Camaro ZL1 goes 0-60 in 3.4.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/20 ... ver-page-4
MSRP of $61,500.
I know it annoys you but I maintain new vs used is valid if that's all you have. To me it's a lot like what happens when you compare a brand new Camaro to a used Corvette. Because the Corvette typically brought a high level of performance years before a given Camaro model, they are usually cheaper than something new which just attained that level of performance. You can usually add a lot of warranty with some of the difference or whatever if that is the issue. I can't really imagine any scenario where someone would say "I am in the market for a new car, not a used car" with no further qualifying information. I can manufacture one situation: I work for a sales company which would buy me any car up to, say, $50k but it has to be new. Ok, so now I really do need a new car. Other than that, no. On most cars, those first, 30k, 50k or even 100k tend to be pretty expensive on the depreciation side.
Another situation I'd concede is when comparing new vs used of the SAME CAR. If it is one of those uncommon examples of holding resale better than most cars, buying new can be a better long term prospect. That is also a rare case.
In the case of the Corvette, it's not GM's fault that they obtained a high level of performance 3, 5, 10 years ago and those vehicles are now available at 60%, 50% or even less of their original value. That is a win for the buyer. Used cars are available on the open market and available to buy for anyone who has cash or a loan, same as the new car. So it is a relevant market force. And in many cases, the used example may actually be far easier to find than a new model that just came out, is rare, or is made at an impossibly slow rate (Tesla). Given all of that, I think most buyers would be silly to ignore used cars.
You can fault the used car, but where was the new "affordable" Tesla when some of these used cars were brand new? To me that prior lack of availability comes at the burden of having to compete with available used cars that may provide, for example, similar acceleration to 60. I am trying to be reasonable - I am not going to penalize them for some 25 year old model that's mostly in a junkyard or a museum - I am talking about real cars that are available for anyone to purchase.