Maverick bubble over ?

[Sim_S]

I ordered a ‘24 XL 4K in August, dealer recently called and said it will be ready in November ! Is it possible I might get mine before 2023 orders ( 23 converted to 24 )?
I was expecting it to be ready in the spring and I wasn’t planning on driving it in our salty Ontario winters, as I have a couple of winter vehicles already.
I asked him about maybe making a few bucks on this one and reordering and he said he’s not even interested in it, he has a couple of used ones and one new on the lot already. His lot is full of new F150’s and some other assorted overpriced metal.
I even put an ad on Kijiji , it’s been a week and no interest at all !
Im happy to take it, just letting others know that if where you live prices are still high and you were considering selling - maybe now’s a good time.

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[TrailMaster]

Except considering the wages UAW members are going to be taking in, new vehicles are going to be getting out of reach for many. Corporations don't reduce their profit margins, they just pass the additional costs on to the customers.

 

[Waterick]

Have you received a build date yet? If not, then yours won't likely be built before Christmas. Build dates for a November delivery should already exist and those VIN's could even be currently under manufacture. I guess in Canada you have to relay your dealer to tell you those things. It still could be later unless it's already in production.

 

[bbhaag]

Except considering the wages UAW members are going to be taking in, new vehicles are going to be getting out of reach for many. Corporations don't reduce their profit margins, they just pass the additional costs on to the customers.

News flash bro it ain't just corporations that do this it's every business even small ones.

 

[Hdscreens]

Depends on location. I’m seeing more available in my area from abandoned orders and dealer stock orders but hybrids still have mark ups.

Low profit margin for dealers on custom orders with these especially when they have been taking forever to get built.

 

[TrailMaster]

News flash bro it ain't just corporations that do this it's every business even small ones.

I'm aware of that bro (sis?). I not only watch the news, Im a consumer of products from businesses big and small. Everything costs more nowadays.

 

[turinswift]

I'm aware of that bro (sis?). I not only watch the news, Im a consumer of products from businesses big and small. Everything costs more nowadays.

The price of the baseline Maverick XL had jumped from right at 20K for the '22 to right at 24K for the '24 before the strikes started. So we were going to pay more regardless of whether or not the people building it got more pay.

 

[bbhaag]

I'm aware of that bro (sis?). I not only watch the news, Im a consumer of products from businesses big and small. Everything costs more nowadays.

Yeah look bro its great that you watch the news and consume goods but it is obvious you don't have an understanding on basic business finance.

 

[AzureBlueBill]

Except considering the wages UAW members are going to be taking in, new vehicles are going to be getting out of reach for many. Corporations don't reduce their profit margins, they just pass the additional costs on to the customers.

That's why the Maverick is made in Mexico. No UAW there. Expect more auto jobs to slowly move to anyplace the UAW does not exist. It's one way to keep costs down.

 

[TrailMaster]

Yeah look bro its great that you watch the news and consume goods but it is obvious you don't have an understanding on basic business finance.

OK, Hag.

 

[fossil]

That's why the Maverick is made in Mexico. No UAW there. Expect more auto jobs to slowly move to anyplace the UAW does not exist. It's one way to keep costs down.

Yes it keeps costs down not prices. Seen where the Bronco Sport prices have gone?

 

[Ranch]

The price of the baseline Maverick XL had jumped from right at 20K for the '22 to right at 24K for the '24 before the strikes started. So we were going to pay more regardless of whether or not the people building it got more pay.

Did inflation have any part of the price increase?

 

[CTYankee]

News flash bro it ain't just corporations that do this it's every business even small ones.

All businesses, whether large or small, will not price themselves out of their market. They'll pass some cost increases along if supply and demand is in their favor or if they can show some added value for the increase but will otherwise find offsets internally. I did that in my small business; it was hard enough competing with Amazon; I wasn't going to add to their competitive advantage by raising prices.

 

[Guv]

Did inflation have any part of the price increase?

I could tell you but I would be banned from this forum.

 

[turinswift]

Did inflation have any part of the price increase?

Only inasmuch as corporations raising prices above and beyond the pace of the Actual Inflation(tm) is the inflation responsible. In the past, when inflation jumped, businesses did not ALSO report record profits. There was a better balance of increasing prices to match the rising cost in goods. This last round saw the big corps accounting for a huge excess of the rising prices beyond just a spike in costs.

If I had to guess, PART of it is that the lower end trucks have much less profit margin than the $80K monster F-150s. And, I suspect, the '22s and '23s may have even been possible loss leaders? So the '24s jumping up several thousand is more of a maybe correction? But it's still much lower than "average" and a relatively cheap, efficient truck.

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