Depreciation

[wasinger3000]

6k off a new one doesn't help either.

 

[Quinid]

Like others said above. SHOs do not move.  When i shopped for a fusion last year i could not get their prices down at all. Two separate dealerships told me they don't need to negotiate on fusions because they sell like hotcakes.  One dealer told me that the taurus isn't selling is partially due to the last gen. He tries to sell them to a taurus,  and they immediately tell him no taurus's are junk.  He tries to explain that these are a new design yet they refuse to even look at the car.  Then u have the other factor that the general public has no idea what the hell a SHO is. In my area ford had commercials for the SHO the first month the 2010 SHO was available.  After that nothing nada. They don't even show a taurus in their line up in today's commercials.  It's all about the trucks and fusions. 
When i found my 2010 i carfaxed it.  Found that it sat at a dealership for 6 months then auctioned to 2 more dealerships where it sat for 3 more months.  With they knowledge i fired back at the dealer when he told me i can't wait on a deal with that car. I told him if he won't drop the price then I'll come back in a month when the car is still there.  Sure enough he saw it my way and sold it 4k under market.  In September i checked out a white 2011 they wanted 25k for.  I told them i want a 2013.  Last month i received a call from them telling me they just got in a 2011 white SHO. i took a look and it was the same 2011 i looked at in september. 
Last but not least, the taillights. Im sure almost all 2010 through 2012 taurus limited and SHO has had the chrome peel off.  The dealers don't even replace then when trying to sell them. Who wants to buy a 3 year old car that has chrome peeling off?

 

[14 TUX BL]

Perhaps his friend didn't update him on a PP SHO because he preferred the Driver Assistance Package, or because he wanted a spare tire, or because he drove the car year round and wanted AS tires.

Perhaps ...

 

[wasinger3000]

^ haha.

 

[14 TUX BL]

This one has been on my mind for a while, but i can't seem to figure it out. How come our cars depreciate so fast? ... Any thoughts?

Most of the used SHO's I saw in my area when shopping around had higher than normal mileage, which had to contribute to greater depreciation/lower prices.

For ex:

- The '13 5.0 Stang I traded in was a 1 1/2 years old with 15,000 miles, the '14 SHO I got in March had 28,000 miles
- The Stang stickered for 35k and I got $24k on the trade, the SHO stickered for $47k and I got it for $26.5k
- The Stang depreciated 31%, the SHO depreciated 44%

 

[14 TUX BL]

^ haha.

 

[jtoddk98]

It's amazing what people overlook when buying a car. I like the Fusion, but it's too common, you see a ton every day. I see a SHO about once every few weeks


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[14SHOCAR]

Perhaps his friend didn't update him on a PP SHO because he preferred the Driver Assistance Package, or because he wanted a spare tire, or because he drove the car year round and wanted AS tires.

Perhaps ...

Nailed it!