Ford dropping cars...good for market and those who tow ?

there going where the profit leads them. only reason trucks cost $50k or better is demand. and sure don,t cost much to build one.

We sold our focus and bought a escape ,same platform Iam told most of the cut/suv are car based so they can switch back.what I found was no real difference between the two mileages.
So why buy a car when for similar mpg you can have a wagon?
BTW chrysler is 2 years ahead of Ford.
Look at this way Less you have a plant running one shift making low profit cars, would you not shut it down and run high profit cuv/suv 2 shifts?
Remember ranger bronco are in the pipe line.
Don't worry think back when every division made a station wagon a convertible ,bet it was all gloom and doom then too.
The companies will maximize profit no room for sentiment

If the "market" is truly changing where Ford "cars" are no longer a wanted commodity, and then if they quit making them, actually no one will miss them now, will they? You never miss something you don't want or never use.

However, the public wants SUV's according to the article. That is what the automobile manufacturers will sell. They go where the market it.

Younger generations have no brand loyalty to anything except themselves. As long as things don't get in their way, they are happy. That's all that matters to them.

It's the older folks that will feel the lost. Those of us who grew up knowing what a "muscle car" was. Driving a sedan with a 440 cubic INCH engine. My 1968 Chevy Nova had a 350 cubic INCH engine in it that would probably run circles around anything being produced today!

And when you think about it, the older generation, hasn't had a "traditional car" with a trunk and an engine under the "hood" since about 1986. With the invention of the mini-van... the world changed!

SUV? A cross between a truck, a station wagon, and the family sedan. The perfect vehicle for today's family. Flip the seats down and it's got enough room to haul a washing machine. Put the seats up and it can hall 7 or 8 people. Make them stout enough and they can tow small trailers. Put a hitch on them and you can insert a bicycle carrier and take the bicycles anywhere. Put a carrier on the roof and you can even pitch a tent up there! The SUV does it all. Why would anyone today want the old style "car" that just sits 4 people and nothing else.

Just like today's younger people, they want everything in one package. Just think what they did to the telephone! Today, you can't get a simply telephone anywhere it seems. And anyone under 45 years old has probably never ever has seen a "rotary" telephone in their lives! Todays telephones meet the demands of society. They are a telephone, a computer, a word processor, connect to the Internet, can do anything any computer can do on the Internet, play games, comes with GPS and maps, and even provide real time true face-to-face streaming from anywhere in the world! Why would AT&T ever want to go back and manufacturer the rotary telephone! There simply is no need for it any more.

Sorry old timer, and I'm in the same category, but there just simply isn't the need for the "family sedan" any more. Times have changed! I'll see you in the car museum where we can reminisce about the "good old days" when we use to drive with no insurance or seat belts.

I think they’re making a mistake, but what do I know?

I hate SUV’s and will never buy one of theirs or anyone else’s.

While I do like the Mustang, I find it hard to believe that Ford couldn’t resurrect and modernize one of their legacy models and make money on it.

Just makes me shake my head, and wonder what focus group came up with that dumba$$ idea.

Probably the same one that convinced IHOP to change their name to IHOB. :R

:):)

Not focus groups, sales if you google- car sales and 'bloodbath'- it could be a eye opener .
But cars will be around for a couple of years yet ,they will squeeze every last dollar and run them until its time for a redesign ,time to change their minds .(but I doubt they will)

Even Rolls Royce now has an SUV. What does that tell you about the market direction?

BB_TX wrote:
Even Rolls Royce now has an SUV. What does that tell you about the market direction?

Good point and how many does mercedes benz ?Porche? 3 or 4 each I think.

Sedans are stupid when you think about it ,less room, It hurts getting in and out , cant see chit out of them and the mileage advantage is gone is it any wonder nobody buys them? well except my dad and he's 90.

The CUV/SUV are car based uni body's anyway which is a glorified car. People like the better visibility and higher seating position.

I'm sure GM will thin the herd before long as well.

Most CUV/SUV’s look like they got their styling inspiration from a pile of moist dog poo.

If you like ‘em buy ‘em. In fact, buy two to make up for the one I’m not going to buy.

:):)

I think if you couple this sedanless move by Ford with self driving cars, many using Uber or equivalent almost exclusively, the entire near and far term automobile market is unpredictable. If they really do lose money on every small car they make, you can’t make it up on volume. Cars from Kia and other manufacturers provide cars with higher quality, more features, better warranties. Ford has to go where the profit is.