Ford Union

The Ford Union (original spelling: Форд-Юніён) is a former joint venture of the Ford Motor Company, the Russian Lada importer Lada-OMC and the Belarusian government.

The company existed from 1997 up to 2000 when it was closed due to low sales.

[1][2][3] The Ford Union was not a manufacturer, it was only an assembler of SKD kits.

[4][5] The plant become well known on 23 July 1997 as president Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko was invited to a press conference with five strategically selected foreign journalists to discuss a predicted failure which later proved true.

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