Lionel Richie said "fiesta forever", and Ford Motor Company agrees.  Ford announced on May 30, 2008 that it would commence production of its Fiesta small car at the company’s Cuautitlán Assembly Plant near Mexico City beginning in early 2010.  The Cuautitlán Assembly Plant, which currently builds large trucks (ranging from the Ford F-150 to the F-550), will be transformed to accommodate small-car production as part of Ford’s manufacturing shift to smaller, fuel efficient vehicles.  In addition to the Cuautitlán Plant, Ford has stamping and assembly plants in Hermosillo, Sonora that manufacture the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ sedans, which are sold in North America, Venezuela and Brazil.

Expensive oil may continue to cause multinationals to modify supply chains, perhaps with additional positive externalities for Mexico.