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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

I suspect if someone's talking about getting a 2021, they would consider a new car as well. I believe in benchmarking a 1-3 year old used car against a new one. Oftentimes, the new one will be the better deal on price, warranty, choice of color and options, financing, and lack of adverse history, especially if a car with high resale value.

This review isn't glowing: https://www.caranddriver.com/mitsubishi/mirage-2021

Look at the resale value projections of a Mirage vs a Corolla. At 10 years, the Mirage shows 42.5% vs 69% for the Corolla:

https://caredge.com/mitsubishi/mirage/depreciation

https://caredge.com/toyota/corolla/depreciation

Mirage, Marriage, neither are likely to last 10 years so I wouldn't contemplate that as part of the purchase.