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Explorer

Jan 17, 2018

Ford increasing SUV production

Ford has announced they are decreasing production of cars, and increasing production of trucks and suv's.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2018/01/16/ford-plans-more-suvs-fewer-cars-plans-billions-shareholders/1037855001/

After moving some manufacturing back into the US they seem to be going even further toward larger vehicles. Could this be an indicator that CAFE standards may be rolled back and possibly even more on changes for larger vehicles?

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34 Replies

TurnThePage
Explorer
Jan 17, 2018
The rate at which those changes happen is slow enough that it would be foolish to suddenly base such a decision on the current administration. I think it sounds like wishful thinking.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Jan 17, 2018
What changes other than CAFE for larger vehicles do you foresee, wandering?
kerrlakeRoo
Explorer
Jan 17, 2018
BB_TX wrote:
They all build what sells and try to foresee what will sell next year and place their bets.

Yes, but they are also forced to build to suit the EPA and the mileage requirements. Ford had some meetings with Trump, and has started moving some operations back to the US. Could it be that they know something is coming?
BB_TX
Nomad
Jan 17, 2018
They all build what sells and try to foresee what will sell next year and place their bets.