I’m in the Denver area and large SUVs are a constant thing here. Local dealers can’t keep Limited and Platinum models on. The lot. They all do have a couple XLTs and are cutting deals on those. I only managed $1500 total in Ford incentives, plus another $2500 off on my Max 4x4 Limited. Wanted the Platinum, but couldn’t find one with the right options anywhere in 1000 miles for over 3 months of looking. I should have ordered, but didn’t and didn’t want to wait at this point. So found a Limited that fit the bill that was inbound to one of the dealers I was talking to and jumped on it. Had it 2 weeks as of today and have put just under 800 miles on it. Loving it so far.
Some people seem to be doing better on pricing, but I think they either negotiated early on when ordering — before the dealers realized these were going to be hard to come by. Or they’re in an area where people don’t buy many large SUVs. Seems like some of the best deals I found when searching were in areas that 4x4 isn’t in demand. And yet, most of the time if I found one listed online somewhere I would call only to be told it was already sold/traded or at least spoken for. It took me over 12 weeks of looking and all I wanted was a 4x4 Platinum or Limited (with 302A), 2nd row buckets and heavy tow package, no rear seat entertainment as I didn’t want to pay $2K for that crap. Wanted Magnetic with Ceramic interior but ended up with silver on ebony, which was my second choice or actually first choice on the Limited.