Hello guys (and gals)...does anyone want to take a stab at how much it would cost me to buy a 2012 Focus using my X-Plan?

Here's some info:

Car - 2012 Focus SEL
Pkg - 303A
Additional options - Moonroof, 17" Alum wheels

According to Ford's website, this car stickers at $24,975

Thanks in advance...Lou

 

Maybe it's just me, but $25,000 for a Focus? That's Taurus territory.

 

I would call a dealer and ask. That's what I did. But in general I would think between $700-$1000 off of sticker . . . .maybe more, maybe less . . .

Mine will be over $25K before Z-Plan, but from what I have seen it is worth it to me.

 

You didn't say if you're looking at getting a sedan or hatchback, but either way, it should be a couple hundred or so over invoice IME. You can pull up the invoice price on Edmunds.com after you input your options, but you're probably looking at somewhere in the low to mid $23k range.

 

Come on, man, you know you that's how it goes these days. Overlap's actually a good thing, gives people a choice of how they want to balance size and features at their price range.

 

Don't know which body you are talking but neither add up to the price you are talking with the options you listed.

Hatch gives MSRP as $25470 x-plan of 24076.
Sedan gives MSRP as $24675 x-plan of 23356.

 

Maybe your zip code has different pricing...I'm looking at my summary which states the following:

2012 Focus SEL 5-Door with auto (Kona Blue w/ Stone Interior) - $21065
Package - 303A - $2390
Ext Option - Pwr Moonroof - $795
Int Option - None
Accessories - None

Total - $24250
Dest Charge - $725
Total - $24975

 

This car is for my daughter...a Taurus is much too big for her

 

Wouldn't she rather drive a Mustang for the same price?

 

I would love to get her V-6 Mustang...and she probably wouldn't mind, especially since she loves driving my Mustang (when I give her the chance). But as her father, I have to consider three major items:

1. The fact that the Mustang is rear wheel drive and on those few occasion when Oklahoma does get snow, front wheel drive is best.
2. She's going away to college, and the 5-door hatchback offers much more cargo room that the Mustang.
3. Traveling back and forth from campus to home...Focus 40mpg vs Mustang 31mpg

 

don't forget the insurance cost!

 

whatever the case x-plan based on the builds you're looking at somewhere in 1300-1400 off MSRP.

 

Yep yep...thanks for reminding me

 

Funny thing about insurance is in 2007 when i traded my 1999 Mustang GT to a completly base model focus my insurance was more expensive on the focus...

Right now my 2003 Cobra is $57 a month and my 2007 Focus is $54. Only 3 dollars cheaper for a car that has a third of the hp and a third of the value?

 

There are a lot of factors that go into the costs of insurance premiums besides horsepower and how fast a car it, claim history plays a very large part. If a particular model of car is frequently in accidents (for whatever reason) it will have higher premiums. Our Mini Cooper has about 1/3 the horsepower of our Mustang GT, yet it costs us $24/month for full coverage vs $42/month for the same coverage on the Mustang.

 

I was curious about the insurance...so I called my agent

2011 Mustang V-6 Premium - $156.30 a month
2012 Focus SEL - $152.96 a month.

Not much of a difference...but this is mainly due to the fact that the Focus is a brand new design for the American market and therefore, it has no "track record" as far as cost to repair it and other factors. Unlike the Mustang, which this model has been around since 2005.

 

Aren't new Taurus' more expensive than 25,000?

 

They start around $26,000 MSRP.