desertrat

Offering options most people want as part of a package that includes expensive options (sun roof) that a lot of people would not buy is, unfortunately, a typical business practice. Your cable/satellite TV company and phone company probably do the same thing. It's just another way of getting into your wallet. Most versions of the Toyota Camry, for example, require that you buy the Toyota Denso Navigation system to get most of the worthwhile options. The Toyota Nav system is probably the worst navigation system available, I know because I have one.

Thanks for the replies, I think I will follow the advice and wait to take a test drive in a 2013. If I don't like it I might get a good price on a 2012.

What kind of mileage are you seening on the highway at 70 or 75 MPH? I am trying to decide if I want to go ahead with a 2012 FFH or wait for the new 2013 which has higher estimated mileage. I do a lot of highway driving so highway MPG is important to me.

I want a more comfortable car than my Prius, with a bit more power. I am pretty sure I will buy a Fusion Hybrid but I haven't decided rather to get a 2012 or wait for the 2013 model. The 2013 has higher mileage estimates and looks better to me (from the pictures) than the present model and I don't mind waiting. But the 2013 will be the first year of that model and I have been bitten, twice, by getting a first year car. The 2012 has been around a long time and they must have all of the problems ironed out by now. I test drove a new 2012 yesterday and it was very nice, it just feels like a good solid car that will last a long time. Dispite owning a Toyota I didn't really consider a Hybrid Camry. One problem, if you want any uesful options at all on a Camry they force you to buy their Nav system for a very steep price. IMHO Toyota has the absolute worse Nav system available, I have been using one for 2 1/2 years and I understand the new Nav units are not as good as what I have. Honda is suppose to be introducing another hybrid version of the Accord but rumor has it that it may be a better system than their last attempt, more like the Ford and Toyota systems. I haven't found much information on it yet.