Ford's pricing has gone nuts

[Judd Quarles]

Well, I am sure glad to see that Ford's prices are going down. But get this! I went with my mother while she car shopped today. Her Ford dealer had an 06 Explorer XLT, with the cloth seats and all, with a window sticker of $30,835. Right next to it is an 07 Eddie Bauer with leather seats with suede inserts for a window sticker of $30,760. I don't know what the current rebates are, but the 06 rebates better be high in cases like this.



And...the same dealer still has a new 05 Mountaineer...I have no idea what kind of a deal it would be.



And...an 07 Trac, similar but better equipped than my 05 is about $1400 less



Just thought this was interesting info to share.

 

[Frank Marano]

My 06 eddie bauer explorer was 38k sticker...there is no way that EB was loaded. I have everything but the moonroof and nav.

 

[Judd Quarles]

No, it may not have been completely loaded but my point is that it was better equipped than the more expensive 2006 XLT sitting right next to it.



I found the sticker prices on some new 2007 Explorer XLTs to be $25,995. That's at least $2000 less than in the Summer of 2005 when I was looking at one for myself.

 

[Jeff DeJournett 2]

After looking at new trucks the last few weeks, I've seen the same thing, best explination that I got was, Ford priced down the 07's so they didn't have to offer the big incentives to move vehicles... If you get xplan, and the rebates plus a good intrest rate, I'd take the 06 over and 07, unless they made some real good deal for an 07 which I don't see happening at this point...

 

[Richard Kolb]

When the F-150 crew cabs hit $14000 I'll buy a new truck, until then I'll keep the ST.