Howard,
Indeed hard to believe, it even made the newspapers here. Ford is also closing it's plant at nearby Genk, Belgium, so it seems to be a global trend. Serves us right for driving around in 70 year old Fords, we should buy new ones.
My first car was an umpeenth hand Fiesta, my last new Ford was a Focus back in 2001. But these days it's an Eastern Europe-built car with 90% German technology injected....
Ryan, sorry to hear about the imminent loss of your job.
Hanno