Ford getting out of the car business?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/c...-every-car-except-these-two-models/ar-AAwltN6

You can have a Mustang or a Focus. Or a truck. Oh the times we live in.

 

Don't see that working out, but what do I know.

 

What are the cops gonna drive??

 

Teslas

 

And Explorers like they do now.

 

Fucking 6.0 liter Tahoe that will haul ass here!

 

I havent been on a Ford lot in a long time, but I didnt know they had anything more than the SUVs / Trucks, Mustang and Focus.

wonder what that means for Lincoln?

 

Taurus, Fusion, Fiesta... Better get one now! It's a classic

 

LOL

 

They are just cutting the lines that they suck at. I suspect they are simply going to turn Lincoln into a luxury SUV maker as Chevy has done with GMC. Don't really see anything wrong in theory. Most people are buying little crossovers these days.

 

Better than all the crossfuckups the gemans put in their lineup

X6, that 5-non wagon, the GLA, and now the new maybach SUV sedan.
Someone put something in the beer.

Less is more

 

"By 2020, almost 90 percent of its portfolio in the region will be pickups, SUVs and commercial vehicles, the company said."

And when gasoline goes back up to $4.00/gallon, nobody will be buying those pickups and SUVs.

 

One of our localish sheriffs caught a lot of shit for buying tahoes over chargers. He defended the purchases by saying, what the vehicle are asked to do and over their lifetime , the tahoes end up being cheaper.

 

I wonder what this means for CAFE requirements. Dumping that many gas sippers cant be good for overall numbers.

 

Oh and you can have "any color so long as it is black." Seems like a blast from the past....
http://oplaunch.com/blog/2015/04/30/the-truth-about-any-color-so-long-as-it-is-black/

 

aren't heavy trucks exempt?

I saw the article and was like of course SUVs for everyone. Large profit centers, Cadillac makes $20k profit on a Escalade, marketing firms and corporations have done a great job brainwashing everyone that this is the vehicle for everything, when a suitable wagon is the obvious choice, or a minivan.

No one will care about car dynamics, just that it's a SUV.

 

That’s what I was wondering. The only reason most companies even bother with small cars is CAFE. The margin on a Fiesta is hundreds of dollars, the margin on a loaded F150 is several thousand.

 

Some, but it seems like that is changing.


From wiki:

CAFE has separate standards for "passenger cars" and "light trucks" even if the majority of "light trucks" are being used as passenger vehicles. The market share of "light trucks" grew steadily from 9.7% in 1979 to 47% in 2001 and remained in 50% numbers up to 2011. [4] More than 500,000 vehicles in the 1999 model year exceeded the 8,500 lb (3,900 kg) GVWR cutoff and were thus omitted from CAFE calculations.[5] More recently, coverage of medium duty trucks has been added to the CAFE regulations starting in 2012, and heavy duty commercial trucks starting in 2014.

 

Now if they would just get rid of those annoying minivans, their death cannot come too soon.

 

It’s changing and will continue to. They may be better off paying fines vs cost input of new non selling vehicles. I think Fords on to something, they may be cutting a bit too deep but I see what they are getting at. Needless to say this will be interesting.