Ford Motor in Spain

Jacobs, A. J.

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A. J. Jacobs²

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Abstract

In this chapter, chronicles Ford’s history in Spain, beginning with its complete knockdown operations in Cadiz and Barcelona. The latter is notable because it helped beget Nissan Motor Iberica’s current Barcelona facility in the city’s Zona Franca area. The remainder of the chapter focuses on Ford Valencia, a 400,000-capacity factory that ended the automaker’s 40-year absence in Spain in 1976. The conclusion speculates on the plant’s post-2017 future.

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1.
Automotive News (2003); Romera (2012); Catalan (2013); Ford Europe (2015).
2.
Bloomfield (1978); Pallares-Barbera (1998); Romera (2012); Catalan (2013).
3.
WSJ (1930); Romera (2012).
4.
AP (1930b, c); MacDonald (1930); New York Times (1930); Romera (2012).
5.
AP (1930a, b, c); MacDonald (1930); New York Times (1930); United Press (1930); WSJ (1930); Romera (2012).
6.
New York Times (1931); Romera (2012); Catalan (2013).
7.
Georgano (2000); Romera (2012) Catalan (2013); Spain (2017–2018).
8.
Casanova (2010); Romera (2012).
9.
Humphreys (2009); Romera (2012); Catalan (2013).
10.
Bloomfield (1978); Nissan Motors Global (2018); Palacios (2017).
11.
London Times (1973); Bloomfield (1978); Pallares-Barbera (1998); Layan (2000).
12.
UPI (1972); WSJ (1972); London Times (1973); Bloomfield (1978).
13.
New York Times (1972); UPI (1972); Bloomfield (1978); Catalan (2007); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2014).
14.
New York Times (1972); UPI (1972); London Times (1973); Bloomfield (1978).
15.
New York Times (1972); UPI (1972, 1973); London Times (1973); Giniger (1974a); Bloomfield (1978).
16.
London Times (1973); Giniger (1974a, b); Cray (1976); Bloomfield (1978); Spain (2017–2018).
17.
Giniger (1974a, b); Cray (1976); Bloomfield (1978); Ford Europe (2015, 2016); Ford Cologne (2017).
18.
Bloomfield (1978); Ford Espana (2018).
19.
Bloomfield (1978); Pallares-Barbera (1998); Spain (2017–2018); Ford Espana (2018).
20.
Ford Espana (2018).
21.
Ford Cologne (2017); Spain (2017–2018).
22.
Tagliabue (1997); Automotive News (2003); Spain (2017–2018); Ford Espana (2018).
23.
Tagliabue (1997); Spain (2017–2018).
24.
Riding (1986); New York Times (1986); Jackson (1994); Tagliabue (1997); VW Chronicle (2014).
25.
Jackson (1994); Bradsher (1997); Ford Brazil (2018); Lexicar Brasil (2018); VW Brazil (2018).
26.
Ward’s (1956–2018); Seat (1988–2018); Tagliabue (1997); Automotive News (2003); VW Chronicle (2014).
27.
Automotive News (2003); Jacobs (2016, 2017); Ford Espana (2018).
28.
Ford (2000–2018); Sedgwick and Krebs (2003); Spain (2017–2018).
29.
Wernle (1998); Howes (1999); White (1999); Miller (2000b); Automotive News (2003); Sedgwick and Krebs (2003); Soares de Oliveira (2004).
30.
Ford (2000–2018); Ford Espana (2018).
31.
For these decisions, see Ward’s (1956–2018); Howes (1999, 2000); Miller (2000a, b); Automotive News (2003); Wernle (2004); Jacobs (2016, 2017); Ford Otosan (2018).
32.
Ward’s (1956–2018); Automotive News (2003); Jacobs (2016, 2017); Ford Espana (2018).
33.
Ford (2000–2018); Automotive News (2003).
34.
Ford (2000–2018); Biot (2003); Jacobs (2016); Ford Espana (2018).
35.
Ford (2000–2018).
36.
Ward’s (1956–2018); Ford (2000–2018); Reuters (2008); Jacobs (2016).
37.
Jacobs (2017).
38.
Mazda (2006, 2007, 2009, 2014); Wright (2007).
39.
Ford (2000–2018).
40.
Ward’s (1956–2018); Ford (2000–2018); Jacobs (2016).
41.
Ibid.
42.
Ford (2000–2018); Spain (2017–2018); Ford Espana (2018).
43.
Autocar (2009); Ford (2000–2018; 2010a, b); Spain (2017–2018).
44.
Belgium (2017–2018).
45.
Ward’s (1956–2018); Ford (2000–2018; 2011, 2018); Ford Espana (2018).
46.
Ford (2000–2018); Belgium (2017–2018); Ford Espana (2018).
47.
Henkel (2012a, b, 2013a).
48.
BBC (2012); Henkel (2012a, b).
49.
Ford (2000–2018); Belgium (2017–2018).
50.
Minder (2012); Dowset and White (2015); Ford (2015a, b); Belgium (2017–2018); Jacobs (2017).
51.
Ewing (2013); Henkel (2013a, b).
52.
Belgium (2017–2018); Spain (2017–2018); Ford Espana (2018).
53.
Ward’s (1956–2018); Ford (2000–2018, 2015a, b); Spain (2017–2018); Ford Espana (2018).
54.
Ford (2000–2018); Spain (2017–2018); Ford Espana (2018).
55.
Ward’s (1956–2018); Dowsett (2017); Spain (2017–2018); Ford Espana (2018); Ford Europe (2018).
56.
Ford (2000–2018, 2018); Dowsett (2017); Spain (2017–2018).
57.
Ford (2000–2018); Jacobs (2016).
58.
Jacobs (2017); Spain (2017–2018); Ford (2018); Ford Brazil (2018); Ford India (2018).
59.
Ford (2017, 2018); Jacobs (2017); Ford India (2018).

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