Curious if anyone has been through the plant recently. I'll be in Detroit next week and thought about checking out the Rouge to see the '09s being built.

 

I'm not sure they are up to full production yet but it is a cool tour.
Not quite as cool as the old days when Ford still operated the steel mill, part of the tour was in the steel mill.
Nothing cooler then being a 10 year old boy and spitting off the cat walk and having it evaporate before it got close to the hot steel. LOL

 

I just graduated michigan state last semester and everytime family or friends would visit I would take them down to Dearborn to go on the factory tour. I have been on the tour over 8 times and each time its a new experience. They were building 09's back in June and I saw them sprinkled in with the 08's they were building. The plant is so sophisticated that they were building the old style 08s' and new style 09s' on the same line. Go on the tour it is a great time! and PM me if you need more info about the tour or the wonderful Dearborn area.

 

I went in January, and it was awesome, it was my favorite part of the trip. Also the Henery Ford muesum is really cool.

 

Until this past March I was a weekend tour guide through the Rouge plant. It's a great tour, lots of history too, and you can spend as much time as you want watching the process. You'll see 9 of the 17 lines at DTP's Final Assembly. The tour goes on a catwalk above the trim, box, and door lines, and then the customer acceptance (quality checks) line. You won't see the whole plant, but it's as comprehensive a plant tour as there is in this country. Kids will love the movies, too.

You get your tickets at, and ride a tour bus from, the Henry Ford Museum. You don't need a museum admission to do the tour. Count on two and a half hours minimum if you want to see the whole tour, and be aware that the plant goes on lunch break between 11:30 and noon. The first tour leaves the Henry Ford at 9:00 and the last tour leaves at 2:30pm. It's closed on Sundays. And it's worth checking ahead to see if the plant is in production. Typically Ford adjusts production a week at a time.