Ford Motor Company Philippines (FMCP) is a local Ford Motor Company subsidiary focused on manufacturing automobiles for local and regional consumption. Production began in September 1999 with the Ford Lynx, and the company began building the Mazda-based local Ford Ranger in March 2000. It also builds the Ford Escape, Ford Laser, Ford Focus, Mazda3, and Mazda Tribute for the local market, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam. It exports CKD kits to the latter country as of October 2004. The plant is located in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines. Its plant is about to close leaving the country without an automobile exporter.
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