[flappist]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

"It's only a Falcon"...

Anyone tried lately to trade in a Falcon of any sort, from lowest model to G6E's? You'll hear those words a lot. We've been looking around car yards at new four wheel drives, and when the crunch comes and we want a rough idea of the trade in value of our immaculate 50th Anniversary G6E purchased two years ago next month, we get ludicrously low trade in values...down around the $20,000 mark. Even, according to valuation websites and advertisements I've checked out online, if we sold it privately, we could only expect maybe $25,000 to possibly...just...$30,000, on a car which, with it's options, was worth $54,000 when we bought it.

The problem as I see it is brand perception by the public...since Ford stupidly did away with the proper names for the higher models (Fairmont, Fairmont Ghia), they're all now "just Falcons" in the eyes of buyers and dealers, and that gives them an advantage come sale or trade in time.
Try and negotiate a higher price, or say it has to be worth more, and you will get scoffed at and hear words more or less along the lines of "Come on mate...it's only a Falcon".

Gets a bit annoying...but what do you do? They're right...top of the line or bare bones base model...they're all "just Falcons" now...well done, Ford...by trying to be trendy and doing away with instantly recognisable name plates that immediately brand a model and let you know it's place in the line up, you've buggered people when it comes to resale time.

Anyone else heard those words from a salesman or private buyer...?

Missed that bit.

Did you pay $54,000 for a G6E or G6ET?

And if so was that the principle or the total including interest?