Base price and motor cost more..in same model..

[FrankDaddy]

Was looking at my window sticker from my Laramie I purchased in Jan 22, and compared to a Laramie on the lot. Saw the base price is up $900 and motor is up $500…mine is second picture.

 

[Gary1243]

Good observation. This must have been quite recent as for some stupid reason I check the potential build on my truck almost monthly and monitor changes and price increases. This is the biggest change in a year by far. I bought my truck a year ago today and the MSRP is 7.92% higher as of today. Other than inflation and supply issues I think the manufacturers have finally figured out they need to get a piece of the startling higher prices many dealers are charging.

In all honesty I know I would not have paid that much for a truck, even though the truck I have is amazing. Prior to my current Ram the last truck (not really a truck) I purchased was a Nissan Frontier 4x4 for 22k in 2008. This one cost me 51k in 2021. And I thought that was crazy expensive!

I wonder where we will be in March of 2023? I pride myself on being a futuristic thinker, but the past few years have shown me that in the words of Sergeant Shultz (for you older folks like me) “I NO NOTHING!”

 

[bigdodge]

my pretty basic model has gone up around 2K if I were to have to buy it again.

 

[jdmartin]

I'd hate to see what I would pay today for mine. I have a 2019 Hemi 4WD Crew Cab Bighorn with level 2 group, north pkg, trailer tow pkg, buckets & upgraded paint (I had to pull out my sticker to remember all this stuff) for a sticker of 49,875, and I paid $36750 in Jan 2019. I guess I could go online and try to build the same truck more or less to see, but I'm guessing that since the dealership wanted to give me $42k for my truck it would probably cost me close to $50k to buy the same truck again with sticker being maybe 55.

 

[Jako]

I'd hate to see what I would pay today for mine. I have a 2019 Hemi 4WD Crew Cab Bighorn with level 2 group, north pkg, trailer tow pkg, buckets & upgraded paint (I had to pull out my sticker to remember all this stuff) for a sticker of 49,875, and I paid $36750 in Jan 2019. I guess I could go online and try to build the same truck more or less to see, but I'm guessing that since the dealership wanted to give me $42k for my truck it would probably cost me close to $50k to buy the same truck again with sticker being maybe 55.

My 2019 Bighorn was 49865, ended up paying around 41 or a little less. I did the same build for a 2022 and the MSRP was up over 54. The 41K for the 2019 was with 5K rebate from Ram.

Building a 2022 and adding a few things brings me closer to 56K MSRP and do not enjoy the thought of going through the process of negotiating prices from dealerships.

 

[jdmartin]

My 2019 Bighorn was 49865, ended up paying around 41 or a little less. I did the same build for a 2022 and the MSRP was up over 54. The 41K for the 2019 was with 5K rebate from Ram.

Building a 2022 and adding a few things brings me closer to 56K MSRP and do not enjoy the thought of going through the process of negotiating prices from dealerships.

Same here, I think there was something like 6500 rebate, I got another thousand off from USAA and 250 from Allstate, and the rest I negotiated. Different time, there were dozens of trucks on the lot and January is pretty slow in the car business. I only have 24k on my truck so I wouldn't expect to be doing this again for another 20 years, if I even want or need a truck by the time I'm that age

 

[User_3336]

There is one here on the lot that has a Jan 2022 build date. the HEMI went to 2795 (from 2295)
Night edition went from 2100 to 2300.
Level 2 equipment pkg went from 2500 to 2705.

OUCH!

 

[User_3336]

Same here, I think there was something like 6500 rebate, I got another thousand off from USAA and 250 from Allstate, and the rest I negotiated. Different time, there were dozens of trucks on the lot and January is pretty slow in the car business. I only have 24k on my truck so I wouldn't expect to be doing this again for another 20 years, if I even want or need a truck by the time I'm that age

you're not going to see anywhere near 6500 in rebates today. Maybe 3,000 on a BigHorn. Less on other trims.

 

[muzikmafiatim]

In June or July of 2019 was Truck Month and I got $20,000.00 off my limited PLUS traded in my 2009 Crew Cab. Ended up walking out of the dealer with a new fully loaded Limited for under 40k. That will NEVER happen again.

 

[User_3336]

In June or July of 2019 was Truck Month and I got $20,000.00 off my limited PLUS traded in my 2009 Crew Cab. Ended up walking out of the dealer with a new fully loaded Limited for under 40k. That will NEVER happen again.

that was 2019!

 

[JoeCo]

In June or July of 2019 was Truck Month and I got $20,000.00 off my limited PLUS traded in my 2009 Crew Cab. Ended up walking out of the dealer with a new fully loaded Limited for under 40k. That will NEVER happen again.

That's true, I only got $12,000 off my 21 longhorn in May of last year, but I also got about $8500 more for my trade in than it should have been worth due to the inflated market. I don't know where things will go from here but if you play your cards right you can still do pretty well, providing you have a good trade in.