Honda/Toyota buyers seeing the "Light"??

[bgn]

Honda and Toyota owner here. I'm taking my chance with Ford because the Maverick meets everything I need in a vehicle. I'm hoping the Maverick will be reliable.

I drove a 2001 V6 Accord to 350k miles before I traded it in and bought a brand new Civic in 2013. Currently over 200k miles on the Civic. Wife is driving a 2014 Sienna at 150k miles.

I'm coming from a 2002 Accord. The 98-02 Accords are iconic.

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[bringbackthe70s]

My last car was an 06 Scion Xb. It was perfect. It did everything I needed it to and more. I wasn't even in the market for a new car, but the maverick hybrid is the first thing since the Xb that seems to fit my life and what I need it for perfectly. That being said, If Toyota releases a comparison, I can't say that I won't be tempted depending on price, size, mpg, and the overall look of it. I'm not worried though, I love my maverick.

 

[cavemold]

Everybody can blowhard opinions just like I am.

Simple fact is Ford created a new auto market segment.

Think this way:

Model T

F150

Mustang

Explorer

Maverick

Catch up bitches.

Agreed

 

[Shecster]

Everybody can blowhard opinions just like I am.

Simple fact is Ford created a new auto market segment.

Think this way:

Model T

F150

Mustang

Explorer

Maverick

Catch up bitches.

The Model A Ford also

 

[mtd14]

The bean counters and suits still want to sell $60,000.00+ vehicles. The Maverick is seen by them as loss leader.

Source for it as a loss leader?

 

[Fitzovich]

If they come up with a decent and reasonably priced alternative to the Maverick I will certainly look at them. Until then there isn’t much choice.

 

[hdrider02]

Well I think people are seeing the prices of Honda and Toyota isn’t worth it when you add fuel consumption . The taco is soon to be fossil when it comes to getting good Mpg . Their next taco better be hybrid or I don’t see as many new buyers .

Toyota has already said that everyone of their vehicles will have a hybrid available engine by 2025.

 

[BuddyS]

I'm coming from a 2018 Rav4 and this will be my first Ford, truck, and hybrid. Unfortunately this will also most likely be my last Ford and will switch to a competitor if they have one when its time to purchase again. I've had it with their incompetence. I am also a Ford stockholder and the stock was doing great for awhile with all of these new models that they couldn't build fast enough! Unfortunately...they couldn't build them fast enough and now their stock is tanking.

I'm not sure it's fair to say the stock is tanking... It had a bit of a bump around this time last year (as did the overall market); while it's below that now (down 37% YTD) it's still above its five year average. Also remember that others like Tesla (down nearly 50% YTD) and GM (down 37% YTD) are doing about the same.

 

[rclee]

Coming from a 2006 Element (which I still own) this is the neatest swiss army knife truck on the market.
I don't see Honda playing (they really don't understand American Trucks) but I see Toyota and maybe GM get into this market.
Ford snookered all of them again, like in April of 1964. If only they could get enough materials and proper logistics

 

[Jmav2152]

Source for it as a loss leader?

Yea I don't know if it's a loss leader (probably the EcoSport). But it's definitely not the big profit of the F series.

 

[JennyJoannSuebeeMcNash]

Honda and Toyota owner here. I'm taking my chance with Ford because the Maverick meets everything I need in a vehicle. I'm hoping the Maverick will be reliable.

I drove a 2001 V6 Accord to 350k miles before I traded it in and bought a brand new Civic in 2013. Currently over 200k miles on the Civic. Wife is driving a 2014 Sienna at 150k miles.

This right here. Have been a Honda owner for 23 years until my 2014 Honda Accord LX-MT was diagnosed with pistons that burn oil. Mechanic told me it wasn't worth it to rebuild and that I'd just have to drive around with extra quarts of oil in my car and check the oil every week. Screw that - with a new grandson and a property purchase in GA I needed reliability, something that may have gone by the wayside. Honda ain't what it used to be, I'm afraid to say.

Took a big chance buying a Maverick, sight unseen and untested.

11,200 miles in - I'm hoping for a long and harmonious relationship with my first Ford/first truck. If Ford can pull that off, they'll have a customer for life.

 

[JennyJoannSuebeeMcNash]

Coming from a 2006 Element (which I still own) this is the neatest swiss army knife truck on the market.
I don't see Honda playing (they really don't understand American Trucks) but I see Toyota and maybe GM get into this market.
Ford snookered all of them again, like in April of 1964. If only they could get enough materials and proper logistics

If Honda had brought back the Element I would have gone that route, but Honda doesn't listen to its customers so screw them.

 

[LSchicago]

Yeah imagine what could be done if Ford could actually produce enough of them.... I think they could easily sell 150-180K a year

I believe 300K a year would sell right now.

 

[SLINGSHOT]

Source for it as a loss leader?

Very little profit. Gets people in the door. LOSS LEADER.

 

[SLINGSHOT]

Anybody want to play "Antics with Semantics" with mtd14?
If so, it's your turn. I'm out.

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