MEXICO CITY -- Ford Motor Co. will close its Hermosillo assembly plant the last two weeks of December and all of January, the automaker's new president in Mexico said. In his first interview with a U.S. media outlet since taking the job Nov. 1, Eduardo Serrano said Ford will build hybrid versions of the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan cars at the plant next month.

Volume production of 2010 versions of the Fusion, Milan and Lincoln MKZ cars will begin Feb. 2. The vehicles will be in North American dealerships in March, he told Automotive News.

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