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Production of Ford Taurus Ends and
Atlanta Assembly Plant finally Idled
Production ended at Ford Motor
Company’s Atlanta Assembly Plant on Friday, Oct. 27, at 7 a.m.
when the company produced its last Ford Taurus.
Last Ford Sable in Atlanta off the
line more than a year ago
Photo: Ford
Ford produced 7.5 million
Taurus units since the legendary sedan was introduced in
1985. From 1992 to 1996, Taurus was the best-selling car in the
United States. Its peak year was 1992 with 409,751 units sold.
Ford produced Taurus at two assembly plants – Atlanta and
Chicago – until 2004 when Chicago Assembly began production of
Ford Five Hundred, Freestyle and Mercury Montego.
Atlanta Assembly opened in 1947
and built a variety of historical models including the light
trucks, Ford Fairlane, Fairmont, Falcon, Galaxie, Grananda, LTD,
Rachero, Torino, Thunderbird, Marquis, Sable and Taurus.
For the past five years Atlanta
Assembly has ranked among the top 10 most productive
assembly plants in North America, as reported by Harbour
Consulting. In the 2005 report, Atlanta ranked number one in
productivity.
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