Ford shutting down its truck manufacturing operations in Brazil

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After phasing out the EcoSport and Ka (badged Figo in markets where it was already supplied from India before the Camaçari plant shutdown) in Brazil, and running out of stock for the Brazilian-made EcoSport at some regional export markets, Ford is now sourcing the EcoSport from India to Argentina where it's liable to a 35% import duty which the Brazilian versions were exempted due to the Mercosur. Price is now around 5% higher.

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Seeing this replica of the F-650 built in 2010 around the frame of a local Class-5 version of the Cargo, since the local medium-duty versions of the F-Series had been phased out in 2005 because Ford was not willing to update it to Euro-3 emission rules, it becomes quite clear how Ford made a considerable amount of mistakes. A medium-duty F-Series was still better than a cab-forward for some vocational applications, and some regional export markets which used to be supplied with the Brazilian-made trucks are still more favorable to longnose trucks instead of the flatnose ones.