Maverick records 3rd quarter record with 34,848 sales

[Derwood]

When did the Maverick become a midsize?

Twenty five years ago todays Maverick was almost the same size as a single cab F150.

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[BLUEOVALRACER]

Admittedly, no. After winter storage I'll hitch my boat up to his Mav and see how she does.

HRG

Make sure You let Us Know how the Hybrid Tows compared to Your EB Maverick.

 

[Fcnrwy]

Twenty five years ago todays Maverick was almost the same size as a single cab F150.

The present Ranger (2019 - >) is the same dimensions as my 1977 F-100...

Jerry

 

[Maverick123]

Make sure You let Us Know how the Hybrid Tows compared to Your EB Maverick.

Our 25 AWD 4k hybrid tows a 21' tritoon (just about 4000 lbs) no problem. Also trailered it out of sandy lake bottoms onto beaches many times

 

[zen_]

It's good to see strong sales, if for no other than the selfish reason that more numbers of your vehicle on the road = more parts will be available, which is already a critical problem with automotive repair.

It's been one year since I bought an XLT hybrid, hot pepper red from Granger Ford for $28.2K, and I see now that the same money will only get an XL, while a 1:1 XLT is $31.3K in a 500 mile (one day drive) radius. I know those cost increases are largely due to factors outside of Ford's control, but at some point it's got to have an impact on sales.

 

[sprubs]

Surge in EV sales was most likely due to the 7K subsidies ending on 30 September. It will be interesting to see Q4 figures all across the board.

I suspect prices will drop. I think these subsidies on EV and solar stuff were really for the manufacturers/dealers/installers and not for us.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/hyundai-massively-slashes-prices-of-2026-hyundai-ioniq-5

No Tax Credits, No Problem! Hyundai Massively Slashes Prices of 2026 Ioniq 5
The average reduction across trims is more than $9,000, with nearly a $10,000 drop on some models.

 

[Bob The Builder]

I suspect prices will drop. I think these subsidies on EV and solar stuff were really for the manufacturers/dealers/installers and not for us.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/hyundai-massively-slashes-prices-of-2026-hyundai-ioniq-5

No Tax Credits, No Problem! Hyundai Massively Slashes Prices of 2026 Ioniq 5
The average reduction across trims is more than $9,000, with nearly a $10,000 drop on some models.

This is the way it should be. Let the manufacturers cut all they want. I wonder how many other manufacturers will follow suit.

 

[Maverick123]

I suspect prices will drop. I think these subsidies on EV and solar stuff were really for the manufacturers/dealers/installers and not for us.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/hyundai-massively-slashes-prices-of-2026-hyundai-ioniq-5

No Tax Credits, No Problem! Hyundai Massively Slashes Prices of 2026 Ioniq 5
The average reduction across trims is more than $9,000, with nearly a $10,000 drop on some models.

So it's basically "we've been ripping you off ever since subsidies have been around, but now we'll lower prices to where they should have been. It was nice making an extra 10k on all those sales!"

See also: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politic...e-increases-have-nothing-do-dem-spending-bill
Yeahhhhhh, right!

Ripping off consumers to pocket the subsidies that should have gone to the buyers

 

[sprubs]

So it's basically "we've been ripping you off ever since subsidies have been around, but now we'll lower prices to where they should have been. It was nice making an extra 10k on all those sales!"

See also: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politic...e-increases-have-nothing-do-dem-spending-bill
Yeahhhhhh, right!

Ripping off consumers to pocket the subsidies that should have gone to the buyers

indeed!

 

[Darryl]

All I have to do is go to any F-150 on our lot, find the VIN tag and take a good look at the date of assembly to find out how long it's been there. It's not unheard of to have F-150s or full-size Broncos that have been sitting for several months.

I've noticed this at the dealership where I work. It seems as if the new vehicles that are fresh off the truck get sold quickly while the existing inventory just sits. Our tech that does the PDI's often complains that the salesmen sell the new cars before he even gets a chance to verify that they're ok. So to a passerby it looks like sales are slow. It seems as if the vehicles sitting on the lot may not be optioned the way people want. Or perhaps people just don't want a car That's been sitting.

 

[JohnCondren1933]

When did the Maverick become a midsize?

Question, does the Automotive Press not havr a compact or small pickup truck category anymore?
If it still exists, what vehicles are in it if Maverick is a mid-size truck now.

Isn't F-150 a mid-size truck? If F-150 is now a full-size truck, what is the classification for F-350 & F-650 trucks?

 

[JohnCondren1933]

All of these quarterly sales records and yet, Ford lots are sitting on inventory as if nothing's selling. Rarely do I ever see people out on the lots looking at cars. Most of the inventory is months old or, in some cases, old enough to have a birthday. Dealerships are ghost towns because of tariff pricing, high interest rates, inflation, corporate price gouging and a terrible economy. That's why I find any of this hard to believe. I know the numbers don't lie but I maybe a bit blindsided.

I haven't looked at model mixes on lots, but if I had to guess I'm gonna say its a shitload of fully loaded models on the lots.
Automakers got greedy after covid when they were getting $10,000 over stickerprice & think they can keep loading up an F-150 with premium wheels for $7k, magic luxury leather for $10k, 1 inch larger display for $10k, and they can keep selling idiotically loaded F-150 with 6 cylinder ecoboost for $100,000 & 20% apr autoloans.

This is the time to make offers on loaded 2025 F-150 for $500 over dealer invoice, God knows Ford is making a killing in profit off those magic Ford branded luxury floor mats,

 

[BLUEOVALRACER]

Our 25 AWD 4k hybrid tows a 21' tritoon (just about 4000 lbs) no problem. Also trailered it out of sandy lake bottoms onto beaches many times

I'm sure it does but He has the 2.0 EB in His Maverick so I want to hear how the Hybrid Tows compared to His 2.0 EB Maverick.

 

[Jarathen]

I've noticed this at the dealership where I work. It seems as if the new vehicles that are fresh off the truck get sold quickly while the existing inventory just sits. Our tech that does the PDI's often complains that the salesmen sell the new cars before he even gets a chance to verify that they're ok. So to a passerby it looks like sales are slow. It seems as if the vehicles sitting on the lot may not be optioned the way people want. Or perhaps people just don't want a car That's been sitting.

None of the Mavericks on the dang lot were green XLTs or Lariats! I don't know if they're moving that fast or if they just don't want to risk the color

 

[shark978]

All of these quarterly sales records and yet, Ford lots are sitting on inventory as if nothing's selling. Rarely do I ever see people out on the lots looking at cars. Most of the inventory is months old or, in some cases, old enough to have a birthday. Dealerships are ghost towns because of tariff pricing, high interest rates, inflation, corporate price gouging and a terrible economy. That's why I find any of this hard to believe. I know the numbers don't lie but I maybe a bit blindsided.

It's mostly protectionism and environmental regulations that make all vehicles unaffordable. Which is what they wanted they want you to ride a bike or walk better for the planet. The EPA mileage regulations demand 1/3 of vehicles sold be electric by 2030, California banned all new ICE sales by 2035 as well as Europe, so they will make this maverick prohibitively expensive. Soon the only truck not banned will be 100k EV trucks. They also dont allow any foreign competition so you really have no real choice but to overpay 40k, in order to overpay UAW workers that donate to politicians for poor quality cars where cars in China which have real pricing can be 10k new. It's similar to phones you have no choice in america you can buy the expensive $1k Samsung or the expensive Apple basically, you cant buy Xiaomi or Huawei or anything like that with $300 flagships like they can in europe. The people in charge like Apple, therefore you WILL buy one for 1k-1500.

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