> Ford today announced it will phase out most cars it sells in North America. According to its latest financial release, the auto giant “will transition to two vehicles” — the Mustang and an unannounced vehicle, the Focus Active, being the only traditional cars it sells in the region.
Never fear, rednecks, it looks like the SUVs and trucks will continue:
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Good. Fords top the worst cars I've owned. Every week another fucking sensor goes out in a hard to reach area. Fuck them and their shitty designs.
Nobody buys sedan type cars anymore. They just buy an SUV like an Explorer. The only people I see driving Ford cars are the cops and those SHO's or whatever.
Eh, maybe. Bad news for the economy though. I imagine most of the US will be underwater and/or glowing soon enough anyhow
You can't stop outsourcing and import dependency.
To bad that trump realized this way to late.
SHO was the only sedan worth attention, although it lacked character and as such was a failure, something like Chevy SS sedan. Fast, but looks like Impala. Same with Ford, SHO is fast, and a decent car overall, but super bland.
Not muh f150
The US economy hasn't been based on manufacturing for decades. Ford could literally disappear over night and the only people that would be complaining are its stock owners and its employees. Sheeeit, a reduction in us manufacturing would hurt Canada and Mexico more than the US.
"In less than two years, Ford will cycle out the Fiesta, Fusion, and Taurus. It will also hocus-pocus the Focus into an "active crossover," ending its run as a traditional compact car."
I mean they sold how many millions of Fusions and they're just cutting them? How can they not have a full size sedan? Are people really that in love with crossovers, SUV's, and Pickups?
Seems foolish when the F150 is still the most bought truck in the USA.
Oh just cars... I am dumb
The article implies that they'll still make trucks and SUVs.
are they still planning on selling the ford timelord ?
Hmm, I forget what this shit is call, but there is an economic theory that explains this move. Essentially, there is limited display space at a car sales store(?... the name escapes me). lets say that at first you split the display parking lot 50/50 between two types of cars. You sell all of them. Car A sells for a 5k profit, and car B sells for a 2k profit. Now, even though you sell every single car in your lot, it isn't a sound business strategy to keep the distribution at 50/50. There would be a sweet spot to maximize profits per foot of display area and sometimes that means removing one item all together.
In the case of manufacturing you'd just replace "display area" with "units per minute" to get essentially the same concept.
I actually cant think of another car they make, other than the mustang.
Ford GT and Shelby Cobra are way overpriced in a different category.
So this is not very surprising and sounds like a pretty good idea honestly. Dodge has the low/mid priced market for cool American cars locked up, and Chevy has a couple too.
>hocus-pocus the Focus
Those who can afford to them but them, those who can't don't need options/were buying Camrys anyway. By focusing on a single product you can focus your marketing efforts and not cannibalize from yourself.
I didn't understand it either until I rented a Ford Edge to go on a long road trip through the mountains. I happened to get a brand new one with less than 100 miles on it. It was a magical experience, incredibly comfortable with wide seats and leg room.
That and pickups get you laid. It says "I am a man and I can afford gas"
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Cannibalism. For every person who could have bought a 5k markup car some will see the 2k markup car and buy that.
This is probably smart.
Scott Pruitt is based. keep in mind Q predicted this would happen and its a good thing.
I see Lexus Audi Toyota and Honda sedans everywhere.
Crossovers are king though.
Yes but how much of the appeal of car A is due to the mere existence of car B, C, D etc ?
Aren't SUVs and trucks under less government regulation when it comes the fleet fuel economy and safety? If so, this might simply be a case of sedans being too expensive compared to the less regulated SUV and truck categories.
I didn't see anything about the sedans with a Lincoln badge. Perhaps that will be the brand for the company's sedans?
Because nobody wants a pussy ass car
The Shelby is priced just like the competition.
Ok you're a fucking retard. Are you a 1990s Chevy executive?
Transit > everything else
Should've been done about 10 years ago.
stfu redneck
Who /honda accord/ here?
>Ok you're a fucking retard
Did you misunderstand the proposition ? the sales of car A exist in a universe where car B also exists, if you remove car B the rules change, you can't alter one part of the equation without expecting other parts of it to change too.
>For every person who could have bought a 5k markup car some will see the 2k markup car and buy that.
If only this were true. You'd be surprised just how little people care about actually saving money. I mean, they like to think they are saving money, but the savings are usually superficial. If they really wanted to save they'd take the bus.
>Yes but how much of the appeal of car A is due to the mere existence of car B, C, D etc ?
There might be some basis to this, but that doesn't mean that the manufacturer or seller of Car A has to be the one to make it or sell it. Do you think people buy specific Lambos becuase they are better than other Lambos? Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that they buy Lambos because they are better than Hondas.
you are missing the big picture. This has to do with the deregulation of the EPA by Scott Pruitt and why the left was so desperate to get rid of him.
>Obama era EPA regulations saying that American auto manufacturers have to maintain a fleet wide fuel economy weighted average of something like 40mpg
>this means that for every 20mpg F150 they make they have to make 2 50mpg focuses for the EPA regulation
>problem is that in the US over 60% of the cars people drive are SUVs and trucks with low fuel economy
>this is killing us auto makers because no one gives a fuck about a Ford Fusion when you are importing corollas and camrys and accords by the ass load yet they still have to making these cars to meet standards
>Scott Pruitt enters the EPA to fuck this shit up and free us auto makers from this europhile commie Obama bullshit
>liberals autistically screech about pruitts ethics because if he successfully repeals this the US automakers will be rejuvenated and it will be a massive massive win for the trump economy.
The entirety of the investment casting and injection molding industry is dependent on automotive as a sector. If Ford stopped making cars it would tear down the entire market
Any Ford SUV/Pick Up and Hatchback will be untouched.
>but that doesn't mean that the manufacturer or seller of Car A has to be the one to make it or sell it.
Whoops, I mean the manufacturer of car A doesn't have to be the one to make B,C,D, etc.
Im a chevy salesmen and own a 2012 ford fusion. It's literally my favorite sedan other than the chevy SS. The way it feels while driving is just perfect and everyone that drives it says how much they like it to.
Sad to hear they won't be making them anymore.
>robo cars inc
Not surprised. Everyone drives japanese cars and Hyundai now.
>pic related, norwegians drive crappy asian cars
>Norway looks like THIS
I thought it is a wealthy country. looks like West Virginia in the winter.
The only car worth having.
All snowy places look the same unless you are an eskimo.
the mustang is the only car that matters desu
along with the dodge challenger
V8 or fuck off
Theres a reason ford stands for
Fix
It
Again
Tony
Winter makes anywhere look depressing. Besides, this is shitty as podunk town in the middle of the arctic circle.
The bus only saves you money if your time is worthless. Truly efficient people ride power assist bicycles.
F-150s/Explorer/Escape. People buy anything Ford other than these? I don't see how this hurts their business.
Stupid Burgers
Ford couldn't make a car to save their lives and gooks don't care enough about the truck/suv market to be competitive
Found
On
Road
Dead
How could you not want the Ford Fiesta or Mondeo
that's a pretty crazy thought
hundreds of thousands of miles of arable land going underwater or becoming irradiated is quite impossible
unless the entire world is underwater or irradiated
>Every PD and sheriff's dept buys your sedans
>Still can't make money
This is poor management
>integra master race
Fix
Or
Repair
Daily
Fucking Ordinary Road Dirt
Ah yes, just like when burgers stopped buying burger cars. Globalization. It's stupid really that the European makes feel so god damn confident and arrogant in their supposed prestige or superior engineering that they're blind to the Asians gaining ground in their own markets. Exactly what happened in burger land. And we know the rest of the story. Soon you'll become a mutt republic that imports everything from China like us.
Yup they want to sell $50k SUVs and not $25k cars. Then add in new regs coming down in the next decade and that SUV will likely be starting at $100k. This is the reason ford clearly said they plan to be out of direct car sales by 2025 only selling fleets. The days of owning your own car are soon to be gone. Welcome the new trackable and government mandated shared car subscription service.
Me, sedan + pickup master race. Fuck suvs and crossovers.
Interestingly if anyone remembers the original incantation of the focus, it was basically a small crossover.
crown vics went the way of the dodo a decade ago
The fusion?
>Spoiler on FWD vehicle
Disgusting
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Good riddance.
Ford is shit tier.
No it wasn't, it took took the escort's place as the compact car.
Honda Civic here
Feels good man.
This is an example of Jevons paradox, when you increase the efficiency of using a resource people use MORE of it
As engines get more efficient people will use the gains to drive big ass SUV's and trucks, this is why people who say shit like "huur we don't need oil muh electric cars" are retarded oil demand is only going accelerate
Oil prices are also going to moonshot soon going to possibly $200/barrel followed by 2008 economic collapse 2: hypercollapse. The oil glut is over, venezuela production is collapsing, new sanctions against Iran taking 700k barrels off the market, and well decline rates of 5-10% that decline far faster than American frackers can pick up the slack
I think confused the euro fusion with the focus, i dont know how though.
F
Did that piece of shit come riced out straight from the factory?
kek
How long before we have to bail out these fucks again and in return they'll send more American jobs to Mexico to thank us? You are doing a better job supporting American values buying a fucking accord. At least Honda wants to invest in us, Ford just wants to rape us.
relative few fords are sold in Europe.. It doesn't seems to sell well at all.
>Nobody buys Ford sedans type cars anymore
Fixed it for you bud. Ford is seemingly one of the only companies having issues selling them.
And they can never compete with European quality and design.
They used to, before they made all the cars the same. Armchair car enthusiasts ruined the auto industry by whining about not having the same cars.
Same car in Europe, Asia, America, etc
Very good, user. It will be interesting to see how this fight goes.
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>Ford Drops Sedan and Hatchback Lineup
>except for Mustang and Focus
Gee I wonder what happened when they did that before 2008? They're really betting on oil prices not rising drastically.
They dumped their minivan, which wasn't missed as that was pure, unadulterated bullshit on four wheels. The Japanese and Koreans make better family vans. Ford of NA had a decades-long tradition of purposely hobbling their midsize vans. The Euro-spec Transit Connect doesn't get their special treatment. Ford UK won't allow it.
What about the Taurus? There's a lot of law enforcement that need continued product support for at least 4 years. However law enforcement agencies are ponying up more money for the Explorer, as it is the most suitable Crown Vic replacement. The Taurus, even with its mafia-sized boot, is lacking in interior space after the police car upfit.
Ford Fusion is also a strong seller, but I guess trucks and SUVs are more popular. They want people to buy their crossover, which is an easy $1,000 extra per unit sale.
No one drives the C-MAX. That is a Euro car that is poorly suited to US market. Small MPVs have long been abandoned in the NA market.
>what is a camry
Most of these other models were built in Mexico so hopefully not too many American jobs will be lost.
Fiesta offends most American sensibilities by being too small. It's out of place on the interstates, where the lanes can easily be twice as wide as the car itself.
The Mondeo was a sales failure. Ford sold the Mondeo as the Five-Hundred and no one bought it. The remainder are sold on auction lots with broken throttle bodies.
pretty much
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>Never fear, rednecks, it looks like the SUVs and trucks will continue:
I’m hoping they will make EV pickup trucks soon.
Mondeo/Five Hundred was basic as fuck.
Especially if a minimally customized 1998 Buick can destroy it on a track.
Electric cars are the future. If the new tesla semi takes off I dont see how any trucker would get a new diesel truck especially since they are most likely to travel to the factory to get one. only thing the oil industry is needed for anymore is synthetic goods like plastic.
>Fiesta
The name is offensive. It is like wearing a party hat to a suicide.
>If the new tesla semi takes off I dont see how any trucker would get a new diesel truck
UPS already placed an order for the EV semis
I’m really hoping some auto manufacturers comes up with an EV light pickup, something like a ranger or f150, 4WD, that would be perfect for my comfy homestead. I keep going through shitty second hand trucks just so I can haul , rock, mulch, straw and cow shit onto my property.
I thought they all get chragers and SUVs now. UC also run the gambit of Make and model
Das rite. The only trusted non-cucked brand of trucks pissing off liberals all over the nation with a super bowl commercial.
thank you for your sensible post
Isn't it all really about the emissions standards that Obama pushed through?
Um, you don't get the point of the SHO, do you? It's been a sleeper since the 80s.
ford was taken over by kikes and ruined, it was a beacon of american automobile dominance once
dqdq knows.
The fusion is a mid size.
I wonder why (((they))) ruined it
People learned over time that Ford cut corners with manufacturing their engines. See how many Audis, Toyotas, Hondas and Hyundai on the road now?
>tfw had an older Mazda with Ford solenoid
>engine was perfectly fine for years save for the solenoids