A question for the statiticians- what will a Focus ST3 be worth after 3 years?

wassap · 18 Mar 2006 at 12:08

Just wanted to pick the brains of the statto`s amongs us, im having a Focus ST3 3 door as a company car,with all the paperwork i have also been given a buy back option after 3 years, it will cost me 7k all in, now i dont really plan to rack up mega miles so im wondering if this will be a decent price for the motor?

Strangely enough the company that administrates the company car scheme, is actually buying the car from ford at a massivily discounted 15200, thats near 5k off list!!!

Fusion · 18 Mar 2006 at 12:10

What car depreciation index says £8,265.

Vertigo · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:09

Is this a standard scheme in which you'll be paying company car tax? If so I'd imagine it's going be fairly horrendous judging by the emissions of the ST.

wassap · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:26

We were here before vertigo! its costing me £66 a month and then 85 odd for my fuel card, so i only actually pay tax on the fuel card if i want the fuel card.

As an aside i had a A3 2.0 fsi earlier in the week for a few day, they are as economical as a diesel now, pity just about everything is an option

wassap · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:28

Fusion said:
What car depreciation index says £8,265.

Thats not bad then, if i can keep to a reasonable mileage i could make some money on the car

lordrobs · 18 Mar 2006 at 14:14

I can't see you going too far wrong for £7k. IMO it'll be worth nearer £9k assuming lowish milage and spot on service history etc.

Vertigo · 18 Mar 2006 at 14:35

wohoo said:
We were here before vertigo!

LOL, was that you? My bad

As an aside i had a A3 2.0 fsi earlier in the week for a few day, they are as economical as a diesel now, pity just about everything is an option

I drove a 2.0FSI before I got my TDI and preferred the diesel tbh. The 2.0 only has 10bhp more but shedloads less torque and can feel really gutless by comparison. The new turbocharged version is a different matter but I'm not sure whether I'm prepared to cough up the extra money as it would end up costing me well over £100 more per month than the diesel.

wassap · 18 Mar 2006 at 14:41

Yeah i found it a touch gutless but still not too bad, with my scheme the base model would have cost me 90 a month so i didnt bother with it in the end, but i can see why audi charge a premium over the golf.

Morba · 18 Mar 2006 at 19:37

i wonder what whatcar said a focus rs would be worth after 3 years.

personally i cannot see an st3 being sold for under 9k unless its in very bad condition.

Syphon · 18 Mar 2006 at 20:10

A lot of people are buying them from brokers and Internet deals for around £2k off. That's not going to help residuals in the long term.

I recently sold my Leon Cupra R second hand with 38,000 miles on the clock, three and a half years old for £10k. I paid 17K for it from new.

I'd expect an ST 3 to be worth around £10k to £10,500 after 3 years. Depends if Ford change their mind of course and do produce an RS. Could hurt resale even more.

great advice · 18 Mar 2006 at 20:17

Morba said:
i wonder what whatcar said a focus rs would be worth after 3 years.

personally i cannot see an st3 being sold for under 9k unless its in very bad condition.

I dunno mate, the ST isnt going to be made in the limited numbers the RS was is it?

Tinders · 18 Mar 2006 at 21:27

Syphon said:
A lot of people are buying them from brokers and Internet deals for around £2k off. That's not going to help residuals in the long term.

I recently sold my Leon Cupra R second hand with 38,000 miles on the clock, three and a half years old for £10k. I paid 17K for it from new.

I'd expect an ST 3 to be worth around £10k to £10,500 after 3 years. Depends if Ford change their mind of course and do produce an RS. Could hurt resale even more.

The st is in very short supply, brokers may claim they have stock but i bet my bottom dollar they cant get you one!

Arc · 18 Mar 2006 at 22:43

Syphon said:
A lot of people are buying them from brokers and Internet deals for around £2k off. That's not going to help residuals in the long term.

Ford cut the supply of ST's so very few brokers actually sold the ST's they advertised. Current supply of ST's is rather low. All about keeping the dealer price high (and to hide certain problems they were having with a few of the options

).

There wont be a new RS, Ford cant afford it at the moment (although they did have a nice 4wd 260bhp test mule).