New Plant in Turkey to Build Ford Tourneo Courier and Transit Courier

Ford Otosan, the Turkish-based joint venture between Ford Motor Company and Koç Holding, officially launched vehicle production at a modern, all-new vehicle production facility in Yeniköy, Turkey.

Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford and Ali Y. Koç, Board Member, Koç Holding and Chairman, Ford Otosan led the ceremony marking the start of production at the new $511 million plant which is launching production of the Ford Transit Courier small commercial vehicle and Ford Tourneo Courier entry-level people-mover.

The new 70,000 square metre facility is located next to Ford Otosan’s existing Kocaeli vehicle assembly plant and is the third Ford Otosan plant to build Ford vehicles.

The Ford Tourneo Courier entry level people-mover and the Ford Transit Courier, Ford’s smallest commercial vehicle, will be sold in around 46 countries.

The plant will be capable of building up to 110,000 vehicles a year.

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