PS: Asking price is $12,828 (automatic transmission with the usual standard equipment)
Shop your trade in, numerous places will buy it wholesale outright without a trade. Could come out better than what the dealer with the vehicle you want to buy is offering.
You’d come out best selling your old car yourself and getting better than wholesale, but you’d likely miss out on the car you want, if you have to trade to pull off buying it.
Certified pre-owned is often a better warranty than new. I assume it’s still the 100K mile bumper to bumper? Decent warranty.
Only concern with the car itself would be that it has been parked for a lengthy period for some reason, blown engine or something. Unusually low miles can mean trouble. Carfax history should show any major mechanical work as well as accidents, routine maintenance performed by a dealer, etc.
First, know how much your trade in is really worth. The dealer will try to give you wholesale or less. Then know what the newer Accent is worth, the dealer will try to sell it at retail or higher.
What trim level (GLS, GS, SE) and what type of transmission?
Just a few points. The first is that as a return buyer, you might find that purchasing a new one from the dealer won't cost that much more when you bring up what you have to pay for the slightly used one. Another is that mine has those new tires that don't use air, and personally I don't like the ride as much. A third is that the first Hyundai I had was boxier than the next two. Like all new cars, there are blind spots to the side and back. I actually preferred the design of the 2001 boxier, simpler car.
But definitely, the new Hyundia Accent gets unbelievable highway mileage, is well constructed and high quality, and is a real surprise for the price.