For First-Time Car Buyers, Here’s Why Buying a Used Car at Superior MAZDA is a Great Idea

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Offering outstanding quality, affordability, and reliability, Superior used cars are top sellers in the Bentonville area. For first-time car buyers, Mazda used vehicles are an especially good choice because they’re also cheaper to insure, safe to drive, and easy to learn the ins and outs of driving on.

Affordability

One thing you can always count on is that used cars will always cost less than new ones. The biggest reason for this is depreciation, which significantly affects the value of a new car during the first year of ownership. In fact, new cars start depreciating the moment they leave a dealership, and it’s not uncommon to see a drop in value of 25 percent to 30 percent within the first year.

On the flipside, buying a used or Mazda Certified Pre-Owned vehicle that’s a few years old allows you to enjoy greater value and get more car for your money since depreciation has already occurred.

Cheaper to Insure

Insuring a new car is expensive, and this is always an unwelcome shock to first-time car buyers. Several things impact how much a certain car’s insurance premium is, but value is the biggest factor. Thus, new cars cost more to insure than used ones. But since the reverse is true for used cars, the older the used car you buy the less you’ll pay to insure it.

So, if you find a real gem that’s five to eight years old and decide to buy it with Mazda financing, your monthly insurance bill could be around 25 percent lower than with a new model.

Quality

Advancements in materials, engineering, and fuel technology have led to today’s vehicles going well past 100,000 miles on the odometer. Whereas 40 years ago a car that was five years old might have been seen as on its last legs, a five-year-old car today is just entering its prime. This big increase in quality has seen the warranties associated with used cars escalate as well at our Mazda dealership in Bentonville, AR.

Vehicle history reports are another reason why quality has soared. Car shoppers at Superior Mazda now have access to all of the intimate details of a used car: how many miles it has, the ownership history, a record of accidents, title status, and more. As such, car dealers are committed to keeping their used cars in top condition to avoid complaints such as salvaged titles, weather-/accident-damaged vehicles, and fraud.