2018 Ford Escape SE
Vehicle Details
SE
Palatine, IL 60074
Is this 2018 Ford Escape SE a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $8,995, comparable market range $5,500–$19,710, based on 64 comparable listings. Days on lot: 144 days (market average 102 days).
Market price position
$8,995 · within market range
- Comparable range
- $5,500 – $19,710
- vs. market
- $3,495 above low · $10,715 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 64
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$12,605This vehicle $8,995 · $3,610 (29%) 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™)
$11,417This vehicle $8,995 · $2,422 (21%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-10) — 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 3.1x longer than comparable vehicles typically take to sell (cohort sells in 11–46 days; this one is at 144). 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.
Palatine Motors
Palatine, IL
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About This 2018 Ford Escape
Listing updated: Aug 10, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Palatine, IL · On lot for 144 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Ford Escape SE is listed at $8,995 by palatine motors in Palatine, IL 60074. It has 97,390 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 Fair Price — priced at market value. Based on 64 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $5,500 to $19,710. 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 144 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 Palatine, IL 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 Palatine, IL, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN 1FMCU9GD9JUD05078 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 IL
IL Market Listings
515
Average Price
$12,782
Price Range
$3,300–$99,999
Avg Days on Lot
102
Based on all 515 2016-2020 Ford Escape listings in the IL market, the average asking price is $12,782. This listing at $8,995 is $3,787 below the broader IL average (30% below the IL average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across IL; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in IL range from $3,300 to $99,999. Similar vehicles spend an average of 102 days on dealer lots in this market.
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