Ford Lio Ho Motor
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Native name | 福特六和汽車股份有限公司 |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Chungli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan |
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Ford Motor Company (70%) Liou Ho Spinning (30%) |
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| Chinese | 福特六和汽車 | ||||||||
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Ford Lio Ho Motor (Chinese: 福特六和汽車) is an Taiwanese-based automaker and the primary dealer of Ford vehicles in Taiwan formed in 1972. It is 70 per cent owned by Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford Motor Company.[1] The remaining 30 per cent is owned by investors in the former Lio Ho Automotive Industrial Corporation, which previously assembled Toyota vehicles.[2]
It began operations in 1973, assembling Ford models like the Cortina, Escort, and Granada.[3] In the 1980s, it began assembly of Mazda-based models, such as the Laser (Mazda 323), Telstar (Mazda 626) and Festiva (Mazda 121).[4] The Taiwan-built Laser hatchback was exported to Canada in the late 1980s, badged as the Mercury Tracer.[5]
Former Ford models unique to Taiwan include the Ford Tierra, based on the Mazda 323 sedan, but with different styling from the similar Ford Laser, the Ford Activa, a rebadged Mazda 323 hatchback, and the Ford Mondeo Metrostar,[6] based on the European Mondeo sedan.
Taiwan-market Ford and Mazda vehicles include locally assembled Ford Mondeo, Ford Focus, Ford Fiesta, Ford Escape, Mazda 3, Mazda 5, and Mazda Tribute. Also, all 2007 model year Asia/Pacific (except South Korean-market) Ford Escapes, Explorers and Expeditions are assembled by Ford Liou Ho. The Taiwan-assembled Mondeo is also exported to mainland China and Saudi Arabia. After the ban on diesel-engined passenger cars was lifted in Taiwan in 2004, Ford Liou Ho became the first local manufacturer to build a diesel car. This was a diesel Focus, introduced in August 2007.[7]
Before Ford divested Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008, and significantly reduced share-holding of Mazda in 2010, the Taiwanese units of these brands were organized under Ford Liou Ho.
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References
- ↑ "Ford Lio Ho rolls out 2 millionth car". taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ↑ Multinational corporations and United States foreign policy: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress [Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, Part 3], U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973, page 180
- ↑ Directory of Taiwan, 1980
- ↑ Japanese Motor Business, Economist Intelligence Unit, 1994, page 56
- ↑ Trade Opportunities in Taiwan, Volume 15, Issues 1-26, Far East Trade Services, Incorporated, 1987, page 19
- ↑ Ford's Mondeo Metrostar takes lead, Billy Chamberlin, The China Post August 10, 2001
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