Overview
- The final Focus left the Saarlouis line on Saturday 15 November, concluding a 27-year run and roughly 12 million sales.
- Ford’s Saarlouis, Germany plant has stopped building cars, with no replacement model planned and no buyer announced.
- The Focus’s place in Europe is effectively taken by the Explorer and Capri electric crossovers built on Volkswagen’s MEB platform.
- Autocar reports Ford is preparing a new mid-sized crossover for 2027 to fill the gap, to be sold alongside the Kuga with petrol-hybrid and electric options.
- Ford’s reshaped range follows a sharp market-share slide to 12th in Europe, and the company has appointed Jim Baumbick to lead regional product strategy.