Hello!
I've been lurking for a bit both before and after receiving my 2021 Titanium PHEV in Antimatter Blue.
We put in our order in June and were pleasantly surprised to receive it on September 2nd. This is our first car purchase in 10 years, and our first new car purchase ever, and we are absolutely thrilled with it so far. After driving home from the dealership, my first trip was driving to the airport and getting a great electric vehicle spot with a free charging station. I think I can get used to the red carpet treatment.
We decided to go for the Titanium trim line to get the full CoPilot package and the upgraded headlights. I probably would have skipped on the upgraded upholstery and B&O stereo if given a choice, but I didn't mind paying the price to get the other features we wanted. We were moving from a minivan down to the Escape, so we added the roof rack and the towing package, with the idea that we can expand the carrying and hauling capacity as needed. Excepting some Smartliners as a gift from my in-laws, it is otherwise factory standard at this point. I'd like to get some film to protect the headlights (I hate scratchy foggy headlight plastic) and some splash guards. I'm not much of a car guy, so feel free to suggest other improvements.
One downside we knew going in is that the PHEV Escape is FWD only. Living in Michigan, we decided to buy a set of winter wheels and tires. I think I have a handle on the basics of wheel sizing to keep the overall diameter the same, but if anyone has experience fitting 4th gen Escapes for winter tires, I'm all ears.
Lastly, since I'll probably be asked about it, I'll mention price. The base price plus delivery came to $40,770. After X-Plan, $39,332. Between the X-Plan and some other promotions, $1950 got knocked off that price. The real kicker for us was $3000 extra from Ford corporate for trade in on our 2007 Kia Sedona mini-van with 125k miles on it. I'm pretty sure the dealership trade-in manager low balled it for $700 because he didn't want to deal with it (I don't blame him!), but with the extra trade in cash, we were able get far more than we would have made in a private sale (and without the hassle). All told, after the additional fees and taxes, we financed $36,136 over four years at 0.9%. Add in the tax credit, and I'm pretty happy with the result.
Safe travels!
WSG
I've been lurking for a bit both before and after receiving my 2021 Titanium PHEV in Antimatter Blue.
We put in our order in June and were pleasantly surprised to receive it on September 2nd. This is our first car purchase in 10 years, and our first new car purchase ever, and we are absolutely thrilled with it so far. After driving home from the dealership, my first trip was driving to the airport and getting a great electric vehicle spot with a free charging station. I think I can get used to the red carpet treatment.
We decided to go for the Titanium trim line to get the full CoPilot package and the upgraded headlights. I probably would have skipped on the upgraded upholstery and B&O stereo if given a choice, but I didn't mind paying the price to get the other features we wanted. We were moving from a minivan down to the Escape, so we added the roof rack and the towing package, with the idea that we can expand the carrying and hauling capacity as needed. Excepting some Smartliners as a gift from my in-laws, it is otherwise factory standard at this point. I'd like to get some film to protect the headlights (I hate scratchy foggy headlight plastic) and some splash guards. I'm not much of a car guy, so feel free to suggest other improvements.
One downside we knew going in is that the PHEV Escape is FWD only. Living in Michigan, we decided to buy a set of winter wheels and tires. I think I have a handle on the basics of wheel sizing to keep the overall diameter the same, but if anyone has experience fitting 4th gen Escapes for winter tires, I'm all ears.
Lastly, since I'll probably be asked about it, I'll mention price. The base price plus delivery came to $40,770. After X-Plan, $39,332. Between the X-Plan and some other promotions, $1950 got knocked off that price. The real kicker for us was $3000 extra from Ford corporate for trade in on our 2007 Kia Sedona mini-van with 125k miles on it. I'm pretty sure the dealership trade-in manager low balled it for $700 because he didn't want to deal with it (I don't blame him!), but with the extra trade in cash, we were able get far more than we would have made in a private sale (and without the hassle). All told, after the additional fees and taxes, we financed $36,136 over four years at 0.9%. Add in the tax credit, and I'm pretty happy with the result.
Safe travels!
WSG