In a fresh sign of pressure on U.S. automakers, Ford Motor Co. on Monday said it will shut down production of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck for a week at a Kansas City assembly plant, and temporarily idle three other plants over the next several weeks.
The F-150 is the best-selling vehicle model in North America, and a key profit-maker for Ford. U.S. sales of the F series are up 5.5 percent this year but deliveries fell 2.6 percent in September. Ford dealers had a heavy 95 days’ supply of the pickups on their lots at the end of September, according to data compiled by Automotive News.
