Any deals yet due to coronavirus?

We MAY be in the market to replace the wife's vehicle this year; but we're going to wait until mid-late December to make our final decision. Sales are down now and manufacturers and dealers are probably just hoping that this will be a bad quarter or two and that sales could eventually improve. My thinking is that, if the numbers stay low 'till the end of year when they can predict actual YTD sales, manufacturers and dealers may offer more in order to keep the numbers out of the tank. If not, we can hold off longer. A new vehicle is more of a want than a need as the present car works great, is long-ago paid off (and at present values, not highly valued as a trade in), we sure aren't driving either of our vehicles as much as we used to, and there could be a second viral wave causing who-knows-what between now and then.

bushpilot said:

they think it because it's true.
#1 selling truck, and MOST profitable line of vehicles made....they don't have to deal (as much).

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They always negotiated in the past....since their shares have tanked over the last few years as well as having falling global sales and now ‘junk’ credit status yeah, they need to deal. Unless of course they want to go belly up, which many experts are saying will happen if Ford doesn’t change their recent course. They’ve pulled out of worse we will see.

JExpedition07 said:

They always negotiated in the past....since their shares have tanked over the last few years as well as having falling global sales and now ‘junk’ credit status yeah, they need to deal. Unless of course they want to go belly up, which many experts are saying will happen if Ford doesn’t change their recent course. They’ve pulled out of worse we will see.

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individual DEALERS and their profit are different from ford's.
the dealer is concerned w/ their own operation and profitability (not so much about dearborn).

Also keep in mind with the COVID-19 shutdown disrupting the supply chain and the tornado taking out the differential supplier - reality is Ford is already having a large reduction of capacity. If there are less units on the market there will be less pressure to discount unless demand heavily reduces.

Dealers incentives and rebates change on the 7th of each month. I used to see the best deals around July or August. Any inventory still on the lot this year, by July, should get huge rebates or discounts.