Multinational Ford Discontinues EcoSport SUV and Ka; Ranger Becomes Ford's Cheapest Model in Brazil

Multinational Ford Discontinues EcoSport SUV and Ka; Ranger Becomes Ford’s Cheapest Model in Brazil

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Published on 07/04/2021 at 13:56

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Ford Ends Vehicle Production in the Country and Ka Family and SUV EcoSport No Longer Appear on the Multinational’s Site in Brazil, Leaving the Market Definitively with the End of Stocks

The last chapter of Ford’s production end in the country has just happened, announced in January. Last Friday (04/02), the vehicles Ka, Ka Sedan and EcoSport no longer appear on the multinational’s site and have officially gone out of production in Brazil. Now, the cheapest Ford in Brazil is the Ranger pickup, which starts at R$ 166,790 in the XL Simple Cab 2.2 Diesel 4×4 manual version. After Automakers Suspend Vehicle Production in 29 Factories in Brazil, Volkswagen and Toyota Resume Production in the Country.

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It is worth reinforcing that Ford has not stopped selling cars here in Brazil: it is now offering only imported models, such as Ranger, Territory, and Mustang, in addition to the upcoming launches announced Bronco, Transit, and Mustang Mach 1.

Fenabrave has not yet released the sales figures for March, but both Ka and EcoSport were in free fall in registrations, due to increasingly lower stocks and consumer distrust, apprehensive about possible higher devaluations.

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The Ford Bronco’s launch in Brazil has been confirmed for May, available in three body styles (Bronco 2-door, Bronco 4-door, and Bronco Sport). It will initially arrive in the Bronco Sport configuration, with turbo engines.

YouTube video — **Ford Releases the First Teaser of the Bronco, a Video Confirming May as the Arrival Month of the New SUV in Brazil**

Mustang Mach 1 has also been confirmed, a limited edition with a V8 engine producing 486 hp designed for the tracks. It is worth mentioning that the arrival of the recently announced Transit line was also already planned, with production in Uruguay.

After Ford, Multinationals Renault and Nissan May Close Their Factories in Brazil and Automotive Industry May Collapse in the Country

After Ford’s departure from Brazil, the global supply crisis and the pandemic have caused automakers like Chevrolet, Honda, Audi (Volkswagen), Scania, Volvo, and Mercedes-Benz to also suspend vehicle production. Now, according to information from Carlos Ghosn, multinationals Renault and Nissan may close their factories in Brazil, and the automotive industry may collapse in the country.

The Brazilian car market has fallen from 4 million units/year to just 2 million, said former Nissan president Ghosn.

“The weakest will leave Brazil, which always happens during major crises. Among the weakest, I mention the Alliance (between Nissan and Renault), because to compete in Brazil, it is necessary to have a strong automaker, willing to overcome the specific cycles of the local economy, and if the company does not have that will, it will keep leaving and entering the country, firing and hiring, stopping and returning. This stop and go is very bad for the brand and for the employees,” Ghosn states.

Multinational Ford Discontinues EcoSport SUV and Ka; Ranger Becomes Ford’s Cheapest Model in Brazil

Ford Ends Vehicle Production in the Country and Ka Family and SUV EcoSport No Longer Appear on the Multinational’s Site in Brazil, Leaving the Market Definitively with the End of Stocks

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Multinational Ford Discontinues EcoSport SUV and Ka; Ranger Becomes Ford’s Cheapest Model in Brazil

Ford Ends Vehicle Production in the Country and Ka Family and SUV EcoSport No Longer Appear on the Multinational’s Site in Brazil, Leaving the Market Definitively with the End of Stocks

Read Also

The Next Ford Coming Up

After Ford, Multinationals Renault and Nissan May Close Their Factories in Brazil and Automotive Industry May Collapse in the Country

With billions in loans, China is rebuilding Nigeria’s railway network from scratch, abandoning the British colonial tracks that have turned to scrap and creating a corridor of over 1,300 km to take the load off the roads of Africa’s largest economy.

Forget petroleum-based asphalt: a Scottish company transforms 684,000 plastic bottles into one kilometer of road that is 60% more resistant and up to 10 times more durable, and the technology has already started replacing traditional asphalt in more than 30 countries.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

Austrian engineers have developed an inflatable concrete technology that transforms flat slabs into domes using only air pressure, eliminating scaffolding and temporary forms, and potentially changing the way bridges, tunnels, and curved roofs are constructed worldwide.

A robot named Walter does the work of five bricklayers per hour and can save the construction industry, where the average age of professionals is 46 years and almost no one wants to learn the trade anymore, in the United Kingdom.

Spain installs two giant pipelines 2.2 km off the coast to draw water from the Mediterranean and supply a megafacility capable of producing 200 million liters of drinking water per day.

A 250-ton transformer traveled 1,929 km by road in India on a slow and planned journey that demonstrates how the power grid relies on giant loads, detours, and impossible routes for regular trucks.

African country launched a $145 million project to rehabilitate 35 dams and drill deep wells seeking water stored for millennia beneath the desert, a plan that Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s government presents as a path to the country’s water sovereignty.

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African country launched a $145 million project to rehabilitate 35 dams and drill deep wells seeking water stored for millennia beneath the desert, a plan that Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s government presents as a path to the country’s water sovereignty.

A 400-meter colossus powered by natural gas has just set sail from Shanghai to Europe, carrying over 24,000 containers. It is the world’s largest dual-fuel container ship and can cross the planet without refueling even once.

The largest highway concession company in Brazil already belongs to an Italian group, and now the railway sector may be next to receive billions in investments from Italy amid the progress of the Mercosur and European Union agreement.

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