[Alberta's Child]

Well, here's an answer that partially explains what's going on with the Ford Focus, at least ...

In 2013 the Focus was the top-selling car model in the world. Ford sold almost 1.1 million of them globally.

Of those, only 241,000 were sold in the U.S.

So why would you expect Ford to produce a certain car model in the U.S. when the U.S. only accounts for about 22% of its global sales for that model?

[Alberta's Child]

P.S. -- I believe China accounted for more than 400,000 of those sales in 2013. So the Chinese market for the Ford Focus is about 65% larger than the U.S. market.

Is it possible that the location of a Ford Focus plant has more to do with the size of the customer base than the cost of the labor?