Every model year brings new arrivals, but it also quietly ends a number of familiar nameplates. For 2027, automakers are retiring SUVs, sedans, minivans and sports cars across several brands, according to reports dated between January and August 2026. Here are twelve vehicles that buyers will not be able to get brand new next year.
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1. Ford Escape: Quiet Exit After Four Generations
Ford’s compact crossover is leaving showrooms after 25 years and four generations, according to Edmunds’ list of departing models published in August 2026. The Escape has been a fixture of the segment for a quarter century, so its absence will be noticed on dealer lots.
Buyers who want a new one for the 2027 model year will not find it. Anyone shopping the nameplate is left with remaining inventory and the used market, where the long production run means plenty of examples across four generations.
2. Volkswagen ID.4: Making Room for the Atlas
Volkswagen’s electric crossover will not be on sale in 2027, and US production has been discontinued to free up capacity for the 2027 Atlas, per Edmunds in August 2026 and Motor1.
The ID.4 is the brand’s best-known EV in America, so its departure leaves a visible gap in the lineup. Shoppers wanting one will be looking at leftover new stock or used examples, while the factory’s attention shifts to a larger gas-powered SUV.
3. Jaguar F-Pace: The Last Gas Jaguar
Jaguar has no plan to replace its midsize SUV, and the F-Pace ends as the last gasoline model in the lineup while the brand moves to an all-electric future.
That makes the F-Pace a milestone as much as a discontinuation. Buyers who want a gasoline-powered Jaguar new have a shrinking window, since nothing is coming behind it, and the brand’s identity from here on is built around electric vehicles alone.
4. Toyota GR Supra: Seven Years and Out
Toyota’s revived sports coupe reaches the end of the road after the 2026 model year, closing a seven-year run.
For enthusiasts, 2026 is the final chance to order a new GR Supra from Toyota. Final-year cars often become the ones collectors chase, though availability will depend on how many remain at dealers once the model year closes out and the coupe leaves the lineup. Dealers may allocate the last cars quickly.
5. Tesla Model S: Musk Calls Time on the Model S
Production is winding down at Fremont, and Elon Musk said Tesla would “bring the Model S and X programs to an end,” as Motor1 reported in January. Edmunds, writing in August 2026, says the 2026 model year is the last.
The Model S helped define the modern electric sedan, so its retirement marks the close of a chapter for the brand. Buyers who want a new one have only the final cars still being built, with no successor announced in the reporting.
6. Tesla Model X: Fremont Moves On to Robots
The Model X shares the Model S’s fate, with the same Fremont wind-down covered in Motor1’s report on both programs. The factory space is being repurposed for Optimus robots.
That shift signals the decision is about the plant’s future rather than a pause. Shoppers interested in the gull-wing-door SUV should treat the remaining production as final, and later buyers may find the used market the only route once new stock runs out.
7. Lexus LC: LC 500 Ends After 2026
A Lexus spokesperson confirmed that the LC 500 will be discontinued after the 2026 model year, a point laid out in Motor1’s coverage of the decision.
The LC has served as a showpiece coupe and convertible for the brand, so its departure removes one of the most dramatic cars in the lineup. Anyone considering one new should look to 2026 models still on dealer lots, since no 2027 version will follow.
8. Chrysler Voyager: A Name Retired for Pacifica
Chrysler has confirmed that the Voyager name is retired for 2027, and the 2027 Pacifica details show the Pacifica LX taking its place.
The change simplifies the minivan lineup around a single nameplate. Buyers who considered a Voyager will now be directed to the Pacifica LX instead, so the practical result is a rename and consolidation of the lineup rather than a minivan the brand has abandoned. Dealers will carry the Pacifica line from here.
9. Honda Prologue: No Honda EV for 2027
Honda says Prologue sales conclude after the 2026 model year, according to TFLcar’s July report, and that means no Honda EV will sit on US lots for 2027.
The Prologue was Honda’s electric SUV in America, so its end leaves the company without a battery-electric option for the year. Shoppers who want one will need to find 2026 inventory, since the lineup holds no EVs once those cars sell. Honda’s other models continue as before.
10. Acura RDX: Hybrid Replacement Planned
The current-generation compact luxury SUV is not carrying into 2027, as noted in Motor1’s roundup of 27 models, with a hybrid replacement planned.
The RDX has long been a staple of Acura’s showroom, so the gap matters, but the planned hybrid successor suggests the nameplate’s story continues. Buyers wanting the existing design will have to act on remaining 2026 stock before it is gone from dealers. Dealers hold the last of them.
11. BMW iX: Neue Klasse Takes Over
BMW’s electric flagship SUV sees US allocations end after 2026, and the Motor1 list of dead cars says Neue Klasse EVs replace it.
The iX therefore bows out because a new generation of electric BMWs is arriving, not because the brand is leaving EVs. Shoppers who want an iX new should look for the last allocations, while those willing to wait can consider the Neue Klasse models when they reach showrooms.
12. Dodge Hornet: Weak Sales and Tariff Pressure
Dodge dropped the Hornet because of weak sales and tariff pressure on the Italian-built SUV, as listed in Motor1’s 2027 discontinuation report.
The compact crossover was an Italian-built import, and the added tariff pressure sharpened the case against keeping it. Buyers interested in a new Hornet should check dealer inventory soon, since the model will not return for 2027 and no replacement is described. Dealer stock is the remaining source.
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