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Originally Posted by crysalis_01
I'm not entirely sure what Ford can do about it. Other than starting to produce cars that people are unwilling to pay AdjustedMarketValue on.
I've said before that FCA made a move to limit AMV by threatening to punish dealers that added to MSRP. So, the dealers simply used the work around of selling spots on their allocation list. So the cars were sold at MSRP or even a tad below, but the buyer still ended up paying a substantial bit more than that to the dealers when the smoke cleared.
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Valid point.
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Originally Posted by ST1LE
It is funny how they both had such different entrance strategies this generation, but are both now starting to line things up and converge their strategies. Ford by increasing capability and equipment, which brings price in line now. GM talks of offering a cheaper stripped down V8 like Ford to hopefully take advantage of that sales segment.
Wonder if this was always the plan, or if they have both tweaked things a bit later to expand sales.
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Very interesting indeed. Not that we’ll ever find out, but it would be interesting to know which method paid off the most in profits.
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Originally Posted by ST1LE
All they can do is produce enough to meet demand. Its simple economics, more demand than supply and price goes up. The dealers instead of manufacturers control the price here, that is the only difference.
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That works, unless of course those particular vehicles have a very slim to zero profit margin. With the price of those carbon fiber wheels, I doubt Ford is making much money on the GT350R. The last thing they want to do is steal sales from their (likely more profitable) GTs.