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As posted on The AutoWeek website.
Ford to drop SVT Focus, put entire SVT lineup on hiatus
By RICK KRANZ | Automotive News
DETROIT -- Ford Division, planning to take the SVT performance brand to a more premium position, will drop the SVT Focus after the 2004 model year, the company says.
Dropping the car is part of an overhaul of the SVT lineup. No SVT models, including the SVT F-150 Lightning and the SVT Mustang Cobra, will be produced for about 18 months starting in the spring.
Ford will still sell a performance Focus, called the Focus ST, a four-door sedan. That car will debut in the 2005 model year.
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I've wiped my arse with better auto industry journalism that AutoWeek.
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Just last week they quoted someone from SVT saying that they were expanding their model lines to include more cars with the SVT treatment.
I don't know who to believe. But Ford is definitely floundering right now.
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I know for a fact that 05 SVT models are on hold (insider). Not sure on the dropped Focus though.
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Originally posted by Chris Hightower:
I've wiped my arse with better auto industry journalism that AutoWeek.
Sheesh.  Sacrifice part of the Mod Fund and go buy some toilet paper.  
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Originally posted by baco99:
Just last week they quoted someone from SVT saying that they were expanding their model lines to include more cars with the SVT treatment.
I don't know who to believe. But Ford is definitely floundering right now.
It could be both. They might expand to more cars after the 18 months.
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Rara, what's the dealie? Any beans you can spill?
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