We’ve known that the Ford Fusion sedan was living on borrowed time for more than two years now.
Well, it turns out the midsize sedan has finally gone out of production at Ford’s Hermosillo plant in Mexico on July 31. The automaker previously said production of the Fusion would end July 21 but the deadline was later pushed back slightly.
“As promised, Ford is reinventing the car to match consumers’ preferences and growing our business by significantly expanding our North America sport utility vehicle portfolio with the all-new Bronco and Bronco Sport, all-electric Mustang Mach-E, and all-new versions of Escape and Explorer, America’s all-time best-selling SUV. As part of this shift, we ended Fusion sedan production on July 31st,” Ford spokesman Sam Schembari told Ford Authority.
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This marks the end of production of the last Ford sedan sold in the United States, following the discontinuation of the Fiesta, Focus and Taurus for the domestic market. The automaker started making the first-generation Fusion for the 2006 model year, with the second and current generation launching for the 2013 model year. The Fusion was made in Hermosillo alongside its Lincoln sibling, the MKZ, which was also discontinued.
Lincoln still builds the Continental sedan at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan but production of the flagship model will stop at the end of this year. Ford Fusion sales peaked at 306,860 units in 2014 and reached a low point of 166,045 units in 2019. In the first half of this year, Ford has sold 61,421 Fusion sedans.
Instead of the Fusion and MKZ sedans, Ford will build the Bronco Sport at the Hermosillo plant starting in early September. The SUV will arrive in U.S. dealerships in late September or early October. Ford won’t offer a direct replacement for the Fusion, though a jacked-up wagon similar to the Subaru Outback is rumored to be in the works to replace the current Edge.
