Just for kicks I logged onto FordVehicles.com and did a build and price for an 2010 year model Super Duty. I built an F-350 Lariat CC LWB 4x4 with all the bells and whistles, much like the 2008 I'm in now, and the price only came out to be around $44,000. Could this be right? I noticed that there was no price increase for a diesel motor anymore nor auto tranny. Most of the options I picked too there were no price increases. Am I doing something wrong? My 2008 sticker was around $52,300. $44,000 for an '10 with more options than my '08???
Lil_R
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'08 F-350 Lariat CC LWB 6.4L PSD 4x4 Dark Torreador
'96 F-350 XLT CC LWB 7.3L PSD White/Gray
325,000+ miles
I can build a 2010 6.4L F-250 XLT longbed 4x2 with automagic tranny, but with no packages, interior options or exterior options. So the MSRP is $44,415 (or 47,655 with 4x4). But after you add the pkgs and options, the price will probably jump up there in the 50k realm.
I can build "your truck" except F-250 Lariat 4x4 longbed limited slip diesel and automagic tranny and get to $50,320 with just those drivetrain options. But still no packages, or interior options or exterior options or accessories.
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My Sierra Blanca is a '99.5 PSD CrewCab hot-rod Towing Machine! BTS tranny; Ford Severe Duty Air Induction System (AIS); 4" stainless turbo-back exhaust; DP-Tuner tunes flashed into an Edge Evolution tuner; ISSPRO EV gauges and Turbo Temp Monitor (TTM); Auxiliary Idle Controller (AIC); SP-Diesel exhaust brake and torque converter controller. Top Job front end replacement. I special-ordered it new and plan to drive it until it quits.
Doesn't it seem funny that the difference in price between an XLT and a Lariat is now $7540? That's about what the diesel and diesel auto tranny option cost on my '08. There's no way they make that standard equipment on a Lariat. And I don't understand why they'd allow you to build and price an 2010 Super Duty without fully pricing the options on there too. Something is not right.
Lil_R
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'08 F-350 Lariat CC LWB 6.4L PSD 4x4 Dark Torreador
'96 F-350 XLT CC LWB 7.3L PSD White/Gray
325,000+ miles
Doesn't it seem funny that the difference in price between an XLT and a Lariat is now $7540?
You would have flunked out of my business school.
If you compare apples to apples, the difference is only $3,405 MSRP.
That's for an F-350 SRW CrewCab, longbed, with 6.4L, automagic tranny, limited slip, 4x2. With no other options, the Lariat MSRP is $40,045 and the XLT is $36,640.
I didn't go in and make the pickup configurations the same. I assumed the base price was comparing the same style of pickups. Actually if you go in and compare "apples to apples", XLT vs Lariat, I came up with a base price difference of $4600 on an F-350 4x4 CC LWB SRW.
Lil_R
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'08 F-350 Lariat CC LWB 6.4L PSD 4x4 Dark Torreador
'96 F-350 XLT CC LWB 7.3L PSD White/Gray
325,000+ miles
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