Well, it's not that different. Ford has long tried its hand at world cars. The current Mondeo first came as a merger in the USA, the Focus was in both places, even as the ST and RS, and even the Fiesta made it to the States.
But the Edge and finally the Mustang appeared here.
In the decades that they are already present in Cologne and Saarlouis, Ford has adjusted very much to European tastes.