Report: Ford scaling back on model changes in 2011

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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a> is ready to come up for air. The automaker has been updating its product line with great quickness and now it's ready to take a breather. 33 percent of the Blue Oval's product line has been replaced for 2010 and Ford says it will be scaling that back next year. The lineup is currently bolstered by the likes of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-first-drive-road-test-review/">2011 Ford Edge</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/05/2011-ford-fiesta-ses-review-road-test/">Fiesta</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/16/2011-ford-explorer-first-ride-dubai/">Explorer</a> and, of course, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/mustang">Mustang</a> with its wonderful new engines.<br />
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Still, the plan is to outpace the rest of the competition and move to a fleet built upon global platforms. Ford's goal is to accomplish this by 2013 which will allow the automaker to reduce costs across the board and cut away at its $5.4 billion debt. This is welcome news to people who bought <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/29/2011-ford-mustang-gt-first-drive/">2011 Mustangs</a>, yet owners of not-as-fast 2010 models are still being monitored for signs of depression.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://detnews.com/article/20100910/AUTO01/9100332/1148/rss25">The Detroit News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/report-ford-scaling-back-on-model-changes-in-2011/">Report: Ford scaling back on model changes in 2011</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:57:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://detnews.com/article/20100910/AUTO01/9100332/1148/rss25>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/report-ford-scaling-back-on-model-changes-in-2011/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19628689/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/report-ford-scaling-back-on-model-changes-in-2011/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>


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[sdsubzero4]

This is interesting news. Wonder what's going to happen in the next few years.

 

[Doc Hawk]

When I was rocking the GT, I was eying 05-10's to drop in price a ton now that the 11's are out. However, two things recently changed my mind. I scored the Cobra, and then I got sort of jaded by how many rental S197's there are in SD and other tourist cities. I don't want to drop for a GT500 to stand out from the pack, and there's no factory IRS available anymore, so I figure I will at most keep an eye out for a Terminator. Having said that, I am interested in what the 11+ models will do to the 05-10 prices in 1-3 years.

 

[JarHead]

This is interesting.... Wonder what gonna happen next..... i'll stay tuned till the next episode