Valencia Assembly

{{Short description|Automobile factory in Valencia, Venezuela}} {{About|Valencia Assembly located in Venezuela|the Valencia Body and Assembly located in Spain|Ford Valencia Plant}} {{one source|date=October 2024}} The '''Valencia Assembly''' is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory in Valencia, Venezuela, opened in 1962, and spanning {{convert|812,154|sqft|m2|order=flip}}. The plant employed about 900 as of December 2018 before Ford offered buyouts to all employees.<ref name="buyouts">{{cite news |title=Ford's Venezuela unit offers buyouts as output dwindles: sources |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1O42NY |access-date=28 September 2020 |work=Reuters |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

On 5 May 2014, Ford of Venezuela said temporary cessation, because they were affected by shortages. A situation that has continued into both 2015 and 2016.{{cn|date=September 2020}} In 2017 and 2018, several hundred vehicles were produced.<ref name="buyouts"/> The plant assembled Ford Explorer and Ford Fiesta as of 2018.<ref name="buyouts"/>

==Former products== * Ford Bronco * Ford Mustang * Ford Cargo * Ford Corcel * Ford EcoSport * Ford Explorer Sport Trac * Ford Festiva * Ford Focus * Ford F-Series * Ford Fiesta * Ford Ka * Ford Laser * Ford LTD II, marketed as the Ford Fairlane * Ford Ranger * Ford Sierra * Ford Torino, marketed as the Ford Fairlane * Ford Zephyr * Ford Explorer (1990–2019)

==See also== * List of Ford factories

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Category:Ford factories Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants Category:automotive industry in Venezuela Category:industrial buildings in Venezuela Category:Valencia, Venezuela Category:1962 establishments in Venezuela