Ford USA has not produced a single Focus since the beginning of the year
- Ford has not produced a single Focus since the beginning of 2019, although this model constituted a large part of the manufacturer's North American production during the years 2000-2015 (approximately 200,000 units per year with a peak of nearly 300,000 in 2012 and 2013). The Ford Focus, which was traditionally one of the top 10 best-selling sedans in the United States, dropped to 18th place in 2019 and its replacement has not been scheduled to date.
- Ford no longer has a C-segment sedan on the North American market, which is a unbelievable, considering that this C-segment sedan market still represents 11% of the total market in the United States, all vehicles combined.
- The Focus is undoubtedly a victim of the trade war between China and the United States, since Ford had planned to manufacture the new generation of the Focus presented in 2018 in China, and thus no longer at the American site in Wayne (Michigan).
- However, the sharp increase in taxes on Chinese products sold in the United States made this operation very delicate, as the Focus would no longer have been competitive in terms of price. The transfer of the Focus to China was therefore simply postponed.
- The few Focus cars sold in the USA in 2019 came from the 2018 production stock.
- It should be noted that GM also stopped production of its C-segment sedan, the Chevrolet Cruze, in March 2019, leaving the way clear for Japanese and Korean brands, an un expected bonus for them. Fiat-Chrysler was the first to discontinue its C-segment sedans (Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200) in 2017.
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