11.   The Ford Motor Co. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Belarussian government to assemble vehicles from kits in the capital of Minsk.

12.   The new plants, like similar factories built by Ford and Chrysler, assembled vehicles for the Mexican market.

13.   Other companies assembling vehicles in Poland include American carmakers Ford and General Motors.

14.   At first, the plant will assemble vehicles from imported parts, but Ford has agreed to help Vietnam develop local parts manufacturing, Booker said.

15.   Before NAFTA, automakers were required to assemble every vehicle sold in Mexico inside that country.

16.   BMW, another German luxury carmaker that has started assembling vehicles in South Carolina, also has sent workers for training in Germany.

17.   Daewoo Motors has been operating in South Africa for about two-and-a-half years and imports already assembled passenger vehicles.

18.   Eighty-two years after the company stopped making cars, the only reminder is the building where the vehicles were assembled.

19.   Ecuador now produces chassis for Chevrolet and Fiat and assembles the vehicles with imported engines.

20.   Fiat joins a long list of European, Asian and American car makers assembling vehicles for sale in Vietnam or hoping to do so soon.