Yeah. I was so disappointed when they announced they were discontinuing all of their sedans in favor of those obnoxious-looking crossovers that look like, and are only slightly smaller than, the shoe that old lady used to live in.

Edit: As pointed out, I was mistaken and they're not too much larger than a sedan. I was recalling what I think were Ford's early concept models.

Long story. But rumors were potential merger with VW. Or at least, heavy cooperation on platforms.

Currently VW Amarok is a Ford Ranger. Ford is helping VW further with commercial vehicles. In return Ford is getting EV platforms VW was already ahead on developing. Pandemic and other delays messed up product timelines though. To the point Ford decided recently they'd rather not be so dependent on VW.

But for next few years, if Ford releases a small EV, you can pretty much bet it's a VW MEB chassis underneath.

translated into ceo-speak: "we make more money selling these big monstrosities, and having a cheaper alternative would cut into that"