I absolutely love the new Focus' look.
I'm shocked how quickly they depreciate. 50% in under two years. Yikes!
Honestly though, awesome buy!
Thanks
The depreciation on these can be somewhat misleading. If you look at MSRP to used yes its close to 50%. But right now with Ford Family pricing and 2 K in discounts its more like 25-28%
I actually got quoted through a dealer friend of mine on a clearout Titanium Manual white sedan with sunroof and all options except NAV and Handling pack at just under 22 plus tax last Fall. I think ford had over 6 K in rebates at the time for clearouts. I think the "real world" depreciation of what the used car sells for vs what people actually could have paid for the car with rebates etc is still on the high end but not nearly as massive as it might appear.
The biggest thing that this reinforced for me is that the best way to get a deal on a used car is to have a pile of cash/funding sitting there waiting for the opportunity. When something that's great comes along you can swoop in offer to write a check and be done. If you need to arrange finance, negotiate payments etc things end up getting away. It also somewhat forces you to stick in budget. (although I did go 600 over ..bad Toolatecrew) I had to did into my own pocket outside the find I set aside but when its only X$ a month it can get much worse.
