Why Ford Will Soon Idle Three U.S. Factories

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) said that it will temporarily halt production at five of its North American factories, three in the U.S. and two in Mexico, in order to repair recalled commercial vans and reduce inventories of slow-selling car models.

Sales of Ford's mainstream sedan models have slumped this year as more buyers have switched to SUVs.

Ford's Flat Rock Assembly Plant, in Michigan, builds the Mustang and the Lincoln Continental. It will be shut down for two weeks to ease growing inventories of both models. Image source: Ford Motor Company.

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