2018 Ford Escape SE
Vehicle Details
SE
Traverse City, MI 49696
Is this 2018 Ford Escape SE a good deal?
OAV verdict: Great Deal
Why: Listed at $8,995, comparable market range $9,850–$16,413, based on 10 comparable listings. Days on lot: 122 days (market average 87 days).
Market price position
$8,995 · $855 below market low
- Comparable range
- $9,850 – $16,413
- vs. market low
- — $855 (9% below)
- Comparable vehicles
- 10
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$13,132This vehicle $8,995 · $4,137 (32%) below MRP
MRP™ is the midpoint of the comparable market range — the representative price the market is asking for similar vehicles. How MRP works.
True Retail Value (TRV™)
$10,565This vehicle $8,995 · $1,570 (15%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-04) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Comparable vehicles nationally have sold faster than the market baseline, but this listing has been available longer than the cohort’s typical sell-time (about 11–46 days).
What does Demand-Verified mean?
- This listing has been available about 2.7x longer than comparable vehicles typically take to sell (cohort sells in 11–46 days; this one is at 122). Confirm its history, condition, availability, and out-the-door price before proceeding.
Market Breakdown
Local = comparable listings in the same metro. Regional = comparable listings across the broader state or multi-state region. Both ranges are rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.
Vans Motor Sales Inc
Traverse City, MI
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About This 2018 Ford Escape
Listing updated: Aug 4, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Traverse City, MI · On lot for 122 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Ford Escape SE is listed at $8,995 by vans motor sales inc in Traverse City, MI 49696. It has 112,140 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Red. It features a 4WD drivetrain with a 1.5L I4 engine and Automatic transmission.
OAV's AI-powered Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as a Great Deal — priced below market value. Based on 10 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $9,850 to $16,413. The local market range in MI is $9,850 to $16,413. These comparisons match year, make, and model and may currently span trims and configurations (trim-level matching is rolling out).
This vehicle has been on the lot for 122 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477).
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader Traverse City, MI suvs market analysis. OAV compares vehicles using local and regional price-to-market ranges, days-on-lot, comparable count, and demand signals where available.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2018 Ford Escape against similar vehicles currently available in the local and regional market — same make, model, and year range (currently across available trims and configurations; trim-level matching is rolling out), filtered for comparable mileage. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the typical range for comparable vehicles.
- Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
- Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Traverse City, MI, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN 1FMCU9GD7JUB82879 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented methodology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles within the same geographic market.
2018 Ford Escape Market in MI
MI Market Listings
777
Average Price
$11,788
Price Range
$2,750–$26,695
Avg Days on Lot
87
Based on all 777 2016-2020 Ford Escape listings in the MI market, the average asking price is $11,788. This listing at $8,995 is $2,793 below the broader MI average (24% below the MI average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across MI; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in MI range from $2,750 to $26,695. Similar vehicles spend an average of 87 days on dealer lots in this market.
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