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Ford.

  • 27-04-2018 8:40pm
    #1
    Tuco88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭


    What do you make of Fords decision to pull the plug on its sedans/saloons and smaller cars?

    Not sure how this is in euope, tho is it the states only?

    Personally if they do its a big loss in my book.


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  • #2
    Charles Babbage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,085 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    People in America want to drive ridiculous SUV things.
    This will not affect Europe at all.


  • #3
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,626 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    States only at the moment as far as I am aware.


  • #4
    Tuco88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭Tuco88


    vectra wrote: »
    States only at the moment as far as I am aware.

    Thats good to hear.

    Still it I used to love the old Ford trucks and lorries be a shame to lose more.


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Sources are your friends
    Ford's decision to discontinue almost all of its car models in North America within two years will leave its Canadian operations intact, since they are focused mainly on sport utility vehicles and light trucks, the company says.

    The car segment of automotive sales has been shrinking since 2012, while sales of sport utility vehicles have grown over the same period — a trend that's expected to continue.
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ford-earnings-1.4636271


  • #6
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Economy of scale. Not enough demand for the cars they’re discontinuing in America. But the cars are pretty popular in Europe so they’ll continue producing them here.


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  • #7
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    I was always surprised they even sold the focus to be honest as with everything in the USA it's oversized everything.....


  • #8
    jacksie66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭jacksie66


    This post has been deleted.


  • #9
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Light trucks have different rules to cars.

    Like relaxed rules on mileage and emissions and 25% import tax.

    It's cheaper to import EU "cars", remove the rear windows and seats and "re-manufacture" them back to "light trucks" than pay the tax.

    IIRC The removed parts and trimmings have to be destroyed for legal reasons.


  • #10
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    I was always surprised they even sold the focus to be honest as with everything in the USA it's oversized everything.....

    I got a US Focus as a hire car a good few years ago. It was nothing like a European Focus it felt cheap and low quality, I've driven a few similar aged Irish Focus since and they still seem better quality today than the new US one. Actually all the US made hire cars I've had have been fairly bad quality while imports were vastly superior.


  • #11
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Light trucks have different rules to cars.

    Like relaxed rules on mileage and emissions and 25% import tax.

    It's cheaper to import EU "cars", remove the rear windows and seats and "re-manufacture" them back to "light trucks" than pay the tax.

    IIRC The removed parts and trimmings have to be destroyed for legal reasons.

    We do/did the same with commercial 4x4s. They all came in as passenger vehicles and everything removed had to be destroyed. A senior Toyota executive was visiting Ireland and they had to hide the commercial 4x4s.


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