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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by ethbr1 on Friday April 25, 2025 @01:21PM (#43796233)
To give credit where credit is due, the ~$25k Ford Maverick was a decent step towards "enough" vehicle for many people, while minimizing cost.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a64351746/2025-ford-mav...

And definitely went the other way from the industry.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by klipklop on Friday April 25, 2025 @08:17PM (#43799749)
Too bad the "ecoboost" engines in them are total garbage.
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday April 25, 2025 @09:19PM (#43800071)
The 2.0 doesn't have the problems that the 2.3 Ecoboost has. The '25 model has port injection added to deal with carbonization.
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by BirAdam on Friday April 25, 2025 @09:35PM (#43800139)
Yeah, except dealers ruined it. I wanted to buy one but every single dealership had them at $10k over MSRP.
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by ethbr1 on Saturday April 26, 2025 @02:24PM (#43805958)
That's a supply:demand problem that will normalize in the long run though. Ford hedges their bets by not producing something risky at full-tilt; dealers maximize their profitability with an in demand model. (Especially since they're not making the absolute markup by selling full-loaded F150s at higher price points)
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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by Marsymars on Saturday April 26, 2025 @02:43PM (#43806097)
Ford’s pretty heavily discouraging that, and the supply/demand on the Maverick has pretty much equalized now. I put down a deposit for one recently under MSRP.
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