Mustang Plant Among Ford Factories Taking Time Off
- Drivers shunning sedans forces down time at five auto plants
- Mexican facility making Fiesta will be idled for three weeks
A Mustang on the production line in Flat Rock, Michigan, on Jan. 3, 2017.
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Ford Motor Co. is cutting production at five North American factories before the end of the year to keep inventory from swelling as U.S. auto sales decline for the first time in eight years.
The second-largest U.S. automaker is planning the most down time -- three weeks -- at its Cuautitlan Assembly Plant in Mexico that makes the Fiesta subcompact.