Ford set to pass GM in North America - Business First of Louisville:

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Ford, which operates two manufacturing plantdin Louisville, will rank firsf in 2009 with 1.9 millioh units, according to data from forecastingh group IHS Global Insight, which releasedr its North American light-vehicle production forecasr this month. GM, which operates a Chevrole t manufacturing plant inBowlinhg Green, Ky., is idling most of its plants over the next couplde of months and will produc an estimated 1.
7 million vehicles this “With Chrysler in bankruptcy and GM likely on the vergse of it while accelerating the already-announced terminationb of three brands, and adding a fourth brane (Pontiac) to its we think the stigma surrounding thes e occurrences will have a negative impact on sales at both companiesx in 2009,” the forecasting firm reported. , the smallestg of the Detroit 3, has stoppeds production during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will fallto No. 5 behindr and , according to IHS Global Insight.