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Ford is headed north. Ram’s headed south. With two announcements within a month, it looks like Detroit trucks are headed straight for the border.

Ford moves Super Duty to Canada

Ford’s F Series used to be the last of the Detroit trucks fully assembled in the U.S. Not anymore. For 2026, Ford announced it’ll build Super Duty pickups in Oakville, Ontario—joining current plants in Kentucky and Ohio. Oakville was originally getting retooled for EVs after Edge and Nautilus production ended, but now it’s pivoting to trucks.

The 3,600-employee plant marks the end of an era: the F-Series lineup is no longer fully American-made. That leaves General Motors’ heavy-duty trucks, the Toyota Tundra (built in Texas) and Ram 1500 (in Sterling Heights, Michigan) as the last full-size trucks still made entirely in the U.S. But even those might not hold the line for long.

Ram expands Mexico production of its 1500

Ram already builds every heavy-duty truck in Saltillo, Mexico. Now, it’s gearing up to build the half-ton 1500 there too. Stellantis claims this will only serve as “overflow” and insists it will “continue to abide by the 2023 collective bargaining agreement,” which requires three shifts at Sterling Heights. But the Wall Street Journal spotted two new Ram truck buildings going up in Saltillo.

Ram’s CEO Christine Feuell called the new plant a “relief valve” for Michigan and praised the Mexican factory’s ability to “manage complexity.” That’s an interesting phrase, given Stellantis just laid off 1,100 workers at Warren Truck—a plant that already juggled Ram 1500 Classics and Jeep Wagoneers.

If this were about meeting demand, Warren had space. But the real story seems to be cost-cutting and loophole-limbo, not job creation at home. Detroit trucks may still wear red, white, and blue. But they’re clocking in across the border.

Detroit trucks aren’t going extinct—they’re just getting dual citizenship. And if you want one built in America, better act fast.