After almost 20 years in the market, the (or the) Ford EcoSport is saying goodbye globallyat least in terms of production, since the model will continue to be available for several more months in Argentina and other markets.
In Brazil, manufacturing ceased at the beginning of 2021, when Ford closed all its plants in that country, and during March 2022 production will cease in India (from where the model currently arrives in Argentina) and Romania.
The Ecosport, created in Brazil in 2003, soon arrived in Argentina and was a revolution and almost the creation of a segment, that of small SUVs..
After a first generation reserved for the South American market, it expanded with the arrival of the second litter, in 2012, when it began to be sold in China, India, Europe and the United States, according to the specialized site. Auto Web.
With the end of production in Brazil, Ford Argentina chose to bring the model from India to mainly serve the savings plan channel, since the Ka went offline simultaneously. This taking into account Ford’s strategy of only concentrating on SUVs, commercial vehicles and the Mustang.
Ford India also stopped operations in 2021 but continued to produce the model for export markets.
The completion date at the Sanand plant was in the second quarter of this year, but local information assures that today only spare parts are produced to meet future demand and that the model has already left the assembly lines, as well as It happens at the Krakow plant in Romania.
Anyway, thanks to the remaining units, the EcoSport will continue for several months for sale in the Argentine market. In fact, in recent months it has repositioned itself as one of the best-selling compact SUVs on the market.