President Barack Obama on Sept. 20 visited Ford Motors’ Kansas City Stamping Plant in Liberty, Missouri, reports The Detroit News.
Obama visited Ford’s plant mostly to urge Congress to raise the debt ceiling and approve funding to keep the government running after the current budget expires on Sept. 30.
Obama called Ford “the No. 1 automaker” in the United States. He called Ford President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alan Mulally “one of our outstanding business leaders, who has helped to lead Ford to be the No.1 automaker in the United States of America.”
What the president meant by that is unclear. Ford is not the best-selling U.S. automaker. That’s a position General Motors has held for decades.
GM sold 1.9 million vehicles in the first eight months of 2012, compared to 1.7 million by Ford. GM is the world’s second-best selling automaker behind Toyota Motor, according to the news report.
Source: The Detroit News
