You can read about the Ford Focus Active (here).
Ford points to tariffs as the main reason. “The impact to our future sales is expected to be marginal,” Kumar Galhotra, Ford’s president of North America, told reporters on a conference call Friday, according to Automotive News. The Focus Active was originally scheduled to arrive in the second half of 2019.” – – Automotive News
The current administration’s trade tariffs are pointed at as a major reason why Ford Motor Company is taking this drastic step.
“This is not us shrinking and reducing our size in the marketplace, it’s all about reallocating our resources into the marketplace where we can win,” Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s executive vice president of product development and purchasing” – – CNET.com
We will keep an eye on this story and see what Ford plans to do next.
Speaking of Ford’s small crossovers…