Current New Vehicle Market

[Corbic]

I remember tons of folks saying:

"Dealer lots will never be full again". "You will NEVER see long term 0% or crazy discounts ever again".



Remember like it was yesterday lol.

Manufacturers are stupid and greedy.

Lots of plant manager and VP bonuses are based on units produced or sold, not necessarily margins on the units.

They also get hyper scared of missed opportunities and conquest sales. They'd rather sell you a F150 for a loss then lose their "best selling truck" status even if being #3 means they are more profitable.

 

[13COBRA]

Manufacturers are stupid and greedy.

Lots of plant manager and VP bonuses are based on units produced or sold, not necessarily margins on the units.

They also get hyper scared of missed opportunities and conquest sales. They'd rather sell you a F150 for a loss then lose their "best selling truck" status even if being #3 means they are more profitable.

Exactly.

 

[13COBRA]

Also...

It's not terrible.

 

[bird_dog0347]

Those BRaptors looks sweet! I wish I could drive one of those instead of the truck.

 

[13COBRA]

Sold. Heading to Park City, UT.

 

[kaz109]

Also...

It's not terrible.

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[13COBRA]

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Nah. It's not that bad in person. We've actually had a ton of people swing by and look at it just today...and it already sold haha

 

[kaz109]

I don’t like the color matched fenders they come with now… not at all. It’s something a guy with a Starbucks punch card would do. Also don’t like the green on orange but if you’re a hunter I guess you’d be into it.

 

[CobraBob]

Also...

It's not terrible.

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I do like that! If I was wanting a Bronco, one of these would be high on my list. I especially like the Shelter Green Metallic paint. I also like the body-color painted fender flares (and no, I don't have a Starbucks punch card, LOL).

 

[Tezz500]

People who leave them stock come to mind.

Eww wtf is the point in that?!

 

[Tezz500]

uhhhh we were talking about the ford racing whipple kit on a dark horse. The warranty is the only reason I can see someone buying a ford racing kit and paying one of their approved people to do the install

Everything about this paragraph sounds like a waste….

Sounds like something Vette guys at cars and coffee would do…

 

[Corbic]

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Like, I don't get it.

It's a motorcycle. They are unsafe, impractical and not cost effective. You ride for the exhilaration and experience, 90% of that is the engine. Flat twins, V twins, Inline 4, L Twins, Triples, V4s, Parallels.... Each has its own sound, feel and charm.

 

[gimmie11s]

I don’t like the color matched fenders they come with now… not at all. It’s something a guy with a Starbucks punch card would do. Also don’t like the green on orange but if you’re a hunter I guess you’d be into it.

Think I agree. I like the black fenders.

Color "choices" are wildly different in other regions of the USA for some reason lmao.

 

[GTSpartan]

Think I agree. I like the black fenders.

Color "choices" are wildly different in other regions of the USA for some reason lmao.

The mall crawling crowd will go for the painted fenders.

 

[SID297]

The mall crawling crowd will go for the painted fenders.

I'm more of the brew(ery)cruiser type, so I'm going to go for the matte carbon fiber fenders.

 

[5.0 Hatch]

Sold. Heading to Park City, UT.

Awesome. One of these showed up at the dealership in my middle of nowhere hometown. I wasn't even aware there was such a thing as a raptor bronco and even more unaware that these things carried a mid 90s MSRP. For whatever reason, walking up to it not realizing what it was, I was expecting a price around 50-60k. .

 

[13COBRA]

Awesome. One of these showed up at the dealership in my middle of nowhere hometown. I wasn't even aware there was such a thing as a raptor bronco and even more unaware that these things carried a mid 90s MSRP. For whatever reason, walking up to it not realizing what it was, I was expecting a price around 50-60k. .

They started mid 70s, then had price increases lol

 

[kaz109]

They started mid 70s, then had price increases lol

Yea that was the perfect MSRP imo when compared to the Ranger and F150 Raptor.

 

[13COBRA]

Yea that was the perfect MSRP imo when compared to the Ranger and F150 Raptor.

I agree... but when they first hit the ground, they were selling at $25-50k over MSRP... so Ford decided to close the gap some haha

 

[kaz109]

I agree... but when they first hit the ground, they were selling at $25-50k over MSRP... so Ford decided to close the gap some haha

Very true, very few ppl were actually getting them at the 70k msrp