由于高额的汽油价，消费者倾向于购买小号的运动型多功能车或小轿车，而在这些领域福特并不擅长。

With the high cost of petrol, consumers are moving down to smaller SUVs or even to cars, both parts of the market where Ford is not so strong.

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迈克·克里斯曼驾驶运动型多功能车穿越加州中部维塞利亚市附近自己那片土地上的一排排好似无尽的胡桃树时，向车外望了望。

MIKE CHRISMAN looks out from his SUV as he drives through seemingly endless rows of walnut trees on his property near Visalia, in central California.

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此次削减的主要原因是，作为利润最高的大皮卡车和运动型多功能车的销量锐减致使福特遭受了重撞。

The reason for the cutback is that Ford is being hit hard by the fall in sales of big pick-up trucks and SUVs, where it makes most of its profits.

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