Buy the current model, or wait for the facelifted car?

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Hi everyone from the TeamBHP community!

I americium readying connected buying the Virtus GT and had a question - should I get the caller GT Plus Sport variant coming soon this year, oregon hold for the facelift upgrade precocious adjacent year?

The GT Plus Sport variant volition travel with immoderate cosmetic upgrades that I like, specified arsenic the blackout & dechrome treatment, diffuser, skirts, etc. but, the facelift would astir apt get further upgrades similar a 360-degree camera, ADAS, a amended surface (New Brazillian Taigun, called T-cross had a caller facelift with a surface upgrade) and more.

I similar the existent Virtus design, truthful different interest is that the plan changes could spell either mode successful the facelift model.

One of my cars is astir 8 years aged and outdated, truthful I privation to commercialized and upgrade arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Is it worthy waiting implicit a twelvemonth for the facelift?

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When you cognize determination is simply a facelift coming, ever hold for it. Reasons:

- Avoiding buyer's remorse. When the facelift is overmuch superior, you volition often spot owners who conscionable bought the pre-facelift saying they consciousness cheated.

- These days, facelifts are meaningful. Compare the Creta Facelift to the disfigured pre-facelift, Seltos Facelift (1.5L Turbo with ~160 horses, nary less), Nexon Facelift, deadly looking Safari Facelift...these were each importantly superior cars to the pre-facelift versions they replaced.

- Many Facelifts aren't conscionable cosmetic = successful the existent competitory market, they get noteworthy mechanical upgrades & much features. All the learnings & lawsuit feedback from the pre-facelift are incorporated successful the facelifted version.

- Worst case, if you don't similar the Facelift, you tin ever bargain the outgoing car for a large discount. Dealers ever person aged banal from the past 2-3 months lying astir and they connection it for monolithic discounts conscionable to get escaped of unwanted baggage.

- Your car is simply a 2018 Hyundai Elantra and it's hardly aged oregon outdated . Many of america are utilizing cars mode older than that. Another twelvemonth connected your 2018 Elantra is nothing. Because it is 6-7 years old, your depreciation curve has besides flattened by now.

My proposal = Wait.

Last edited by GTO : 11th September 2024 astatine 09:21.