Ford Fiesta and Focus to be discontinued as drivers switch to bigger cars
dailyrecord.co.ukOne of the UK's all-time best-selling cars will be taken off the production line as early as next year. BBC News reports that production on the Ford Fiesta – along with its bigger brother, the Focus - will be discontinued by 2025.
Ford has announced there are no plans to create an electric version of its iconic people mover. It is thought that a drop-off in sales, and a comparative rise in sales of bigger cars, are to blame.
The Ford Fiesta has been sold continuously in the UK since the first model rolled off the production line at the American car giant's Dagenham plant in 1977.
Since then it has undergone several redesigns; more than four million of the superminis have been sold in the UK alone. A spokesman for Ford told The Sun that it was "accelerating our efforts to go all in on electrification", and so the company is reviewing the portfolio of cars it has on offer.
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