Ford Motor Company

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A car burns as workers block the main gate of the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium, on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Ford Motor Co. announced Wednesday it planned to close a car plant in eastern Belgium — one of its main European factories — by the end of 2014, a move that would result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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Ford Focus automobiles move on the assembly line at a Ford Motor Co. plant in Wayne, Mich., on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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George and Sheila Snyder, of Washington, Vt., take delivery of their 2011 Ford Escape in Montpelier. Ford Motor Co. led a resurgence in vehicle sales, reporting a 19 percent jump over 2009 sales Tuesday and increased its U.S. market share for the second straight year. (Associated Press)

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The 2011 Ford Edge Sport is on display at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show in February. (Sam VarnHagen/Ford Motor Co.)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama looks at the redesigned 2011 Ford Explorer SUV with Ford Chief Engineer James Holland (center) during his tour of the Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Chicago on Thursday.

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** FILE ** Ford Motor Company unveils the 2011 Ford Explorer during a news conference in New York, Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Group leaders work on a pre-production 2012 Ford Focus at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., Thursday, July 22, 2010. Ford Motor Co. said Friday, July 23, 2010, it posted net income of $2.6 billion in the second quarter as it continued to grab sales from rivals in a slowly recovering U.S. market. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama and Kurt Dykstra, mayor of Holland, Mich., sit in an electric Ford Focus on Thursday in Holland at the groundbreaking ceremony of Compact Power Inc., a battery plant and a subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd.

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President Barack Obama and Holland, Mich. Mayor Kurt Dykstra, sits in an electric Ford Focus, at the groundbreaking ceremony at Compact Power, Inc., a subsidary of LG Chem Ltd., a battery plant, Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Holland, Mich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after attending a groundbreaking ceremony for the LG Chem plant that will manufacture advanced batteries for Chevrolet and Ford electric cars, Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Holland, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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A 1936 Ford Cabriolet, foreground and a 1929 Bugatti Type 2 racer, left, participate in a Fourth of July parade in Key Biscayne, Fla., Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)