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The last Ford Taurus has rolled off the line in Chicago


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5 hours ago, rperez817 said:

Good riddance. Legacy of Taurus innovation? Not in the past 20 years!

Agreed. The recent Taurus is a pig weight wise and has less interior room than the Fusion. And now customers are buying competitor's products because they don't want to buy a discontinued model, even though Ford cars are still in production. A long term Ford customer just bought a Honda Accord because they thought the Fusion was already out of production. 

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1 hour ago, ausrutherford said:

Their sales do not support this however.

 

Taurus still ain't dead though, technically:

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I understand your point about the other guy's sales stats.  But again, when Ford is ahead of others in abandoning a market, the competitors improve their position-check out Ice-Capades comment about a long time customer buying an Accord because he thought Ford was out of the car business.

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28 minutes ago, Bob Rosadini said:

I understand your point about the other guy's sales stats.  But again, when Ford is ahead of others in abandoning a market, the competitors improve their position-check out Ice-Capades comment about a long time customer buying an Accord because he thought Ford was out of the car business.

Did GM's BOF wagon sales go up when Ford and Chrysler got out of the business? Nope

Did Ford's BOF sedan sales go up when GM got out of the market? Nope

Just because Ford is getting out of the market, does not mean Toyota and Hyundai are getting more sales. Genesis' sales are in a dumpster fire right now. 

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3 hours ago, ice-capades said:

A long term Ford customer just bought a Honda Accord because they thought the Fusion was already out of production. 

Why would they think that? If they were as "long term" are you state, wouldn't they have talked to you first? Or, maybe your dealership marketing department dropped the ball....or, heaven forbid, they just wanted a Honda and didn't have the heart to tell you, instead, just telling you the excuse you stated here.

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3 hours ago, ausrutherford said:

Did GM's BOF wagon sales go up when Ford and Chrysler got out of the business? Nope

Did Ford's BOF sedan sales go up when GM got out of the market? Nope

Just because Ford is getting out of the market, does not mean Toyota and Hyundai are getting more sales. Genesis' sales are in a dumpster fire right now. 

Well, it appears a lot of buyers are going elsewhere - Ford’s 2018 calender year car sales were off 17.7% and SUV sales were up just 0.1%. 

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6 hours ago, rperez817 said:

Thank you ice-capades sir. Taurus looks like a pig too.

 

3 hours ago, Bob Rosadini said:

Ahh   to each his own

 

Exactly Bob, unless you are fawning over a Jaguar or even a luxury wanna-be Tesla, reperez holds you in ill regard....for what it's worth, your Taurus looks really sharp.

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