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The Ford Union (original spelling: ) is a former joint venture of the Ford Motor Company, the Russian Lada importer Lada-OMC and the Belarusian government. It was located in Abchak near the city of Minsk in Belarus. Ford has invested a capital of US$10.000.000 for building this plant. So it was the most expensive plant of the Ford concern in Western Europe at this time. The company existed from 1997 up to 2000 when it was closed due to low sales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hell on wheels?(Ford opening assembly plant in Belarus)(Brief Article) – The Economist (US) )〕 The Ford Union was not a manufacturer, it was only an assembler of SKD kits. The vehicles assembled by the Belarusian plant can be identified by the manufacturer code ''Y4F'' on the start on the VIN and an ''R'' on the eleventh position for the plant identification.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ford Club Belarus • Просмотр темы – vin КОД )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VIN: FORD (europe) )〕 The plant become well-known on 23 July 1997 as president Aljaksandr Ryhorawitsch Lukaschenka was invited to a press conference with five strategically selected foreign journalists to discuss a predicted failure which later proved true. ==model overview== Image:Ford Transit front 20080222.jpg|Ford Transit 1997–2000 Image:Ford Escort front 20080110.jpg|Ford Escort 1997–2000 Image:Ford Escort van blue.JPG|Ford Escort Courier Ford Escort Van (GB) Ford Express (RUS) 1997–2000 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ford Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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