Ford Explorer Problems

[niky]

Try nila magconcentrate sa mga Asian at Euro models para medyo sumigla ang sales. Lalo na yung mga ka-platform ng Volvo at Mazda.

At ayusin naman nila dealerships nila. Kahit ata si aling kikay na nagbebenta ng isaw bibigyan nila ng franchise, eh. Kaya tuloy ang daming bopol na dealerships.

Ugh... Worse than Aling Kikay are the Mang Kikos that are given franchises... "Ser, would you like one Khaos with your Expe?"

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Ford should really concentrate on the Eurasian platforms... and they should focus (no pun intended) on the lower end of the market. Some of the cars they've been evaluating for, like, forever would've done okay here... the Ecosport, the Fiesta, etcetera.

One big problem is going full-hog upmarket with the Focus. If they'd released it with the MT for all variants and created a "stripper" version of the 1.8 (like a 1.8 Trend) and limited the luxury line to the 2.0, they would have a better market hold. Instead, they went from the decent-volume Lynx to a more limited market with their current line-up.

Ford just has no more "affordable" cars. Hopefully the Everest and Ranger can keep them propped up until they bring in their diesel sedans. The lack of a local Mondeo or Fusion also hurts sales terribly... but maybe not much... low numbers for cars like the Mazda6, Galant and Sonata show that there isn't much room in a tiny market dominated by the Camry and Accord.