Who Will Be The First Top Tier Automaker To Stop Selling Sedans?

It's just a matter of time before the crossover becomes the most popular body style on the market. The sedan is dying out as the ideal car of choice, and the crossover is the number one reason why. Speaking with Automotive News, executives from several dealerships in the US discussed the specifics of how crossovers relate to their brands. In many circumstances, the people in charge of the dealerships are realizing that SUVs and crossovers are far more profitable. Are we entering a future where dealerships don't even stock sedans?
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TheSteve - 1/31/2017 3:56:27 PM

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Slow day at AutoSpies?

My answer: Who cares? What does it matter?

TomM - 1/31/2017 5:05:54 PM

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It has already Happened - it was ROVER that did it.

PUGPROUD - 1/31/2017 5:42:34 PM

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FCA.

MDarringer - 1/31/2017 7:15:51 PM

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FCA will let the Charger and 300 dodder off into the sunset.

MorePower - 2/1/2017 6:24:05 AM

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As long as law enforcement agencies will buy it, the Charger platform will live on, like the Crown Vic.

MDarringer - 2/2/2017 2:40:57 PM

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The problem is that the Ford Explorer Interceptor is ubiquitous as a cop car and the Charger simply isn't.

SanJoseDriver - 1/31/2017 8:35:39 PM

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Sedans will probably just become more crossoverish over time.

MorePower - 2/1/2017 6:26:17 AM

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Lincoln will go all suv & cuv within five years.

MDarringer - 2/2/2017 2:42:41 PM

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I doubt that will be true given the success of the Continental, but it is true that their sales gains will come from crossovers if they can create ones as stylistically stunning as the Continental. The MKC and the MKX are generically styled with generic names.

MDarringer - 2/2/2017 2:42:41 PM

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dumpsty - 2/2/2017 1:45:17 PM

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By the end of the year, Chrysler will only sell 1 sedan, right. FCA is effectively killing the Chrysler brand by basically starving it of any new product.