Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
Ah, if so, then I'd go for that car. Typically, resale value of TOTL cars is not that good down the line, but the 1.8 is just rare enough that it might balance out... and since fuel economy for the 1.8 isn't bad compared to the 1.6... and definitely better than any of the 2.0 TOTL competitors, you might be sitting on a decent value at the end of that time.

Still, look at it this way... in two years, your free car is purchaseable at: what price?

In five years, you have a free car that is purchaseable at... what price?

If the answer, in either case, is below 400k... or better... below 300k, basta... 100k below market price (not asking price)... then I'd consider buying either to sell on after.

Money might be the deciding factor. In those years, who is responsible for maintenance? Who pays for tires? With the brand new car, the first major repairs will be a long ways away, and you get to ride on the free car thing for much longer.
Niky,

Sorry, but im not familiar with the term TOTL...

Sir, both cars can be purchased at around 15-25% from original purchase cost...so option 1 at that rate but by 2014, and option at that rate by 2017.

I actually thought of the same thing (re-selling it) as I did with my previous car from another company (honda city 1.3 AT), however, a friend of time said that the 1.8L would be more difficult to sell after two years (even though mileage as i compute it will be around 60-65k in two years) and so he advised me to get the newer one instead..

in both options, all maintenance, insurance, tire replacement, gasoline expenses for the car will be shouldered by the company.