Food for thought-maybe that is exactly what Ford wants to do. Why are they going to chase down markets that they aren't competitive in and don't make money in?   That would explain the decisions they are making over the past 10-20 years. 

I think that's not an excuse for poor decision making, but again Ford stopped giving importance to the global market years ago.  I don't think Hyundai is funneling billions from other businesses to make cars. They're just following Toyota's model of tailoring a car lineup for each region. Someone mentioned this before... "Give people what they want instead of giving them what you want them to want". Globally, Hyundai has a full lineup from mini/city cars to large SUVs and vans (ICE/hybrids and EVs) to choose from. Here's another example of poor decision making: Subcompacts are popular in many markets outside of Europe, this includes Asia and South America. Ford still makes the Puma (basically a lengthened Fiesta crossover) in ICE and BEV forms, but it isn't selling or manufacturing it for these regions. When the EcoSport was discontinued in these markets, Ford lost its share of the subcompact crossover market to its rivals.   

Hyundai makes large diesel vans and sells them in other markets outside North America. The smaller but still large Staria van has a commercial version and an upcoming EV variant. They have a midsize pickup under the Kia-brand for the rest-of-the-world-markets. The way things are going, Ford is a commercial vehicle manufacturer that also builds Mustangs.  The biggest mistake of Ford is killing most of the models it can sell globally and build in multiple regional plants. Trucks like the F-series and other full-size models that Ford focuses on have no real market outside the US and Canada.  Ford can't seem to balance running its business globally like other manufacturers. When it focuses in its home market, it tends to sacrifice the others.

Not withstanding that, it’s clear that Ford relies heavily on Ford Pro earnings, particularly when Ford Blue doesn’t add much and Model E keeps adding losses.

Or we are just sliding into a real recession (not COVID related) that we are long over due for-they've been talking about that happening since Trump first came into office in 2016.

I dunno the interior hard points from what I can see are completely different then the Bronco Sport and the Escape. The headlights are completely different too.    Could this possibly be a CE1 CUV? 

Ok I’ll give you that one but isn’t it possible that 2024 was an outlier for some reason.  

it’s rare 

So they're reading the posts...do they answer the posts when their customers are having trouble with their vehicles & the customer is hoping they just missed something simple?

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