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Unsurprising News of the Day: Ford Explorer Sport Trac is toast |
by Weblogs, Inc.  AutoBlog 07.30.2010 20:18 |
When it comes to a new Explorer Sport Trac for 2011, the only real surprise would have been if Ford had actually opted to build one.
See more: http://blodic.us/sports/unsurprising-news-of-the-day-ford-explorer-sport-trac-is-toast-28-0.htm
With the standard Explorer moving to a unit-body architecture, there are no plans for a new pickup truck version, a vehicle that probably would have been something akin to the Honda Ridgeline.
Since the Ridgeline hasn't exactly been flying off dealer's lots, Ford has wisely decided to focus on its full-bodied version, the Explorer. The Blue Oval hasn't made a habit of breaking out Sport Trac sales from its SUV kin, but the Explorer only totaled 52,190 in 2009, so the pickup's volume probably wasn't a huge seller. According to Automotive News' sources, Sport Trac sales usually totaled about 20 to 25 percent of Explorer sales over the last decade, but that number strikes us as curiously high. Over its entire life, we never saw a ton of them - even on the roads around Michigan where domestic pickups are commonplace. |
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| by Weblogs, Inc. AutoBlog 07.30.2010 20:18 |
Finally, after years and years of stagnation and painfully slow sales, small cars are starting to take a foothold in the United States.
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