Quote from: lamrith on May 09, 2018, 08:01:26 AM
Quote from: Gjkrisa on May 09, 2018, 01:45:48 AM
List of alternatives of Ford cars
https://clark.com/cars/6-best-ford-sedan-alternatives/
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Interesting. So not a single american car and 3 of 5 are Toyota... Seems a bit skewed of an article (Not pointing fingers at you Gjkrisa just the article writter).
GM has a full line of cars to cover them all (Impala, Malibut, Cruze, Sonic and Spark..) but zero mention. I mean I guess I could take it as a backhanded compliment that ford is such a fine vehicle that only the Toyota compares...? Obviously there are a ton of full size and midsized car options out there well beyond what that article states. Reason for the is demand for them is high, while trucks have made a huge surge, still more cars on the road at least around here. Compounding that is that F150 production is pretty much shut down due to a fire at a subassembly mfg, soooooo, what exactly is ford planning to be able to sell?
Of those four Chevy's mentioned, they only one I would consider is a Malibu. I agree that the article is definitely skewed, but at the same time, I personally don't feel the styling, power, and build quality of Impala, Sonic, and Spark come close to Ford in the short or long term.
A number of months ago, I recall reading an article that discussed GM dropping Impala from Chevy, LaCrosse from Buick, CTS/ATS/CT6 from Cadillac and replace it with one new sedan, and a few other various shifts because of how poorly sedan sales have been. This is not a Ford problem. It is an industry problem. Ford was just the first one to make it happen on a huge scale.
FCA has been phasing out sedans one by one with the deletion of Avenger and 200 from their lineup two or three model years ago. FCA only has Charger and 300 now which are built on Diamler platforms from 2004 - I don't count Fiat/Maserati/Alfa