General Pacheco Stamping
and Assembly
Ford assembly plant in General Pacheco
Map
Operated1961; 63 years ago (1961)
LocationGeneral Pacheco, Buenos Aires Province
IndustryAutomotive
ProductsAutomobiles, trucks
Employees3,500 [1]
Owner(s)Ford Argentina
Websiteford.com.ar/plantapacheco

The Pacheco Stamping and Assembly is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory in General Pacheco, Argentina, opened in 1961, and spanning 1,308,000 square metres (14,079,200 sq ft). As of 2018, the plant employed 3,500 workers.[1]

Vehicles manufactured

Since the plant opening in 1961:

Name Type Produced
F-100/150 Pickup truck 1961–97 [note 1]
F-600/700[3] Truck 1961–92
F-350/400/500 Medium-duty truck 1961–92
Falcon [note 2] Sedan / station wagon 1962–91
Fairlane Mid-size 1969–81
Falcon Ranchero [note 3] Coupé utility 1973–91
Taunus Mid-size 1974–83
Sierra Mid-size 1984–93
Escort C-segment 1987–2002
Orion C-segment 1994–97
Ranger [note 4] Pickup truck 1996–present
Focus Compact [note 5] 1999–2019
Cargo Truck 1999–2000
Notes
  1. ^ Only assembled in the plant of La Boca (1959–61), and then fully manufactured (starting in 1961) in General Pacheco.[2]
  2. ^ Assembled only (1962–63); from 1963 that year, the Falcon became the first Ford 4-door sedan fully produced in Argentina.[4][5]
  3. ^ Not the original Ford Ranchero but an adapted local Falcon body.
  4. ^ Updated to the T6 (sixth generation), released in 2020.[6]
  5. ^ Introduced by Ford Europe in 1998.[7] The third generation of the Focus was released in 2011 with similar design for both markets, Europe and North America.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Marcas de autos fabricados en Argentina | Ford on AutoHistoria
  2. ^ La pick up más vendida del mundo: sus 10 hitos en 45 años de historia Infobae, 10 Jul 2020
  3. ^ "Ford F-600 (1961-1990)" on Camión Argentino, 12 Aug 2014
  4. ^ A 57 años del primer Falcon "nacional" by Dylan Bucchianeri on Parabrisas, 15 Jul 2020
  5. ^ Así probábamos al primer Falcon, Parabrisas, 15 May 2019
  6. ^ Ford presentó la nueva Ranger, Parabrisas, 25 Jun 2019
  7. ^ Ostmann, Bernd, ed. (July 15, 1998). "Focus nur fuer Auslands-Modelle: Gerichtsurteil gegen Ford". Auto, Motor und Sport (in German). 15 (9).

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