Used--and heres why. Vehicle Depreciation. As soon as you drive that vehicle off the lot its worth thousands less. Depending on whether you pay cash outright or get a loan you may be upside down. And this may be for quite some time. Personally Ive never owned a brand new car and I have no use for one--cuz if you want to do ANY modifications it AUTOMATICALLY voids the warranty which is one of the reasons people buy new cars. And there arent any cars out there (that most people can realistically afford) that are fast enough for me to be happy with stock. Buy the used car mod it out go fast--leave the new car for the extra daily driver that you have no desire to race