Ford To Double North American SUV Range By 2020
Ford will almost double the number of SUV and crossover models available to North American buyers by 2020. The move will see Ford rushing to add extra models that Australia mostly already gets. Of particular relevance in the plans is and all-new versio
Ford will almost double the number of SUV and crossover models available to North American buyers by 2020.
The move will see Ford rushing to add extra models that Australia mostly already gets. Of particular relevance in the plans is and all-new version of the Ford Edge due to arrive in 2021, arriving to replace the locally built Territory, which ended its production run with Ford's Australian Production shut down in October 2016.
According to newsagency Reuters, the extra models will equate to production from three assembly plants as Ford moves to boost utilization of its production facilities which are not currently running at capacity.
Three of the future models have been approved for production during the last two years and the move responds to continuing growth of SUV sales in North America where, last year, that segment accounted for almost 40 per-cent of total new car sales (up from 32.6 per-cent in 2014).
“SUVs are the top-selling segment in the U.S.,” revealed Ford’s North American vice president Mark LaNeve. “That is why we are introducing five new SUVs in the U.S. by 2020.”
A sixth new model will be a derivative for Ford’s luxury brand Lincoln.
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