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New Ford Model Debuts at Chicago Plant

WTTW News | August 4, 2009, 7:00 pm

Ford rolled out its 2010 Taurus today, and it's made in Chicago. Rich Samuels tells us why Ford's Torrence Avenue Assembly plant is surviving some of the darkest days in the history of the auto industry.

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