TexaCali
Well-known member
My 2014 FFE has been great, only about 35k miles on it. But I'm looking at the financing and incentives on the 2018 models and wondering how much better the 2018 is than the 2014. From what I know.....
-bigger battery (76 miles EPA range vs 115 miles)
-fast DC port (that I'd probably never use, but who knows)
-Sync 3 (is it really better? do I care?)
Is there anything else? From what I can tell, the slightly improved range (and a newer car) is really all I'd care about. If it was a 150+ mile range then I'd be really excited about it. As it is I can live with the current range but the added bump would be nice.
Now to the numbers. KBB claims trade in on my car is $12.5k, and private party might be slightly over $14k, but lets use the $12.5k trade in. After incentives and trade in, the Ford site claims the amount to finance would be $15k (plus about $3k in taxes which they don't mention, so really $18k), which Ford will finance at 0% for 72 months. Factor in $7,500 federal tax credit and $2,500 rebate from the state (plus new carpool stickers!), and the real cost of the upgrade is about $8k. There is also the lease option, but since the site doesn't tell you the end of lease residual I can't really determine if the lease is a better deal.
So assuming these numbers hold.....is it worth $8k to replace a 2014 FFE with a 2018 FFE? Or should I just wait a bit more and get a 200+ mile car in a few years?
-bigger battery (76 miles EPA range vs 115 miles)
-fast DC port (that I'd probably never use, but who knows)
-Sync 3 (is it really better? do I care?)
Is there anything else? From what I can tell, the slightly improved range (and a newer car) is really all I'd care about. If it was a 150+ mile range then I'd be really excited about it. As it is I can live with the current range but the added bump would be nice.
Now to the numbers. KBB claims trade in on my car is $12.5k, and private party might be slightly over $14k, but lets use the $12.5k trade in. After incentives and trade in, the Ford site claims the amount to finance would be $15k (plus about $3k in taxes which they don't mention, so really $18k), which Ford will finance at 0% for 72 months. Factor in $7,500 federal tax credit and $2,500 rebate from the state (plus new carpool stickers!), and the real cost of the upgrade is about $8k. There is also the lease option, but since the site doesn't tell you the end of lease residual I can't really determine if the lease is a better deal.
So assuming these numbers hold.....is it worth $8k to replace a 2014 FFE with a 2018 FFE? Or should I just wait a bit more and get a 200+ mile car in a few years?