They've never had base model cars on the lot.The lots here are full of $70K new pickup trucks.
What you can't find is base model anything.
They used to here. When we bought our Rav4 in 2019 there were tons of LE Rav 4's and Camry's "the base model". Its possible they still had a couple packages, but it was harder to find our higher trim than the lower ones.They've never had base model cars on the lot.
Sad thing is people are buying them up like 10 cent candies .I hope truck prices drop, as they are exactly 50% higher than they have traditionally been, when adjusted for inflation, via the CPI (consumer price index)
A $38K truck in 2009 should be $55-56K and have incentives/discounts, Instead, that very same model with no additional features is now $79,999 with 5% to 10% dealer mark-up.
My local Honda dealer has a lot that's about four acres. Before the pandemic it was always completely packed, now it's barely a half acre full including used inventory. The VW dealer next door is in the same situation.Many Japanese cars are in very short supply. No deals and limited choices still...
Same here but my big Ford dealership is packed... nobody can af-ford Fords anymore.My local Honda dealer has a lot that's about four acres. Before the pandemic it was always completely packed, now it's barely a half acre full including used inventory. The VW dealer next door is in the same situation.
Dad Joke daily winner......Same here but my big Ford dealership is packed... nobody can af-ford Fords anymore.
Are they chopping them down the $15,000.00 they have gone in the last three years? Even if they did-that means you are paying WHAT WAS MSRP three years ago.There is a local Ram dealership that has started chopping prices, but they are still nowhere in price chopper category that makes me comfortable. I think dealers are still sitting on boatloads of fleeced cash, but they might start starving in 3-6 months.
Total click bait garbage......Car prices to plummet amid oversupply
Financial analysts are calling this a simple story of supply and demand, predicting that an oversupply of new vehicles will lead to a price war that pushes those high MSRP’s way downwww.nbcdfw.com
Yeah "plummet" is a strong word.
Packed, but no base models on the lot, because those are sold pretty quickly. Not little or no Escape's either.Same here but my big Ford dealership is packed... nobody can af-ford Fords anymore.
Just finished a conversation with a local repair shop I use. He has a auction license and flips cars.. He said he’s pretty much given up going to the auction. In recent months local dealerships in this area are being outbid by foreign entities. The used vehicles are shipped overseas and sold at triple the price! I was shocked to hear that.
Imagine what would happen to the car market if our betters would permit us to import new or almost new vehicles directly from Europe instead of 25+ year old beaters. Dealers here would have to quit mulcting buyers by bloating the MSRPs. Foreign competition would put a pins in their balloons. Of course we could get some pretty ineresting vehicles here.
Never understood why car enthusiasts allowed the solons to throttle our automotive ardour like that w/o even a whimper.
We have bought two now... The base 03 Tracker was really base, no power locks or windows, and no radio at all! but a head unit plugged in no problem. It was lacking AC which was fine until the kids came along.They dont sell, everyone talks about them, no one buys them.