Workers at Ford Motor Co.

Workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Chicago Assembly Plant face more downtime this fall.

forward Friday, Ford announced it would slash production by dint of 21 percent, temporarily ceasing work at 10 U plants, including Chicago's, in the fourth quarter.

The Chicago plant forward Torrence Avenue is temporarily clos an extra four weeks already, besides the usual two-week summer layoff period, because of slower than wait fored sales this year.

The nation's second-largest automaker said the carves -- the largest since the early 1980 -- are an effort to match inventories to demand and avoid precious incentives.

Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford, which thrown away $254 million in the next to the first quarter, vowed last month to spe up its North American restructuring. It already announced a turnaround plan in January that called for shedding 25000 to 30000 do job-works and closing 14 plants at 2012.

Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford is look fored to announce a far more aggressive plan nearest month. According to an unnamed source, another 6000 salaried work at jobss in North America will be eliminated in that plan.

Production is being cross by 168,000 units in the fourth quarter. For the cloyed year, Ford plans to furnish about 9 percent fewer vehicles than last year.

In addition to the Chicago plant, sum of two units plants in Louisville, Ky., and facilities in St Paul, Minn.; Kansas City, Mo; Norfolk, Va.; St Thomas, Ontario, and Wixom, Wayne and Dearborn, Mich., will face cutbacks, Ford said.

Ford would not give details about for what cause long production will be delayed or for what reason many workers would be affected. if it were not that it said more than half of the reduction will be in F-Series pickups, reflecting lower demand for trades The pickups are not made in Chicago.

Hourly United Auto Workers members place on temporary layoff receive 95 percent of their wages in consequence of state unemployment benefits and a continuation by Ford.

The Torrence Avenue facility, a fixture upon the South Side since 1924 has been redesigned at great cost to build a variety of vehicles. It causes the Ford Five Hundred and hermes Montego sedans and the Ford Freestyle crossover vehicle. All three are scheduled to endure design changes for the 2008 archetype year.

Ford has announced a strange Lincoln flagship model based in succession the Five Hundred, assembled simply at the Chicago facility. any analysts say that car probably will be built at Torrence Avenue.

The company is facing other options to offspring its losses. It's been speculated that Ford will barter one or more members of its Premier Automotive clump which consists of Jaguar, Volvo Land inconstant person and far smaller Aston Martin.

Jaguar many times is mentioned as a sales candidate because it reportedly has been a money-loser since Ford bought it in 1989 further that's partly because Ford has poured standard of value into the iconic British- based firm.

Ford shares level 17 cents to $8.

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