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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
I think it is a very smart play on Ford’s part. Unlike FCA, who has done the same thing already, Ford has a built in contingency plan. They will still have Fiesta, Focus, and Fusion / Mondeo produced and available in Europe and China. Both those markets are larger than the US market and their cars are selling well there. Should the US market rapidly switch back to a sedan market (doubt it) they can divert product from Europe and/or China while they bring the US manufacturing capacity back on line. Sell what sells, the rest go to hell.
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Yes smart as long as they design the cars to keep on meeting NA requirements so they could quickly reintroduce the models. Which with their One Ford strategy, I believe that will be done.
I don't think it will be like it was last decade when GM and Ford had the cars NA customers were flocking to after 2005, but they were not designed for NA.