Ford builds the final Focus in Germany, ending a 27-year run as the brand pivots to EVs
Published on Nov 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Nov 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM (UTC+4)
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Claire Reid
It’s the end of an era: the last ever Ford Focus has rolled off the production line in Germany, with the nameplate bowing out after 27 years.
Ford introduced the Focus back in 1998 as a replacement for the legendary Ford Escort.
Since then around 12 million have been built and sold across the globe.
But on Friday November 14, the final Ford Focus was produced at the carmaker’s plant in Germany.
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The last ever Ford Focus was a white five-door hatchback
Few nameplates have quite as much staying power as the Ford Focus.
However, back in 2022 the writing was on the wall for the long-running nameplate, as Ford appeared to switch its attention to electric vehicles.
Three years on, the last ever Ford Focus has been built with Ford of Europe’s Manager of Corporate Communications, Volker Eis confirming the news to Motor1.
“I can confirm that the last Focus has been produced on Friday, Nov 14. It was a white five-door hatchback,” Eis told the publication.
The Focus is the latest in a line of cars scrapped by Ford in Europe, following on from Fiesta, the Mondeo, and the Ka – all of which have been dropped in the last five years.
But it seems that Europeans could be set to get some new Ford models in the coming months.
According to a report from the German newspaper Automobilwoche, Ford dealership had been told that new models were on the way.
For now, details are scarce, but it has been suggested a new model could be Focus-sized crossover similar to the Ford Kuga, and offered with both a petrol and all-electric powertrain.
Looking to the future, Ford is investing in EVs
The end of the Ford Focus comes just months after CEO Jim Farley announced it was investing billions into a new system for how its EVs are built.
After reporting more than $12 billion in EV losses in recent years, the Blue Oval said it would be moving away from its century-old assembly line in favor of a new system designed with electric cars in mind.
Speaking at the time Farley said the strategy ‘the most radical redesign of how we manufacture cars since the Model T’.
In a statement, the carmaker said its new platform would allow it to ‘deliver a family of affordable, electric, software-defined vehicles’, the first of which will be a midsized EV pickup slated to launch in 2027.
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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Claire covers a wide variety of topics, with a special focus on cars, technology, planes, cryptocurrency, and luxury.
