Lincoln to double production of MKZ Hybrid

Ford Motor Co. will double production of its MKZ Hybrid sedan for the 2014 model year, a top executive said this week.

Forty percent of MKZ production will be dedicated to building the hybrid model, said Raj Nair, Ford’s group vice president of global product development, at the automaker’s Dearborn campus on Tuesday.

That’s double the 20 percent production mix from the 2013 model year, the first year for the revamped luxury sedan.

The 2014 model year goes on sale later this year, a Lincoln spokesman said in an email.