Ford Stopping Car Production

Fords plan to reduce its passenger car lineup to just two models and gms difficulty selling passenger cars in the us.
Ford stopping car production. By 2022 ford will eliminate such familiar nameplates as the full size taurus midsize fusion and subcompact fiesta. Ford failed to see the market move to suvs and crossovers and so now has to sacrifice cars to have enough cash to invest in this segment which by the way makes up 44 of the light truck and car market. F said wednesday it will shed most of its north american car lineup as part of broad plan to save money and make the company more competitive in a fast changing. Over coming years ford intends to stop selling most of its cars in north america.
Reuters is reporting that the american automaker will idle production at its kansas city missouri f 150 plant for one week. Following yesterdays bombshell announcement that ford is abandoning its traditional sedan and small car production in north america for a lineup of mostly crossovers and suvs has now been followed by alleged final production dates for the focus taurus and fiesta via automotive news. Donald trump isnt going to like this latest news from ford. 75 million to 172 million ltm.
Ford will only update the focus active crossover and mustang for the us. It will continue producing the mustang the most popular vehicle in the sports coupe segment that has retained a sort of cult status. This plan would leave just the mustang and upcoming focus active as the only traditional car it sells while. Ford motor co.
Market while gm called out a challenging passenger car environment. Fords decision to stop production of said vehicles was surprising but the automakers timeline is even more shocking. A few days ago the new york times reported that ford was losing money on all of its small cars and sedans. Ford f said on wednesday the only passenger car models it plans to keep on the market in north america will be the mustang and the upcoming ford focus active a crossover like hatchback thats slated to debut in 2019.
Show how much tastes are drifting toward trucks suvs and crossovers. Ford is stopping production of the f 150 and 5 other cars slowing down production to meet diminished demand is smart but still reads bad.