What can you expect when the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry continue to be bestsellers? People who buy those cars feel more confident that their car will treat them better than a Ford will.
By building trucks the way they do, they build vehicles that Honda and Toyota don't match.
Ford dropping almost all cars from its NA lineup.
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As said above, Ford can import product from other continents as needed. They only need to ensure that what is built in other locations is capable of meeting all standards for North America. Pretty easy when done on large scale.
However, they are going to lose the buyer that wants a car - ahead of the changing market scenario - from all trucks & CUV's
Another idea from Ford they are going to sell as a better idea!
Cross-overs are built on car chassis anyway. Remember that. You can turn a crossover back to car on a modular production basis, so don't get too worried. ... Market agility it's called.
Example: The current Focus shares a platform with the puffed-upward C-Max, and raised, 2"-stretched Escape too.
The Focus Active will be a shorter Ford Escape, as seen here: 
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/04/10/ford-focus-active-crossover-everything-we-know/
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/04/10/ford-focus-active-crossover-everything-we-know/HemiHawk mentioned the Ford 500 (FIVE HUNDRED, actually)
Wasn't the FIVE HUNDRED named to serve as a platform to introduce a CVT (which turned out to be lousy)?
I figured Ford didn't want to trash the "good Taurus name" with an experimental car.
Not a major point in this conversation. Just askin'.
Originally Posted By: artificialist
What can you expect when the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry continue to be bestsellers? People who buy those cars feel more confident that their car will treat them better than a Ford will.
By building trucks the way they do, they build vehicles that Honda and Toyota don't match.
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Midsize cars single month for example (FYI, most sales are down by like 33% as of AY 18):
Toyota Camry 24,638
Nissan Altima 20,185
Honda Accord 17,677
Ford Fusion 10,352
Chevry Malibu 7,553
Hyundai Sonata 6,027
Kia Optima 5,198
Subaru Legacy 3,288
VW Passat 2,434
Mazda 6 1,552
Buick Regal 568
Chrysler 200 251
Volkswagen CC 49
Dodge Avenger 1
First note... who in the heck bought a Avenger????
Sure that 10K Fusion Sale is not as much as the Edge (13K) and the margins are not there but that is still 10K in monthly sales not going to GM or anyone else. Granted, the Edge/Escape will suffer in the gas price issue.
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Originally Posted By: Brybo86
What I dont get is all the hate on here from MPG snobs.
Ford is selling little deathboxes at a loss.
They want to stop making them.
Originally Posted By: FutureDoc
Midsize cars single month for example (FYI, most sales are down by like 33% as of AY 18):
Toyota Camry 24,638
Nissan Altima 20,185
Honda Accord 17,677
Ford Fusion 10,352
Chevry Malibu 7,553
Hyundai Sonata 6,027
Kia Optima 5,198
Subaru Legacy 3,288
VW Passat 2,434
Mazda 6 1,552
Buick Regal 568
Chrysler 200 251
Volkswagen CC 49
Dodge Avenger 1
First note... who in the heck bought a Avenger????
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Originally Posted By: FutureDoc
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Mazda 6 1,552
Buick Regal 568
Chrysler 200 251
Volkswagen CC 49
Dodge Avenger 1
First note... who in the heck bought a Avenger????
Originally Posted By: FutureDoc
Sure that 10K Fusion Sale is not as much as the Edge (13K) and the margins are not there but that is still 10K in monthly sales not going to GM or anyone else. Granted, the Edge/Escape will suffer in the gas price issue.
Originally Posted By: FutureDoc
Sure that 10K Fusion Sale is not as much as the Edge (13K) and the margins are not there but that is still 10K in monthly sales not going to GM or anyone else.
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Unlike crosstown rivals Ford and FCA US, General Motors does not plan to dramatically pare its car lineup as buyers continue to flock toward trucks and CUVs. In fact, the Detroit automaker says more cars are coming.
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GM reportedly is eyeing discontinuing the Sonic compact car and Impala large sedan, but it would still carry a large stable of cars without the two.
Cars account for 32.4% of the U.S. market, down sharply from just a few years ago, whereas CUVs command 38.2% off rapid growth recently, according to Wards Intelligence data. The trend does not appear to be waning anytime soon, but cars still accounted for 6.1 million deliveries in 2017.
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Ward's
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Unlike crosstown rivals Ford and FCA US, General Motors does not plan to dramatically pare its car lineup as buyers continue to flock toward trucks and CUVs. In fact, the Detroit automaker says more cars are coming.
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GM reportedly is eyeing discontinuing the Sonic compact car and Impala large sedan, but it would still carry a large stable of cars without the two.
Cars account for 32.4% of the U.S. market, down sharply from just a few years ago, whereas CUVs command 38.2% off rapid growth recently, according to Wards Intelligence data. The trend does not appear to be waning anytime soon, but cars still accounted for 6.1 million deliveries in 2017.
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Originally Posted By: Brybo86
What I dont get is all the hate on here from MPG snobs.
Ford is selling little deathboxes at a loss.
They want to stop making them.
Originally Posted By: itguy08
But can those declining sales and profits finance a redesign or refresh? If not, it makes sense to cut the product out. Some will migrate to the new product, some will go to the competition. But it makes no sense to continue to sell something that will cost you $$. And auto manufacturing has HUGE upfront costs with no guarantee of success.
Originally Posted By: Sayjac
Conceding the Fusion segment to the other players. Interesting.
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I'm old enough to have observed a number of large businesses do this very same thing. To concentrate on the very profitable, and discard the rest.
It's universally a mistake, regardless of the business, or subject.
Handing over profits to others by limiting the scope of business is to cede or abdicate a competitive advantage. When times change, and they will, a company cannot compete with what they don't provide.
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