Ford could eventually leave Europe
- Inovev has been saying for several years that the Ford group could eventually disengage from the European market, like their compatriots Chrysler (in 1978) and General Motors (in 2017).
- Like GM, Ford's market share has steadily declined over the last twenty years (6.7% in 2018 compared to 11.5% in 1995) and the manufacturer is constantly reducing size by successively closing down a number of its European plants (Dagenham in 2002, Southampton in 2011, Genk in 2014) and selling brands such as Volvo, Jaguar or Land Rover. In addition, Ford ended its partnership with Fiat on the Ka and reduced its cooperation with PSA on diesel engines. Finally, in 2018 Ford became the smallest of the general manufacturers in Europe.
- In Europe, Ford produces mainly in Germany, a country with high labor costs, and moreover produces low margin B and C segment cars, unlike the more profitable large pickups and large SUVs that it produces in the United States.
- One would have thought that the PSA group would eventually get their hands on Ford Europe, as it did for Chrysler Europe and GM Europe. In fact, the Volkswagen group, which would have been directly threatened in Europe by such a merger, has just signed a draft agreement with Ford, with fairly vague boundaries, but which could eventually herald the takeover of Ford of Europe by the Volkswagen Group.
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