Another dealer had a statement on from Ford that stated the discount was meant to show up yesterday but they had "technical issues" and it might not show up for a couple weeks. Those technical issues might be why Ford ultimately punted scheduling.
i would recommend you go in person. My dealer didn’t know about the memo until I spoke with them. We then looked at it together and modified my order together. He even laughed and said he should probably call the other hybrid orders and ask if they would like to switch based on that memo.
I do not have a lot of confidence of a mention of a leather steering wheel in a picture of a listing of Lux components. Any independent confirmation that leather steering wheels are back in the XLT Lux package?
I am sorry, but why is it obvious? Last year hybrids where several thousands less; this year the base price is the same. Are you saying that the hybrid drive trains is obviously more costly than the pure ICE Ecoboost one? Ford certainly has an incentive to sell hybrids over Ecoboosts as they decrease the CAFE averages so they may underprice them- is that why it is obvious?
Two orders with different dealers because of concerns about dealer allocations. One says number of Maverick orders less than their allocations. Another (a very high volume dealer) says contract with dealer prohibits him from telling me the number of the dealer's allocations or the number of orders vs. their allocations. But he says they had lots of orders (20-to-1 hybrids vs. Ecoboosts) but as I have an Ecoboost/Tremor order, he believes that mine should PROBABLY get built.
My dealer said he expected the discount to show up at the time my order invoices to the dealer, which is around the time the window sticker can be generated.
You change the body code from W8E to W8G, which gives you the Tremor. Even though it's a package is not available without the Advanced AWD.
Nope, Ford ended up doing a patent swap with Toyota for the eCVT. And even if they had, patents only last 20 years and Toyota's eCVT has been out now for more than that.
In years past (2004) it was reported that Ford had licensed 20 patents from Toyota to create their hybrids. Perhaps that's no longer the case, or required.
Prius dates to 1997 and the patents would have to be older than that. Over the 20 year patent life.
The 22 Escape Hybrid was also cheaper than the corresponding 22 Escape 2.0 EB. The Escape is not a low end truck.
I also see Leather Wrapped Heated Steering Wheel included in the XLT Lux Package. But I recall seeing that the leather was being replaced by "pleather" for 2023. Maybe pleather became a constraint so they went back to the natural?
Oh well, having one natural item in the cab might clash anyway...Correct: I just copied the first number I saw which was reported as 27kW, 1.1kWh.
