide, thus enabling it to return to the country with a clearer picture about the financial possibilities.

Half a million EcoSport

In late 2002, Ford launched throughout the region EcoSport, a Fiesta van with a body designed in Brazil with a strong commitment made in the oval were convinced that South America had a lot of people who dreamed of having a vehicle all ground, but that did not have enough money to pay for a real one. The prognosis is not a millimeter ruled almost six years after that launch, held yesterday, Ford's production unit number 500 thousand in its plant in Salvador de Bahia.

Half of these units were sold in Brazil, while the rest went to Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and Mexico. Also was exported to Syria, Libya, Angola, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Kasajistán. The syndrome of "you, but I can not" ignore all sorts of boundaries and became an excellent deal for the oval. In our country, market studies to determine with maximum accuracy to the user of the prototype arrived at the end of EcoSport bizarre launch limited editions as She & I and NightRunning In 2011 will launch a new generation EcoSport.