2024 Maverick XL - Price Increase 12/16/2023

[Waterick]

Send a submission with your story using the Google input form please.
https://forms.gle/dAf3jcjPGyxxntvu5

I just sent my second submission trying this link and I think it when through this time, reviewing my positive experience. Never saw the first one posted.

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[prsncat]

I just sent my second submission trying this link and I think it when through this time, reviewing my positive experience. Never saw the first one posted.

Sorry... I am behind in updating the spreadsheet (which has to be manually transferred from the form submission) since I started a new job in October. I will get to it today.

 

[prsncat]

Thanks, but I don't click links I can't identify.

I can understand that...


Feel free to send the following information to me using DM and I will transfer it to the sheet

• Dealer Name [required]
• Salesperson Name [optional]
• City, state, and country where it is located (since I am tracking Canadian dealerships as well) [required]
• Recommendation or Warning [required]
• Website URL if you have it (pull tags off) [optional]
• Brief story about your experience.

The result of the form is manually transferred into this sheet

 

[Blinky]

Almost a 20% price increase from the original $19.999 and then add the $1500 extra for the Hybrid and wow, that is some price inflation in 2 years.

They're all doing it, I was reading that the Tacoma is up 50% over 5 years, not including any insane dealer markups.

 

[710-oil-614]

Sucks for anyone trying to order a MY24 but really makes my price protected MY23 Tremor XLT + Lux ($31,500) hold its value.

 

[Crux57]

Sucks for anyone trying to order a MY24 but really makes my price protected MY23 Tremor XLT + Lux ($31,500) hold its value.

Yeah same here - we were able to get a MY23 Lariat Hybrid for $30,300

 

[GreyCacti]

Yeah same here - we were able to get a MY23 Lariat Hybrid for $30,300

That same truck is probably $35k now.

 

[Crux57]

That same truck is probably $35k now.

Carvana will give us $34,466 for it. Not interested in selling, but it's good to know that its resale value is strong.

 

[TimTx1]

Had a quote I signed and dated with Autonation Ford in Panama City. By the time they were going to submit it the price had increased. I missed it by a day. So I told them not to go through with the order after all.

I asked the dealership if they could ask Ford to make an exception to the increase since it was just one day. They wouldn't even try. I called Ford myself but they said all dealerships are independent and can do whatever they want with prices and there was nothing they could do to help.

To pay an additional $415 for a day seems crazy to me. But I was only placing an order because I was fed up trying to find one without all the market adjustments. To get fed up and finally go to place an order just to have it increase on the same day was the last straw so I'll wait and evaluate my options instead.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

Thanks, but I don't click links I can't identify.

I'll identify it. It's a legitimate link at docs.google.com

 

[LSchicago]

I'll identify it. It's a legitimate link at docs.google.com

Thanks Captain Obvious.

 

[TimTx1]

I can understand that...


Feel free to send the following information to me using DM and I will transfer it to the sheet

• Dealer Name [required]
• Salesperson Name [optional]
• City, state, and country where it is located (since I am tracking Canadian dealerships as well) [required]
• Recommendation or Warning [required]
• Website URL if you have it (pull tags off) [optional]
• Brief story about your experience.

The result of the form is manually transferred into this sheet

I submitted a complaint for Autonation Ford Panama City. According to the GM they could have saved my order to avoid the price increase but they just chose not to because it "clutters up their system." They treated me like a nuisance and were pretty rude. I would never trust them with any order.

Some Ford dealerships have this attitude like they're doing you a favor by allowing you to buy one of their vehicles. And Ford takes this "hands off" attitude and says that dealerships can do whatever they want since they're independently owned.

My whole first experience with Ford is just leaving a bad taste in my mouth about the brand. I'm sure there are good dealerships out there, and people that have had good experiences. But so far, my experience with Ford has been rough.

 

[atldump]

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[NoVaJimmy]

Had a quote I signed and dated with Autonation Ford in Panama City. By the time they were going to submit it the price had increased. I missed it by a day. So I told them not to go through with the order after all.

I asked the dealership if they could ask Ford to make an exception to the increase since it was just one day. They wouldn't even try. I called Ford myself but they said all dealerships are independent and can do whatever they want with prices and there was nothing they could do to help.

To pay an additional $415 for a day seems crazy to me. But I was only placing an order because I was fed up trying to find one without all the market adjustments. To get fed up and finally go to place an order just to have it increase on the same day was the last straw so I'll wait and evaluate my options instead.

All due respect but a price change is a price change. In past years some people have missed out on actually ordering a vehicle by a day, should Ford have made an exception? You missed the boat on pricing and I'm sure Ford's system sets pricing, aka, what the dealer has to pay Ford for your vehicle so they can sell it to you. Should they eat the $415 because you missed it by a day? I honestly side with the dealer on this one.

What I suggest is finding a dealer willing to accept an x-plan order, signing up for a Mustang Club of America digital membership for $35 and then taking advantage of the fact that x-plan limits doc fees to $100 along with saving a few hundred bucks off of MSRP. This saved me about $500 off of MSRP on my Maverick and $800 on state limit doc fees.

 

[NoVaJimmy]

The assembly line workers in Dearborn are making 110k now. As a whole, the automakers will pass all of the labor wages on to the consumer. I agree, the workers in Mexico are definitely not making 90k a year. Ford still has to pass on the added cost of the US workers wage increase.

Agree, just because the Maverick is made in Mexico doesn't mean Ford isn't going to take advantage of an opportunity for a price increase to help out with labor costs across the rest of their lineup.

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