福特E系列

????E系列面包車(chē)（即此前的Econoline）似乎永遠(yuǎn)也不需要改頭換面,。福特公司已將它的設(shè)計(jì)保持了21年而始終原封不動(dòng),，通過(guò)避免頻繁改版獲取了豐厚利潤(rùn)。但在去年年底停產(chǎn)后這種盛況就一去不返了,。福特將這款家用面包車(chē)替換為全新版的全順（Transit）,，這是福特一直在北美以外市場(chǎng)銷(xiāo)售的主打車(chē)型,。但是原來(lái)的豐厚利潤(rùn)也將不復(fù)存在了。

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13. Ford E-series

????The E-series van (formerly Econoline) never seems to need a facelift. Ford has been making the same design for 21 years, booking fat profits by avoiding regular updates. That all goes away when production stops at year's end. The automaker is replacing its homely van with an all-new version of the Transit, which Ford has been selling outside North America. But there will be no substitute for its beautiful margins on the operating statement.