jstover33

OK....I am getting ready to buy a F Sport AWD. I am only looking at L/Certified cars. I found a '13 with only 15,000 miles. I have them down to $37,500. I think I can get it for less though. And at an other dealership I found a '14 with 25,600 miles for about the same money. Both are color combos that I like. Since I have a company car, I only put 9K miles on per year, so the difference in mileage is a year of driving for me.

Two questions: I see very little difference (other than front valance tweaks) between the years. Are there any differences between the years that mean anything?

I realize that it is better to buy a '14 vs '13 in terms of residual value, but I am a sucker for low miles cars.

Thoughts?

Jeff

islandbeef

Folding side mirrors in the '14. To many, that's true luxury.

ehaze

2014's have auto folding side mirrors, an auto for the heated an ventilated seats, 8-speed transmission on RWD, and a few firmware updates. Excellent deals can be had on the remaining 13's though. (source)

More info:
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/26/2...-transmission/

jaymk

I think 14 also have siri eyes and rear cross traffic alert for BSM.
Thank You.

Kamber

I've done some online searching around the tri-state area and the prices you've listed seem kind of high. List prices for CPO AWD 2013's @ ~22k miles /w Luxury Package seem to be around the 35K-36k mark (probably can be had for 33K-34k), and list prices for used, non CPO 2014's @ ~15k miles /w Luxury Package seem to be around the 36k-37k mark (probably can be had for 35-36k). I know you're looking for an F-Sport and not a Luxury Package, and that you're not willing to consider non-CPO vehicles, but considering the Luxury Package MSRP'd for more and is arguably less common, I would imagine you can probably do quite a bit better than the prices you've been quoted. From what I've seen, I would expect a non CPO vehicle to cost 1.5k-3k less than any given equivalent CPO vehicle; I think essentially what you're paying for is an extra 2 years/unlimited miles after the factory warranty runs out.

Examples:
2013 https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...0218/overview/
2014 https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...4532/overview/

If I were you, I would definitely hold out and try to find a better deal unless you're in rush and need a car asap. Even then, as long as you're willing to drive up to 200 miles or so, I'm sure you can find much better prices elsewhere right now.