<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/" rel="tag">SUV</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/" rel="tag">Truck</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/" rel="tag">Plants/Manufacturing</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/89580286_opt.jpg" /><br /> <br /> Two of Ford's vehicles are moving well enough that the automaker is adding production to its plants in Missouri and Michigan. Ford says its F-150 and Ford Escape are looking to earn their highest sales of the year in August, with the F-Series truck line looking good for its first year-on-year sales jump since October 2006 and the Escape knocking on the door of its own sales record. Of course, August sales number are expected to be wildly inflated by the success of the government's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/CashforClunkers/">Cash for Clunkers</a> program, so Ford is also taking into account the sales rates of these two vehicles before August and only boosting production by a smidge in response.<br /> <br /> Thus, 2,800 workers at Ford's Dearborn Truck Plant will go back to full-time work at the end of September, which will raise production of F-150s by 10,000 units through the end of the year. A third shift added to the Kansas City plant in October will raise production of Ford Escapes and Mercury Mariners by 2,400 through year-end. If production details are your cup of tea, you can read all of Ford's good news in the press release after the jump.<br /> <br /> [Source: Ford | Image: Scott Olson/Getty]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/27/ford-boosts-production-slightly-of-f-150-escape/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Ford boosts production (slightly) of F-150, Escape</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/27/ford-boosts-production-slightly-of-f-150-escape/">Ford boosts production (slightly) of F-150, Escape</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:20:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/27/ford-boosts-production-slightly-of-f-150-escape/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19142646/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/27/ford-boosts-production-slightly-of-f-150-escape/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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