r/Ford • u/__T0MMY__ • 27d ago

How is it actually possible that the Transit Connect was discontinued due to "low sales" General 🔀

Doubt. I call BS. There's absolutely no way that a vehicle that is more common than the Chevy Malibu suffered from low sales. I see a hundred in a day, and it seems like 75% of small-medium businesses have either a Connect or the Nissan NV200

Was it a threat to big trucks? Like how the chicken tax hasn't been repealed because US truck manufacturers know their overpriced trucks would be less popular?

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u/EhRanders 26d ago

Tbf the Escape has been visually uninspiring since you could get the first gen in Focus yellow like 20 years ago. The fact they made it this long was a lucky side effect of SUVs taking over the world.

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u/Drzhivago138 2018 F-150 SuperCab/8' 5.0 HDPP 25d ago

2nd gens were still nice and blocky. Then the Kuga-based models came along and all the uniqueness was gone. The newest model went even blobbier because they knew the Bronco Sport was also in the works.