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Originally Posted by ChevyRules
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.
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Problem with that is designing to US spec costs money, which they won't be recovering if they don't sell the cars in the US. The whole idea of dropping out of segments is to cut development costs.
Paring down the passenger car offerings makes sense. But only offering the Mustang & a version of the Focus that will be trying to disguise itself as a crossover is going too far, in my opinion. There should still be a midsizer in the lineup. Maybe make it a 'midsize +' so that its acceptable to the remnants of the full-size market who don't want a crossover.
And the small car should be a small
car. Anyone who actually wants a small crossover can buy one. But the ones that want a car ... want a fricken car! I bet half the Bolt's sales problem is because its a car pretending to be a crossover, and as a result its body style appeals to approximately nobody.