Ford North American Vehicle Production-Week Of November 1, 2004

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 11 – Ford Motor Company's North American vehicle production for the week ending November 7 is summarized below:

	Car	Truck	Total
United States	10,941	43,410	54,351
Canada	0	2,326	2,326
Mexico	1,480	471	1,951
Total	12,421	46,207	58,628

The following U.S. and Canadian assembly plants are working overtime this week: Chicago (Ford Five Hundred, Ford Freestyle, and Mercury Montego), Kansas City SUV (Ford Escape and Mazda Tribute), Ohio (Mercury Mariner), and Lorain (Ford Econoline).

Next week (November 15), all North American assembly plants will be operating except St. Thomas (Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis), Twin Cities (Ford Ranger and Mazda B-Series), Wayne (Ford Focus), and Wixom (Lincoln Town Car, Lincoln LS, and Ford Thunderbird). Production will resume on November 22 at Wayne and Wixom, on November 29 at Twin Cities, and December 6 at St. Thomas. These actions were included in Ford's previously announced fourth quarter production plan.