Sales usually start slumping about now and deals tend to get better through the summer months. Hence a big reason why new year models tend to start shipping in the fall. Expy’s have been hard to get in ideal configurations with long lead times. The XLT has been discounted most everywhere for some time as the Limited and even Platinum have proved to be more in demand. I think once people decide to spend upwards of $65K on a vehicle, they may as well get what they want. Ford dealers across the country have also shown that they don’t have a clue which options the customers truly want.
So we’re now at the point where they will continue to be discounted and new orders will shift to 2019 models here possibly as soon as end of June, but almost assuredly by the end of July. Ford may not even change anything for the new model year, possibly just a color option or two and swap out grille designs to coordinate with updates on the Explorer.
Add to all that GM has been heavily discounting the Yukon/ Tahoe/ Escalade since ford launched the ‘18 Expy. Almost bought me a Yukon XL Denali myself. Almost... Only reason I didn’t is it felt a couple years dated (because it is) and the Expy, to me anyway, drove and handled better. GM has been doing so much better in regards to their dealer-spec’d cofigs being more desirable. Then again they have been selling these big SUVs in huge numbers for some time now and have it pretty well dialed in.
