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- Dec 9, 2021
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- Versailles, KY
- Vehicle(s)
- Hyundai Tuscon Hybrid, Ford Maverick XLT Hybrid
- Engine
- 2.5L Hybrid
I've bought a couple of vehicles from Stuart Powell and I always had a good experience with them. I test drove a Santa Cruz while waiting for a build confirmation on my Mav and I liked it, but I couldn't justify the 40K price tag for a comparable truck with significantly lower gas mileage. I actually got a Tuscon Hybrid for the same price as a Santa Cruz, which IMO is a better vehicle for the price.Harrodsburg, KY. We ordered an XLT Lux, AWD, Co-pilot 360, 4K tow, FX4, soft rollup bed cover, sliding rear window, mud flaps, & full size spare, Area 51, from Stuart Powell Ford in Danville 11-26-21. This is to be my wife's truck. When the Ford video guy, Tim, told everyone about the email from Ford mentioning not all MY22 Mavericks being built, I called the Ford customer service 800 number to see if they had any info concerning our Maverick. I got hold of a nice sounding young man in Florida. After looking up our order, he said " I'm sorry, but it looks like your Maverick is not going to be built as a 22 model, because it didn't get scheduled before the order cut-off date January, 27." I said that was the last date they were going to take orders, not the last date they were scheduling builds. He insisted, no that wasn't the case, if we didn't have a scheduled build date and/or a VIN# yet, we would need to put in a new order for a 23 MY, and our original order date would still be in effect. So, my blood pressure went up some. So, I called our sales guy next. A real nice guy who has been with Stuart Powell a long time. I bought a new Miata from him in 2007, and he had been there quite a while then. He couldn't believe it when I told him about the call. I asked him about the Ford email, and of course he hadn't heard about it. He said his sales manager had said something about some 22MY Mavericks were going not going to be built. I asked him about removing the bed cover, and he didn't know if that was a good idea, or not. He said he would talk to the sales manager, and call me right back, which he did in about 10 min. Good salesman. He said we were priority code 10, which is the best a dealer can do. I asked about their allocation, and he said they had allocation when they took my order. I took that to mean they didn't have any now. He said we had 16 Maverick orders ahead of us, and they had delivered 3 or 4 so far. I thought ugh-oh, this doesn't sound too good. So, I talked to my wife about looking for something else. The only other small truck out there at the moment is the Hyundai Santa Cruz. She thought it looked OK, so I looked around the area to see what was available. I found some in Richmond, KY where we had to go anyway on Sunday. Gates Hyundai was closed on Sunday, which is the way I like it. She really liked the Santa Cruz when looking at it in person on a sunny day. Of course, they had a $3500 ADM on the window. So, our Maverick's MSRP was $33050, and the Santa Cruz SEL Premium in sage green she likes would be around $37500 MSRP. The Santa Cruz was a nice looking car though. So I think we will sit on the Maverick order to see if we get a build date this summer. If that doesn't happen, we will buy a Santa Cruz from a dealer that sells them for MSRP. Who knows, if we end up in a recession due to the war in Ukraine and this ever increasing inflation, they might be selling below MSRP like they used to. Man, this post is too long.
I just picked up my Maverick yesterday from Kain Ford (ordered July 27, confirmed by Ford on Aug 2).
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