Tide Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Lights out: Production ends for Ford Freestar Filed under: Minivans/MPVs, Plants/Manufacturing, Ford http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/01/freestar.jpg Thank God it's over. Goodbye Freestar, you won't be missed. Ford has turned out its last head-gasket-consuming, transmission-torturing, flaccid minivan. It was a good try twelve years ago when it debuted as the Windstar, but time has not been kind to Ford's efforts. Moreover, Ford was not kind to the Freestar, letting it die on the vine while the competition became ever more competent. The Oakville, Ontario plant will continue to build cars, keeping all its employees busy with Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX production.The only folks that will even notice the unavailability of the Freestar (act fast, there's about 2,500 left) are fleet customers, with whom Ford will work to substitute other FoMoCo vehicles. Seems like a win-win-win: a tired horse is put out to pasture, the blue-collar folks kept their jobs and the fleet customers who lose out will be made whole. [source: Automotive News] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-timehttp://ad.doubleclick.net/imp;v1;f;44404524;0-0;0;13519409;1%7C1;17996600%7C18014495%7C1;;cs=t%3Fhttp://m.doubleclick.net/dot.gif http://feeds.autoblog.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=fXlzFaHl</img> http://feeds.autoblog.com/~f/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=j3EnBjA9</img> http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/70265388 Read More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hanger Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 hmmm i liked driving the Freestar... alot of power only thing i don't like about it it's where the shift is at... I love driving the Sienna lol, smooth and powerful ○ ○ ○ Instagram: itshangertime :spin: ○ ○ ○ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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