wenklaw
Well-Known Member
It always the same, a facelift comes out and people who own pre-facelifts bang on about how the facelift isn't as nice and people who purchased the facelift bang on about how much better the facelift is, like meYes it depends whether the market values circa 7k more on a post facelift with a bit more hp and digital dash, especially with the contreversial post facelift front end. People may just want to get into a Mustang and don't care if it is pre or post facelift. Looking at values of my 17 it is definitely holding up well when looking at percentage depreciation and that only pay ÂŁ140 a year tax.
I love the way we all dumb down the things when we want to, i am guilty too. In the face lifted Mustangs case the improved BHP up from what 410bhp to 444bhp, redline higher and the actual engine changes which aren't exactly minor along with the active exhaust which is pretty darn good and then compare it to road tax being cheaper, that pesky digital dash and a pretty loose correlation to depreciation based on sticker prices not actual price paid.
Some of the 0% APR deals on Mustangs before Christmas made a lot of sense. It actual made a ÂŁ46k Mustang cheaper than a ÂŁ39500 Mustang at the silly 7% apr over 38 months, and that's if you paid full price!!!! I assume better APR rates did happen on the pre-facelift but I am just trying to make a point, parameters are always changing and depreciation of both cars IMO will ultimately reach equilibrium in the end when all things are considered. Early adopters of Mustangs did well though looking at original prices when they first came out.
Both great cars as I said, love them both, I view the facelift as evolution of something already brilliant.
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