{"id":102132,"date":"2015-12-23T11:22:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T16:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=102132"},"modified":"2015-12-23T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T16:22:07","slug":"end-of-the-road-20-models-heading-for-the-scrapheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2015\/12\/end-of-the-road-20-models-heading-for-the-scrapheap\/","title":{"rendered":"End of the Road: 20 Models Heading for the Scrapheap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The original Scion xB was a smash hit for the Toyota youth brand. Not so its replacement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are, by various estimates, more than 200 different nameplates on the U.S. market these days, and dozens more coming as manufacturers target \u201cwhite space\u201d their competitors might have missed.<\/p>\n

But for every hit there are plenty of misses. And even some once-popular products, like the old Chrysler PT Cruiser, sometimes lose momentum and drive off into the sunset.<\/p>\n

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Product News!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The coming year will see a fairly large group of products leave production, as colleague Mark Phelan, from the Detroit Free Press pointed out, with a score of models on the list.<\/p>\n

In some cases, they aren\u2019t entirely vanishing. They may be replaced by entirely new vehicles carrying alternative badges. The Cadillac SRX, is one example. The nameplate will go away, but its space will be filled by Caddy\u2019s new XT5. And the Lincoln MKS will be parked in favor of the new Continental.<\/p>\n

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Lincoln is betting the new Continental will be a better flagship than the old MKS shown here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some products are going out of production because they would require too much work to meet the latest U.S. safety, emissions or mileage standards. Such is the case with the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo.<\/p>\n

(Once written off for dead, <\/em>Click Here<\/span><\/a> to see why Buick sales are setting new records.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But in most of these cases, manufacturers are simply pulling the plug on products that have failed to generate much market momentum.<\/p>\n