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We can’t buy these or the Toyota Hilux in the USA bc of political reasons. American Automakers are not competitive anymore…so we need tariffs apparently. Ford w

We can’t buy these or the Toyota Hilux in the USA bc of political reasons. American Automakers are not competitive anymore…so we need tariffs apparently. Ford would rather one spend 60k on a full sized pickup and finance it at an ungodly high interest rate.

iancmceachern 2y ago
A new f150 base is 36k, hilux is 25 base, they both go up to similar highs. The interest rate thing is wrong, you can finance them for lower interest rates than most houses and educations. They're even often at 0%. The other thing to factor in is resale. If you factor in the resale the total cost of ownership for many American trucks is less than most other vehicles.
- ein0p 2y ago
  0% where? The lowest I see is like 4.99%. Aside from the Tesla Model Y which is de-facto on sale right now.
  - iancmceachern 2y ago
    You can get 1.9% from Ford right now: https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/pricing-and-incentives/ https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/pricing-and-incentives/ When rates were lower you could get 0% with a low down payment even.
    - ein0p 2y ago
      Those rates aren’t coming back though.
  - SkyPuncher 2y ago
    Ford currently has several vehicles with 0% interest options. Pretty sure the f150 XLT trim was offering 0% somewhat recently
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- fspeech 2y ago
  In general they have a cash discount available in lieu of a rate concession. So no, car financing is definitely not cheaper than homes. To make a fair comparison one needs to look at offered rates by independent third parties.
  - iancmceachern 2y ago
    The two aren't equal though, the cash concession does not make up for the interest.
adriancr 2y ago
You can't buy it because it's not available for sale yet anywhere. You can buy alternatives though: Dacia Spring, Citroen e-C3 and Volkswagen ID.2.
kotaKat 2y ago
My favorite recent insult to that was seeing that Ford recently changed their old "Ford Fusion retired" page. https://www.ford.com/cars/fusion/ https://www.ford.com/cars/fusion/ The "Explore All Sedans" buttons goes to a page entitled... "The Family of CUVs and SUVs". All I want is a reasonably good sedan and we can't get that anymore. I'm half debating trying to track down a Ford Police Responder/Special Service Plug-In when they start coming off-duty in a few years just to keep a Fusion alive.

iancmceachern 2y ago

A new f150 base is 36k, hilux is 25 base, they both go up to similar highs. The interest rate thing is wrong, you can finance them for lower interest rates than most houses and educations. They're even often at 0%. The other thing to factor in is resale. If you factor in the resale the total cost of ownership for many American trucks is less than most other vehicles.

ein0p 2y ago
0% where? The lowest I see is like 4.99%. Aside from the Tesla Model Y which is de-facto on sale right now.
- iancmceachern 2y ago
  You can get 1.9% from Ford right now: https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/pricing-and-incentives/ https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/pricing-and-incentives/ When rates were lower you could get 0% with a low down payment even.
  - ein0p 2y ago
    Those rates aren’t coming back though.
- SkyPuncher 2y ago
  Ford currently has several vehicles with 0% interest options. Pretty sure the f150 XLT trim was offering 0% somewhat recently
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fspeech 2y ago
In general they have a cash discount available in lieu of a rate concession. So no, car financing is definitely not cheaper than homes. To make a fair comparison one needs to look at offered rates by independent third parties.
- iancmceachern 2y ago
  The two aren't equal though, the cash concession does not make up for the interest.

adriancr 2y ago

You can't buy it because it's not available for sale yet anywhere. You can buy alternatives though: Dacia Spring, Citroen e-C3 and Volkswagen ID.2.

kotaKat 2y ago

My favorite recent insult to that was seeing that Ford recently changed their old "Ford Fusion retired" page. https://www.ford.com/cars/fusion/ https://www.ford.com/cars/fusion/ The "Explore All Sedans" buttons goes to a page entitled... "The Family of CUVs and SUVs". All I want is a reasonably good sedan and we can't get that anymore. I'm half debating trying to track down a Ford Police Responder/Special Service Plug-In when they start coming off-duty in a few years just to keep a Fusion alive.