how is this surprising?
back in April, Ford announced that they would cease all car production, save for the Mustang and Focus. the car segment of the American society has been waning for quite sometime with the Minivan and the SUV eating more market share yearly. if peoples tastes have moved away from cars, you would have to be pretty stupid to continue to keep trying to sell them to those who would rather have a truck, SUV or a crossover.
April '18 article:
Ford is basically giving up on US car business, and GM is not far behind