Ford today announced it will phase out most cars it sells in North America. According to its latest financial release, the auto giant will "will transition to two vehicles" being the Mustang and an unannounced vehicle, the Focus Active, as the only traditional cars it sells in the region. Ford sees 90 percent of its North America portfolio in trucks, utilities and commercial vehicles. Citing a reduction in consumer demand and product profitability, Ford is in turn not investing into the next generation sedans. The Taurus is no more.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ford-stop-selling-every-car-205243027.htmlI realize trucks and SUVs have their purpose (though personally, I'd rather the auto industry bring back station wagons), but not everyone wants, needs or can afford something that big. I don't care how much they've improved on gas mileage, I highly doubt any of them are getting 40mph or better like my little Ford does. And I try to buy American when I can (yes, I know Honda, etc. have plants here, that's not the point). I want traditional American cars.
After GM took over Saturn and basically ruined those cars, I'd decided never to buy one of their vehicles again. I've owned 2 Saturns -- the one pre-GM was an awesome car, great gas mileage, reliable, lasted 10 years, over 200k miles and I'd still be driving it if it hadn't been totaled in an accident. So I bought a (post-GM) Saturn Ion. What a lousy car. Good gas mileage, but the problems it had...
So now that Ford won't be making these other cars, what are my options? Go back to GM? Get a Mustang? Geez, can't SOME things stay the same (relatively speaking)?