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04-29-2018, 06:06 PM | #1 |
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All your eggs in one Basket
Just read an article that Ford pretty much said they are getting out of the car business. They were laying out their strategy for the 2020 product line up and said that 90 percent of their production will be Trucks, SUV's and Commercial vehicles. Only cars mentioned to continue were the Focus, to be made in China and the Mustang.
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04-29-2018, 07:50 PM | #2 | |
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04-29-2018, 09:52 PM | #3 |
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Re: All your eggs in one Basket
They’re not the only ones cutting way back on mid and full size cars
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04-30-2018, 08:44 AM | #4 |
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Re: All your eggs in one Basket
Now that fuel prices are headed back up toward $4.00/gallon...we'll see how long this "plan" lasts. I paid $3.30 this past weekend and that was at the cheapest gas station I found.
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04-30-2018, 09:18 AM | #5 |
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Re: All your eggs in one Basket
The current business model is to only deal in high margin products with very short ROI times. My company has taken the approach that if the product doesn't completely pay for itself in less than 2 years, they have no interest in developing it. My division is a niche market, with less than 10 US companies suppling one side and only 4 on the other side. Sales volumes are not big enough facing it takes a year to year and a half to develop a new product. That leaves 6 month for it to pay for itself. Companies have forgotten it takes money to make money and you have to invest in R&D or the market will pass you by.
With the number of Fusions on the road it is hard to believe Ford isn't making money on them. Just the drop in fleet sales of the cars alone is going to be brutal. The fleet companies aren't going to just start buying Ford SUVs, COVs, and trucks. They'll just buy cars from another manufacturer. I will more than likely go back to Dodge and buy a Charger although I wasn't happy to hear they are discontinuing the Hemi engine line.
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04-30-2018, 09:23 AM | #6 |
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Re: All your eggs in one Basket
One a side note. If the fuel mileage standard gets put back in place, I wonder what Ford's plan is. The cars have the mileage to bring the company average up. With their proposed product line, they will be screwed.
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04-30-2018, 04:45 PM | #7 | |
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what name were they going to give to it?... I seem to recall reading a few things recently. |
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04-30-2018, 08:04 PM | #8 |
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Re: All your eggs in one Basket
Now I almost feel guilty about posting stuff like this for April Fools days...
http://www.mach1registry.org/forums/...ht=april+fools
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05-01-2018, 06:59 PM | #9 | |
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05-02-2018, 02:39 AM | #10 |
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Re: All your eggs in one Basket
If Ford was making enough money on them they wouldn't get rid of them. Gas is still cheap enough here that people get less efficient SUVs and crossovers instead of Focus, Fiesta, Fusion. Market is just too competitive.
The screwed part is Ford is now going to be even more dependent on the 25% tariff on import trucks remaining in place. There is no such tariff on import cars. On a lighter note You can get a new Fiesta ST for under $18K in a lot of places. Working on my wife to replace the old Corolla |
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05-03-2018, 06:47 AM | #12 | |
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05-03-2018, 08:49 AM | #13 |
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You are probably correct, but I am not sure their cars meet US standards for safety. If that is the case, Ford will still have to retool. In the end we still have our beloved Mach's
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05-03-2018, 09:30 AM | #14 |
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Judging by the volume of trucks and SUVs I see in my area, they are apparently going with the market. Not that I agree with it and maybe in warmer weather states it is different.
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05-05-2018, 11:05 AM | #15 |
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Re: All your eggs in one Basket
Its too bad they are doing this. Makes me want to get a focus st before they are gone...don't need it, but a really good little car from what i understand.
We drive the fusion at work (fleet), and I have one personally as well. It is a great car. If the sedan market is truly drying up for Ford, i guess i can understand the decision. Although by the number of fusions on the street you would guess it is selling pretty well.. Focus and Fiesta have been on the decline for a while now. and with their transmission issues and Ford's relative lack of response in fixing the problem, I think they wrote those two off a few years back...
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