Ford Motor Company celebrated 100 years of manufacturing in Mexico this week, as tariffs threaten to raise prices for U.S. consumers on cars made abroad.
The governor of the Mexican state of Sonora, Alfonso Durazo, attended the Ford anniversary celebration in Mexico City.
Durazo said on social media that his own state’s Ford plant has been “an engine of employment, growth, quality and pride."
¡100 años de Ford en México y 39 años en el corazón de Sonora!
— Alfonso Durazo (@AlfonsoDurazo) June 23, 2025
Hoy tuve el honor de participar en la conmemoración de un siglo de historia, innovación y compromiso de Ford con el desarrollo de nuestro país.
Reconozco sus casi cuatro décadas en las que la planta de Hermosillo ha… pic.twitter.com/KrptFYjx8M
The nearly 40-year-old Ford plant in Sonora’s capital, Hermosillo, is an important employer in the region and assembles Bronco Sport SUVs and Maverick trucks.
But those vehicles, like others made in Mexico, could get more expensive for consumers in the U.S., as auto manufacturers weigh how to handle the Trump administration’s new tariffs on cars made abroad.
Ford opened its first plant in Mexico in 1925, and now says it employs more than 14,000 people there.
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