Ford's Hinrichs 'very comfortable' with Escape production

Karl Henkel The Detroit News Comments Zoom 2013 Ford Escape (Ford) Dearborn — A top Ford Motor Co. executive says he’s not worried about production restraints surrounding the automaker’s hot-selling Escape compact SUV. Joe Hinrichs, president of Ford’s American operations, said Thursday he’s “very comfortable” with the capacity for the Escape, built during seven-day-a-week, three-shift production at Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant. Hinrichs said that as with other popular Ford vehicles, like the Fusion midsize sedan and Focus compact car, the Dearborn automaker has inventories between 30 and 40 days. “It’s a good problem to have,” he said. “I think we’ll be OK on those inventories moving...