Ford Focus Discontinued, Executive Explains Decision To Discontinue Ford Sedans In North America

A new ford focus was on display at a beijing auto show on wednesday.

Ford xl. Ford is no longer making sedans. Ford will continue to build the ordinary focus for north america through midyear. The suv boom is killing off small and large passenger cars in 2019 with vehicles like the chevrolet volt and ford focus perishing.

The focus was released in july 1998 in europe succeeding the ford escort and. The ford focus is a compact car c segment in europe manufactured by the ford motor company and created under alexander trotmans ford 2000 plan which aimed to globalize model development and sell one compact vehicle worldwidethe original focus was primarily designed by ford of europes german and british teams. Ford has long been synonymous with classic family friendly cars that offer drivers reliability performance and a sense of style.

A successor model is slated to come in 2019. Halfway through 2020 ford has sold 61421 fusions. The upcoming ford focus rs is dead.

Love the ford focus. See other ford vehicles or check out a certified pre owned focus. It was originally set to be reimagined next year as a small crossover suv like wagon built in china called the focus active.

The ford taurus was also recently discontinued. Ford announced it will no longer make traditional sedan models. The fusion was the last blue oval sedan in production in north america following the departure of the ford fiesta ford focus and ford taurusthe ford bronco sport will take the place of the fusion.

Fulls news reviews specs pricing photos and more. Car magazine uks january 2020 issue initially spilled the beans on the blue ovals hyper hatch citing hybrid power as the key technology that wouldve kept it competitive in the ongoing hot hatch arms race. Ford fusion sales have slowly declined over the last several years peaking at 306860 units in 2014 before slumping to 166045 units in 2019.

To that end the compact ford focus is being discontinued in the us. Ford moved to perk up its sales in china by consolidating two dealership networks but the focus sedan will be discontinued in. Here are photos of ford sedans that have been discontinued throughout the years.