General Motors is reportedly planning to kill the Chevrolet Sonic while Ford Motor plans to ditch the Fiesta in the U.S., spelling the death of two subcompact ... the full-size Taurus sedan ...

Taurus sales were down to less than 3,000 last month in the US, which is nearly a 40 percent decrease in year ... altogether dropped 10.9 percent, and subcompact cars fell even further by 25.9 ...

The full-size Ford Taurus sedan sits at the top of the automaker's passenger car range above the midsize Fusion sedan and compact Focus and subcompact Fiesta sedans and hatchbacks.