Aerospace is notorious for low wages. I worked at an aerospace OEM as an engineer for 6 years straight out of college and had an extremely low salary. I switched jobs to an avionics company for a 25% pay increase. Now my salary is better compared to my previous employer, but I still feel like it...
I'm not. I found a local-ish dealer willing to sell me a Raptor at MSRP. The Ford dealership 5 minutes from my house will never get my business because of ADMs.
The industry practice of ADMs in no way is helping the average consumer, but rather hurting them with rising costs and inflation...
I think we need to be honest about what ADMs are, corporate price gouging. Plus, corporate price gouging is estimated to cause nearly 60% of recent inflation. I personally will never support a dealership that makes those business practices.
Below is a post from last month. I don't see any reason why it won't come in around $60K.
https://www.ranger6g.com/forum/threads/new-ford-ranger-raptor-2023-review-by-autoexpress-uk.7257/post-124045
Those prices are skewed because they include VAT and other registration costs.
Ranger Raptor Prices without VAT or registrations costs:
UK: £48300 = $57,599.73 USD on 3/9/23
AUS: $ 85490 AUD = $56,355.01 USD on 3/9/23
MEX: $ 1268000 Peso = $69,066.98 USD on 3/9/23
Caveat with the Mexico...