Ford removing cars from the us
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FearlessAZ
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I think that is just crazy. With gas prices going up, those cars are going to become more popular with the typical consumer. The only way I see this working is if they have new models coming out.
griggs95
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I read this article yesterday on another site that had a comment section and people were really really pissed about this. A huge majority of people basically said...ok, F#@K em'. Take away my choices then I'll shop somewhere else! Bye Ford, been nice knowing' ya for the last 30-50 years in my family.
I see a ton of Fusions all over the place, looks like they're selling to me? Like a lot of things these days, this whole thing seems really odd to just jump ship like this. Going to be interesting to watch, but I am not happy at all about it myself being a car enthusiast.
I see a ton of Fusions all over the place, looks like they're selling to me? Like a lot of things these days, this whole thing seems really odd to just jump ship like this. Going to be interesting to watch, but I am not happy at all about it myself being a car enthusiast.
Mustang and that other car are the only ones plus SUVs, Commercial units, and Trucks. They are only eliminating Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, Taurus. Only. lol
Oh well. Gonna kill em when fuel hits $4.50 a gallon again.
Buy stocks from other automakers.
Where is Ford stock at today? Drop?
Oh well. Gonna kill em when fuel hits $4.50 a gallon again.
Buy stocks from other automakers.
Where is Ford stock at today? Drop?
F stock has been hovering around $11 for a while now. It has been as high as $13 something and fallen as low as $10.24 since January. Today it has been hovering around $11.30. Hackett's trajectory needs to aim at fixing the abysmal performance of the stock... perhaps this is what needs to be done...?
SilvererSHO
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I read it AGAIN in the comments section of yet another story. "I didn't know they still made the Taurus". Really, maybe you should pull your head out of your colon and take a look around then. After having a Saturn Outlook and Chevrolet Traverse and then going back to a large sized sedan I really don't understand the appeal of SUV's/CUV's. ESPECIALLY the smaller ones where you don't gain any passenger capacity over a car in the first place. I have 3 kids that are doing something almost every night of the week and every weekend and I've never even come close to filling up the trunk on either of our two Tauruses. (Tauri???) If I needed more cargo hauling capacity I'd get a nice aluminum trailer and haul 5 passengers with MORE total cargo capacity than our old Outlook/Traverse with the back seats folded down and limited to the same passenger capacity of 5 anyways. Or....only 4 people if you have the captains chairs in the middle row! I don't get it.
SilvererSHO
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FoMoCoSHO said:
If? I think you meant when....
SilvererSHO
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FoMoCoSHO said:
That still doesn't mean we won't see $4/gal gasoline again. And when we do people seem to be pretty irrational over it all. Selling/trading vehicles and paying more to buy something that gets a bit better MPG and taking it in the shorts on their trade in because of the market value at the time on both vehicles due to the circumstances. They seem content with spending twice as much doing that than just toughing it out and paying for the $4 gas and driving what they have. That's all I'm saying....
SilvererSHO
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FoMoCoSHO said:
I think more and more everyday that we'll never run out of oil actually. New technologies will just get better/cheaper and that's why we'll abandon the internal combustion engine eventually. Not because it's too expensive to refine oil into gasoline.
SilvererSHO
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FoMoCoSHO said:
Post of the day!!! :thumb:
i personally would never sell ford short on their business plan. in fact they were by far the best set for new cafe std's but if trump's epa move them further out, not so good for ford. who else could get away with calling our cars eco( economy) boost. my escape 2.0 gets only 20-21 around town & actually does no better than my sho on the road. still surprised they are going to ax the fusion, although from a distance can't tell a fusion from the imports she competes against until i see ford oval, so a very crowded market segment.
Well there is sure to be short term supply disruptions...natural disasters, terrorism, Brad drinking too much on the job, etc.SilvererSHO said:
But the fact of the matter is we can't base national security policy on the irrationality of the Sheople.
Their irrationality is what I call a good buying opportunity.
Let it go to $5.00/gal, I have an E85 tune ready to go and a flex fuel focus to drive around in looking for cheap gas guzzlers to buy. Wait till the smoke clears and sell for profit. The stock tune with a minor adjustment will run E-85 without issue.
Chance favors the prepared mind and I don't feel bad for those minds that aren't prepared.
I think this is Ford's way of trying to focus on higher profit margin vehicles so they can finance their electric car dreams.
That being said, I see it as a massive mistake. First they will alienate their car customers and then try to get them back with electric cars. You won't see F150 and Mustang owners switching to electric. It's the car customer that will switch. How will they go about getting those customers back?
That being said, I see it as a massive mistake. First they will alienate their car customers and then try to get them back with electric cars. You won't see F150 and Mustang owners switching to electric. It's the car customer that will switch. How will they go about getting those customers back?
