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The sedan market isn't going to contract forever, it will still be a significant money maker for automakers. But given how the segment has contracted only the strongest players will survive, as evidenced by Detroit nearly dropping out entirely.

On a side note, I feel in the compact luxury saloon market some players are going to have to go. The Infiniti Q50, Cadillac ATS/CT4, Jag XE, Alfa Giulia, Acura TLX, and even Lexus IS are all non-competitive players in this segment. The Germans have a strong hold and with new competition in the G70 and strong selling Tesla Model 3 in it I don't know how much longer some of these low-volume models can sustain. At least Lexus has capital and heritage with the IS, the other brands I mentioned are just struggling to keep the lights on as it is.