'06 Super-Duty Pricing!
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Short model year. Jeff and I are guessing it's so Ford can have an extended '06 model year and have sales bragging rights- or it could be CAFE related. Anyway, that was the big hoopla around here about a month ago, when we were in buildout of '05 orders.
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Originally Posted by loud_edge
That is real soon why so soon?
IMHO...I think it is a SCAM FORD has been passing on to the buyer since the intro of the newly redesigned '97 model year...in mid '96. The worst part is when the owner of these model year trucks wants to trade it in or sell it a few years down the road, they end up getting a "ding" on the value.
Consider this, a new '06 model truck purchased in June '05 will have miles put on before year 2006 actually gets here. So when that day comes to trade in or sell, you will be considered to have "high" mileage on your truck (if you actually drive it of course). When kbb or NADA use year and mileage to estimate your vehicle...the buyer will lose!
I do not agree with FORD in these "early" release dates. They should stick to the calander year...and get the "actual" totals they sale...instead of "padding" those figures.
Again, IMHO...
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'Course, those buyers of the "early" '97 came out like superheroes. That bodystyle still brings substantially more on the used market than a "new" bodystyle '97-'98 SD, all other things (miles, condition, etc) being equal. I'm still cranky about that, 'cause I didn't buy one. 
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Originally Posted by biz4two
...The worst part is when the owner of these model year trucks wants to trade it in or sell it a few years down the road, they end up getting a "ding" on the value.
Consider this, a new '06 model truck purchased in June '05 will have miles put on before year 2006 actually gets here. So when that day comes to trade in or sell, you will be considered to have "high" mileage on your truck (if you actually drive it of course). When kbb or NADA use year and mileage to estimate your vehicle...the buyer will lose!
Consider this, a new '06 model truck purchased in June '05 will have miles put on before year 2006 actually gets here. So when that day comes to trade in or sell, you will be considered to have "high" mileage on your truck (if you actually drive it of course). When kbb or NADA use year and mileage to estimate your vehicle...the buyer will lose!