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The Ford people mover will be accompanied by a Lincoln version, code-named d472, also to be built in Oakville, suppliers said. Ford is forecasting 26,000 Lincoln units annually. That should include 3,000 hybrids, one supplier said.
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'People mover' coming

A minivan replacement based on the Ford Fairlane concept is now set to go into production in Oakville beginning in February 2008. Ford calls the vehicle, code-named d471, a "people mover." Ford is forecasting volume at 103,000 vehicles annually, suppliers said. That likely will include 12,000 hybrids, one supplier said.

The production version of the Fairlane is expected to replace the Ford Freestar minivan, which has sold poorly since its 2003 launch.

Some suppliers and industry forecasters have speculated that Ford will drop the Freestar early. Ford won't talk about the ultimate plan for the Freestar and its Mercury Monterey companion. But Mark Fields, Ford's president of the Americas, said on Jan. 23 that there will be a 2007 Freestar.