Ford Motor Company Livonia Transmission Plant – Livonia, Michigan, USA

The Ford Motor Company Livonia Transmission plant is a transmission manufacturing facility located in Livonia, Michigan, United States.

Established in 1952, Livonia is currently the largest transmission plant in North America, and has long served as the hub for Ford’s mass-selling transmissions. Its most notable product is the Ford 6R familly of six-speed transmissions, which has been used in a wide variety of rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive Ford products like the Ford F-150, Ford Mustang, Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator and Ford Transit.

Livonia is also responsible for putting together the Ford/GM 10R80 10-speed transmission alongside the Ford Motor Company Sharonville Transmission plant. Livonia also puts together the Ford 8F35 eight-speed automatic transmission used in front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive vehicles like the Ford Edge and Ford Escape.

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Quick Facts

Year opened	1952
Facility size	3,300,000 square feet (306,580 m2)
Land occupied	182 acres
Location	36200 Plymouth Road, Livonia, Michigan 48150, United States
Hourly employees	2,640
Salaried employees	205
Total employees	2,845

Products

Transmissions	Production Years
6R Six-speed Transmission	2011 - present
10R Ten-speed Transmission	2017 - present
8F Eight-speed Transmission	2017 - present

Historical Timeline

1952: Transmission assembly begins at Livonia.
2011: Production for the Ford 6R six-speed automatic transmission, destined for rear-wheel-drive applications, begins.
2017: Ford overseas manufacturing operations for the GM/Ford 10-speed automatic transmission joint venture. Livonia, along with Sharonville, are chosen as the assembly sites. Production of the 8F eight-speed transmission for transverse applications begins the same year.