Pacheco Stamping and Assembly

The Pacheco Stamping and Assembly is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory in General Pacheco, Argentina, opened in 1961, and spanning 1,308,000 square metres (14,079,200 sq ft). As of 2018, the plant employed 3,500 workers.^[1]

General Pacheco Stamping and Assembly
Ford assembly plant in General Pacheco
Operated	1961; 64 years ago (1961)
Location	General Pacheco, Buenos Aires Province
Industry	Automotive
Products	Automobiles, trucks
Employees	3,500[1]
Owner(s)	Ford Argentina
Website	ford.com.ar/plantapacheco

Vehicles manufactured

Since the plant opening in 1961:

Name	Type	Produced
F-100/150	Pickup truck	1961–97 [note 1]
F-600/700[3]	Truck	1961–92
F-350/400/500	Medium-duty truck	1961–92
Falcon[note 2]	Sedan / station wagon	1962–91
Fairlane	Mid-size	1969–81
Falcon Ranchero[note 3]	Coupé utility	1973–91
Taunus	Mid-size	1974–83
Sierra	Mid-size	1984–93
Escort	C-segment	1987–2002
Orion	C-segment	1994–97
Ranger[note 4]	Pickup truck	1996–present
Focus	Compact[note 5]	1999–2019
Cargo	Truck	1999–2000

See also

• List of Ford factories

Notes

1. Only assembled in the plant of La Boca (1959–61), and then fully manufactured (starting in 1961) in General Pacheco.^[2]
2. Assembled only (1962–63); from 1963 that year, the Falcon became the first Ford 4-door sedan fully produced in Argentina.^[4][5]
3. Not the original Ford Ranchero but an adapted local Falcon body.
4. Updated to the T6 (sixth generation), released in 2020.^[6]
5. Introduced by Ford Europe in 1998.^[7] The third generation of the Focus was released in 2011 with similar design for both markets, Europe and North America.