Ford Motor, the world's third- biggest carmaker, plans to shore up dwindling cash reserves by offering almost all its plants and other automotive assets in the US as security for an $18bn loan package.

　　The secured borrowings, the first in Ford's recent history, are another sign of the tough challenge the Detroit-based carmaker faces in turning round it

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s troubled North American operations.

　　全球第三大汽车制造商福特汽车公司，计划将其在美国的几乎所有工厂及其他汽车相关资产作为抵押，申请180亿美元的融资贷款，以充实其不断减少的现金储备。

　　这是福特汽车近些年来首次申请抵押贷款。这也表明，这家底特律汽车制造商在扭转北美业务的艰难境况上面临着严峻挑战。