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are abandoning any plans that don't involve full sized pickups and various SUVs in the US market. In most cases, that's their only profit center, and the products often are unsellable abroad regardless of trade or tariff policies. Overseas buyers will pur

And Ford‘s presence is hanging by a thread. It’s ironic that Jim Farley used to be head of Ford Europe before getting the current CEO position yet he seems to not have the foggiest of what would be needed in Europe to keep the brand viable 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

All three stopped any effort to be globally competitive. The Fiat merger and Peugeot/Citroen merger helped Chrysler maintain an overseas presence of sorts, but even those are on a longterm downward trend. Ford and GM are seeing Chinese market shares under

Remember from old day reporting that both Ford and VW found their minivan joint development easier than many an internal project with sister brands 😉 Whether the current MEB / Ranger / Transit partnership is equally harmonious remains to be seen but the a

And in my experience with GM, Ford and a few others, they're not even that keen on sharing with sister divisions of the same corporation (spoiler alert! I never really liked sharing with MY sister)

Volkswagen Plant in Chattanooga, TN Axes Production of EV Model, Will Focus on New Gas-Powered SUV Lineup Instead Volkswagen announced a shift in its U.S. production strategy on Thursday, confirming it will end assembly of its all-electric Volkswagen ID.4

If it's not road legal, then it's a race car. But race cars are subject to limits on weight, engine power, and aerodynamic devices. So a car that's not a legal race spec and impossible to register for the road (in its current form) is neither fish nor fow

That Ford was considered a ‘European’ carmaker for the best part of a century in Europe - with a largely separate product portfolio fully adapted to European tastes. They used to have a double digit market share in Europe for the majority of their time he

But based it around a small electric Explorer (on Volkswagen’s MEB platform) which has absolutely zero heritage in Europe and on a very similar (same platform) Capri - this used to be a very storied European junior pony car - turned into a bloated lazily

I have huge respect for the ability of the team and the GT line has been a raft of engineering successes - so not with that. But given that under Farley the brand is practically killing the European business I didn’t think they would use the Nordschleiffe