Ford famously (or infamously) pulled out of the conventional car space a few years ago, leaving nothing but SUVs, pickup trucks, and the Mustang on its lots. Certainly, the SUV and truck markets were profitable and growing in ways that the sedan market wasn’t, but that didn’t mean the market had dried up entirely. This year, in fact, Hyundai and Kia are seeing surprisingly solid sales of their sedans and hatchbacks.
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