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Farley secured a similar investment in Brazil a few years ago. The money was used to close its production operations all together, covering taxes and labour costs. I have little hope for their factories in Germany, unfortunately.

I don't like its styling; in fact, I don't like any of these so called coupé "SUVs". I much prefer the looks of the Explorer EV. Unfortunately, I just saw some very negative reviews. Ford of Europe seems to be in a bad place - and this comment is coming from South America, where they might just rename "Ford do Brasil" to "Ranger de Argentina".

I guess they want volume in Europe with an accessible entry vehicle.

Disappointing that the Brazil-born Ecosport will not be made in Bahia. On the good side, for South America, BYD is bound to make more interesting vehicles there than Ford was planning to. Brazilian media saying the Ecosport is going to be made in Valencia to replace the Fiesta and the Focus in Europe: https://motor1.uol.com.br/news/719136/ford-ecosport-nova-geracao-europa/ PS: I wonder if Cuautitlán can still make B2 cars...

The rainforest is indeed being destroyed. But not for sugar cane plantations.

So plain and simple Explorer is how they are calling it. I would have spared such a strong name for a GE2 model and was expecting this to be called Explorer Sport, starting another family as happened to Bronco and Mustag. I enjoyed its design a lot. Looking forward for more technical details and pricing.

Ford, SK said to cancel Turkey battery joint venture plan The plant would be one of the largest EV battery facilities in Europe and Turkey. https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/ford-sk-said-cancel-turkey-battery-joint-venture-plan

A suspension lift is very welcome in Brazil, where the Maverick is considered too low. Ground clearance and payload are the focus of most criticism here - alongside local pricing.

https://fordauthority.com/2022/12/ford-exec-says-european-plant-may-get-american-platform/

https://fordauthority.com/2022/12/upcoming-european-ford-ev-design-previewed-in-new-images/

I wouldn't mind Argentina building them too. Would be a good replacement for the Troller down here.

I think that's an Europe-only MEB-based model.

Our colleagues will correct me if I am wrong but it seems that South America is not doing so bad any longer - despite terrible volumes.

New Ford Edge for China https://www.elcarrocolombiano.com/autos-del-mundo/ford-edge-nueva-generacion-primeras-imagenes/

Could Otosan be involved in saving India's operations with EVs? I wish they had interest to do the same in Camaçari and adapt B2 towards cheaper BEVs. It was an interesting announcement, the European puzzle is much clearer now. The plan seems good, but not very cohesive, involving their very own products (Mach E), and two partnerships (VW with ID.4 + ID.5 cousins and now Otosan with vans + Puma).