Don't do it. You'll live to regret it.

 

I did the same thing in January, I got a special ordered 2015 6.2 Platinum that a farmer did not want it after it showed up (he wanted no moonroof and a LWB, it came in as SWB, both suited me just fine), it sat on the lot for almost a year. I ended up about $12K off MSRP out the door. Best deal I could get at the time on a 2016 was about half that. I have no problem buying a leftover model year if the deal is fair, I keep them until the good is all gone anyway. The last truck I traded was a 97 7.3L F350 that had over 467K miles on it, I am not sure if it burned more fuel or engine oil...

 

Wife and I stumbled onto some previous MY leftover Lincoln MKX vehicles a few years ago. The wife found one she liked, so we started negotiations. I started with what I felt was a fair offer, 7% off of MSRP. the dealer countered with sticker price. No matter what I did, the dealer would not move off of the sticker price. They kept stating over and over that they must get the sticker price on the vehicle. We walked away.

The next week the dealer was advertising the same vehicle below what I had offered, roughly 10% off of MSRP. They called me, I told them we had gone with another brand.

 

$900 under invoice is reasonable, and unless it's actually very old stock, that's all one should expect. They aren't going to lose money on the deal, and expecting them too doesn't make you a smarter shopper, it makes you unrealistic of how the industry works. Now it's still a good deal for you because:

$900 under invoice on a '16 is likely attainable on the right truck, it would be close to a net deal, but invoice is about $900 higher for 2016, for effectively the same truck.

Extra $500 in rebates, or 0% is available on the '15

So for the same truck someone will save around $1400, and more likely $19k (as $500 under invoice is more common). If you plan to keep the truck 10 years than deprecation goes out the window as a 2006 isn't really worth more than a 2005.

If that's not enough for you, it will be for someone. There doesn't have to be something wrong or even undesirable about a truck for it to sit. It just happens. The only way to expect a better deal than this is if they use advertising dollars to lower the price of the unit. We take a small profit from every single car and truck we sell and put it in a fund for moving the oldest units we have in stock. Often they are nitch vehicles, but I ordered too many plow trucks last year and we didn't get any snow (other than one big storm), so there is a good chance one of these trucks will eventually fall in that category. I also have a few Transit Connects with expensive Adrian Steel shelves. I'd give the shelves away and still sell under invoice at this point with ad dollars. In the big picture though, you have to be a little flexible and willing to wait for the right deal. Customers expect huge differences in model years, but that just isn't much the case these days.

 

I would still price out 16's first. It's hard to deal on the left over model until you know what the deal is on the current model.

 

There is a reason Ram trucks are discounted so deeply. You may buy it cheaper but when you go to sell it, your selling price is going to be a lot cheaper too.
I looked at Ram trucks before pulling the trigger on mine just to give me a fair shot and while they had some cool features, at the end of the day I could just not put down my hard earned money on one. A lot of guys around here drive them but overall you see a lot more Ford trucks.

 

'16 would be the clear choice if you want F250!
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My 2015 gasser msrp was 48k, got 12k off I put down enough to cover TTL and finance 35k. You can get a good deal, if they don't want to deal with you I would go elsewhere.

 

There's things I like about both of them... guess I need to get behind the wheel(s) before making a decision.

 

One is made in the US and one in Mexico. That's enough for me, let alone all the other reasons to own Ford.