THEY JUST PULLED THE PLUG ON THE LAST SENSIBLE CAR ON EARTH
And if you feel a cold emptiness where the soul of driving used to be… pay close attention. Let me tell you how it died. Not with a roar. Not with a protest. But with a soft, mechanical sigh on a rainy Tuesday in Saarlouis, Germany. The last Ford Focus—a "Frozen White" hatchback—rolled off the line. No parade. No fanfare. Just the ghostly echo of 25 million brothers and sisters who came before it. They wiped it down. Turned off the lights. And walked away. The era of the simple, fun-to-drive, affordable car is officially over. The "SUV Coup" is Complete. They’ve convinced you that you need a hulking, two-ton, $50,000 luxury tank… to pick up a gallon of milk. You feel it, don’t you? That quiet resentment every time you slide into that bloated crossover. The steering feels numb. You can’t feel the road. It guzzles gas. And parking it is a tense negotiation that ends with you walking three blocks. You think: "This isn't driving. This is choreography." ...