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<\/p>\nA new multi-energy Ford crossover and two electric\u00a0Geely SUVs will be built in Valencia, securing the future of Ford’s Spanish factory.<\/p>\n
The deal, confirmed after months of speculation, will involve the creation of the new joint venture that will take over the operation of the factory, which Ford opened 50 years ago.<\/p>\n
When the deal is completed\u00a0next year, Ford will own 66% of the new entity\u00a0and China’s\u00a0Geely Auto will own 34%.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The goal to maximise the plant\u2019s potential annual capacity of around 500,000 vehicles,\u00a0which Ford of Europe boss Jim Baumbick said will involve hiring additional staff.<\/p>\n
What it means for Ford: three models and shared tech<\/p>\n
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The Kuga<\/a>\u00a0SUV\u00a0is the only model currently produced in Valencia, but\u00a0four new machines are now set to join it by 2029.<\/p>\n These will include the new European-focused Bronco<\/a>\u00a0SUV\u00a0(imagined by Autocar above),\u00a0which will arrive in 2028 and is understood to sit on the same C2 platform as the Kuga.<\/p>\n There will also be a new multi-energy Ford \u201cfamily crossover\u201d, which will be jointly developed by Ford and Geely,\u00a0also due in 2028.\u00a0Baumbick said it will be \u201ca rally-bred crossover in the C-segment\u201d.<\/p>\n While he didn\u2019t specify which platform\u00a0the new crossover will be based on, he said that it won’t be a badge-engineered model: \u201cThe Ford product will be a completely unique top hat;\u00a0this is not a reskin.<\/p>\n “We don\u2019t do boring cars. This is a completely uniquely engineered, truly unmistakably Ford product that will be differentiated from Geely\u2019s product.\u201d<\/p>\n The Bronco and new crossover are two of five new rally-inspired models that Ford plans to launch in Europe by 2029 as part of a major revival plan for the region.<\/p>\n There will also be two small electric models that will be produced by Renault, along with a further multi-energy crossover.<\/p>\n Ford has yet to give any details of that fifth model, but its absence from the\u00a0initial plans for Valencia suggests that it will be built elsewhere.<\/p>\n Ford\u2019s German plant currently produces\u00a0the Explorer<\/a> and Capri<\/a> electric SUVs on the Volkswagen Group\u2019s MEB platform, and Baumbick said that deal was unaffected.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ford also currently produces the Puma in petrol and electric forms in Romania.<\/p>\n What the deal means for Geely<\/p>\n Geely will produce two electric SUVs at Valencia, with production expected to begin in 2028, as\u00a0part of its global expansion plans.<\/p>\n Although this will be the first time Geely-branded models have\u00a0been built in Europe, the Chinese company has experience of European production through its ownership of LEVC, Lotus\u00a0and Volvo.<\/p>\n Geely senior vice-president Victor Yang declined to specify which models would be built in Spain\u00a0but said: \u201cWe have always believed\u00a0that to be truly rooted in Europe, we must be of Europe.<\/p>\n “For us\u00a0that means localisation and a long-term commitment to integrating our expertise with the world-class manufacturing heritage of the Valencia plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new multi-energy Ford crossover and two electric\u00a0Geely SUVs will be built in Valencia, securing the future of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-707070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}