The American brand sees the future only in leisure cars.
Ford's President Jim Hackett on Wednesday announced a company's strategic vision for the coming years at a automotive conference in Detroit.
It has already been made clear that in the United States, the focus will be solely on SUVs and crossovers in the future, and the production of sedans / compacts such as Focus and Fusion (Mondeo in Europe) will not continue in the US. There may be radical changes in Europe in a similar spirit, with the tangible result that the C-Max will definitely cease to exist and possibly the Galaxy and S-Max can get out of the palette.
As far as their home career is concerned, seven new or thoroughly renewed models will be launched by 2020. The Explorer and Lincoln Aviator are two well-known models, and the Ford Bronco, the new Kuga (known as Escape in the USA), a small brother for the robust Broncó, and a new, unknown SUV from Lincoln, are coming back. Ford luxury car brand.
In addition, there will be a fully electric SUV inspired by Ford Mustang on the market. Their plan is to renew 75 percent of the US model range over the next 24 months.
Ford has just announced its alliance with Volkswagen and the joint development of the two brands of pickups and vans. In addition, the two companies are also investigating whether there is scope for cooperation between EVs.
Volkswagen is not the only external party Ford has now joined. Together with Indian Mahindra, they develop a compact SUV / crossover for the Indian market.
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