Ford plans to halve production of the Transit van at the site over the next three years.
Peter Lee from the Transit Van Owners' Club said he welcomed the idea.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported that Ford also plans to shut a factory in Southampton, England, that makes chassis cabs for the Transit van.
In Europe, notes a Detroit executive, their equivalent might drive a Transit van, but would not use that to take a partner to dinner.
Unite said the plant closures could lead to the loss of up to 2, 000 jobs at Ford, with production of the Transit van moving to Turkey.
He points out that one of the last big industrial employers in the constituency - the Ford Transit van factory - has taken EU grants and moved production to Turkey.
Ford said it was planning to continue making the Transit panel van at the Swaythling plant until 2011.
They want to trace a white Ford Transit Connect van and a small blue car which were seen in the area.
The collision, involving a Ford Transit Tipper van and a Renault Kangoo, happened at 16:00 GMT on Saturday on the B1077 at Shelfanger.
Ford is in the midst of introducing six small vehicles in the U.S. that were designed in Europe, including the Fiesta, the Transit Connect van and a redesigned Focus.
So when engineers noticed an odd odor in the interior of the Ford Transit Connect van last year, for instance, they summoned the smell jury, which traced it back to a sealant used by a supplier.
The light trucks coming to market like the next-generation Chevrolet Silverado pickup and Ford Transit cargo van feature loads of fuel-saving technologies, proving you can have the space and capability you need and still get decent gas mileage.
The owner or driver of a white transit or box van which was parked outside at this time was also asked to get in touch.
The Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit wants to trace anyone who saw a white Ford Transit-style van seen speeding from the Brunel Road area.
According to the New York Daily News, large fleet owners had pushed for the Ford Transit Connect, a van used for commercial purposes in Europe and that has been approved for use as a cab in U.S. cities like Boston.
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