Talk me out of the Focus RS

[Herr Kutz]

I'd check out the upcoming fusion sport.

 

[michal1980]

I agree with your plan to wait. Its a very tempting car, but if it follows most other cars, and is going to be produced for a while, the price will go down.

 

[yh125d]

I agree with your plan to wait. Its a very tempting car, but if it follows most other cars, and is going to be produced for a while, the price will go down.

And yeah, this

I bought my ST technically used, as CPO with 4500 miles. Because it's CPO, it added another 12k on top of the factory warranty, so it was good to a total of 43k more miles vs 36 of a new. That, and it was the right color, St3 with all options, for 26.5k. For 26k I could have gotten a base model in yellow I didn't want for only $500 less. If I get an RS, I'll probably look to do something similar

 

[Aharami]

And yeah, this

I bought my ST technically used, as CPO with 4500 miles. Because it's CPO, it added another 12k on top of the factory warranty, so it was good to a total of 43k more miles vs 36 of a new. That, and it was the right color, St3 with all options, for 26.5k. For 26k I could have gotten a base model in yellow I didn't want for only $500 less. If I get an RS, I'll probably look to do something similar

out of curiosity, what did the dealer list your CPO ST at? I cannot find any CPO ST3 below 30K here
also, what year is your ST?

 

[yh125d]

2013, I think it was listed at 28k, I bought it for 26.5 in August 2013

 

[Aharami]

gotcha. I've been looking at 2015 and newer with sub 10K miles. Are there significant differences between 2013, 14, and 15?

 

[Aharami]

nevermind. this answers my questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCDc6Ap0tpc

 

[SearchMaster]

Yep, not many differences between '13 and '14. '15 added the flat bottomed steering wheel, heated steering wheel, and a different body style. It also had some interior improvements including much needed interior storage compartments. The '16 added Sync 3, which is supposed to be a big improvement over Sync 2.