How much mileage should a brand new car has? I'd like to find out what would be the acceptable value? I have read somewhere in this forum that a dealer tries to selll him a car with 200 miles on it. and it's new and not a test drive car.

Below 20, I wouldn't consider a car has 30+ miles is a totally brand new.

Dealers provide their inventory for test drives. Depending on how many people drove the vehicle prior, it will accumulate miles. It is still considered brand new and will be titled as such.
My RX had 10 miles on the ODO when I got it. Last mile was to get the gas put in.
The manual IS300 had only 6 miles when I got it. They didn't prep it in time when I got there to pick it up, so the tech didn't get a chance to put another mile on it. Can't complain.

Personally, I would prefer a vehicle with less than 50 miles. But if the deal is good, it shouldn't be a deal-breaker. Unless, of course, you're buying a BMW 1M and two techs take it for a joy ride and post it on .

Seanlin and Vlad_a both have the point spot on. Anything more than 30 Miles = not a brand new car anymore. Take this for example. Usually, dealer allow you to test drive it for10-15 minutes. This is equal to 5 miles average.

5 miles = Shipping + delivery

you have 25 miles left = 5 people test drove your car. That is a reasonably new car on 30 miles

So take every 5 miles after the first 5 initial = howmany test drive the car went through. Estimately

I bought mine at 30 miles = 5 test drives. I could have bought the Red one with 7 miles = 0 test drive, with all the plastic wraps still inside....but my wife wanted a Satin Cashmere, and it is her car = her call.

thanks guy for your input.

Sometimes sales rep will try to trick you says the car was transfer from another dealership for car trade.... blah blah... etc.

It is really up to you if you want to believe it. I personal would not.

when new, it should be under 10, ie drive factory into the ship (if shipped from japan), drive off ship, drive on to transport, drive into parking lot, move around the parking lot, etc

I thought about this for sometime. I think it only affect the cheaper Brands vehicle, such as Hyundai, Kia, Ford, Chrysler...etc. It will not happens to a Lexus. Lexus vehicle are Luxury vehicles, and most of the people driving Luxury will mostly spend 300-400 more for a Flat bed shipping, if not the dealer.

I forgot about car trades. They do happen. I bought a Subaru from upstate MI that way.
Local dealer traded with the one in MI and had a driver drop off a base model and pick up the one I wanted. That put nice 650 miles on the ODO, on top of another 100 it already had.

I probably wouldn't do it again, as the rotors needed to be machined when I got it. But it was a good deal and it was a very rare model.

It would be easy to tell if a dealer trade took place. The sticker will have another dealer's name printed on it (unless they reprint it). Carfax will also show the other dealer taking allocation first.

When we bought the prius it has 6 miles on it.
When we got the RX 350 it has 63 miles on the odo. But here's the story...
Day 1 there was no available RX350 on the lot with the color combination ( Tungsten Pearl with gray interior) and the cofiguration that i wanted. I basically test drove a different RX 350, one that's present on the lot.

Day 2 8pm is when i took delivery of the RX 350. My sales agent traded this from another lexus dealership here in SoCal. I only noticed the odometer reading when i was doing the paper works. I never bothered to ask if they drove it there or used a flatbed to meet my " request" of having it the next day.

The distance between the 2 dealership was 35 miles ( based on google maps)

I believe the BETTER question is, for people who had their RX 350/450h built to order... What was your odometer reading when you took delivery. Clearly, no other customer test drove YOUR RX.

My special order 450h had 9 miles when it was delivered to me.

I was given an RX to test overnight. This was not one out of their loaner pool and it still had the window sticker on it. Believe I put some 100 miles on it by the time it was returned as I live 30+ miles from the dealership. Am sure this was sold as new to someone else as I did not purchase that particular vehicle.

As long as the vehicle has never been titled it can be sold as new. I remember there used to be a mileage limit of 5000 miles, but I am not sure if that was a state/federal stipulation or if was specific to a given manufacturer who set that limit for vehicles in their corporate fleet. In my years I have seen vehicles with several thousand miles on them being sold as new. Just part of the negotiations if you want such a vehicle or not.

Due to the nature of my
father not keeping a car for a long period of time, I come across new cars fairly often and on average you see less than 20 miles on the odometer. The most mileage I have seen on a new car is 32 miles and that was my dads weekend warrior Turbo S...
Oh ya my RX was special order and if I recall correctly it had 7 miles on it...

Wow. More than 30 miles is not new anymore??? I've read plenty of posts from people who have taken or recommended extended test drives of the RX that last 30+ minutes and go on the highway. That alone could put on 20 or more miles. I think the average test drive of a Luxury car is usually more than 5 miles. Heck, even non-luxury cars too. When I bought our Altima the dealer brought me the key and let me take it. I asked if I could take it home to show my wife, no problem, that added 30 miles round trip. Not sure what it started with, we bought it the next day. My dearly departed Jetta TDI had about 75 miles on it when I picked it up. I didn't even want to drive it (did the deal via email) but the fleet manager insisted. My wife was worried about all the miles on a new car. Considering I was going to put 100+ on it a day, I didn't care one bit. 230K miles later, it was the most reliable car I ever owned. Then I got plowed into while stopped in traffic and my wife got a RX350.

We test drove an Outback with about 20 miles on it and the inside was a mess. I think the whole family was along for a prior test drive and boy did it show. Dirt on the floors, dirty feet marks on the seat backs, food crumbs on the back seat, hand prints on the windows. I was appalled the sales man would even show us this vehicle. It should have been in detail getting cleaned up.

IMHO anything around 100 and you should be asking a question or two but I wouldn't let it stop you from buying. Especially a RX. I doubt many people are beating on a RX during a test drive.

New car goes with 5 miles.

I think dealer should make extra discount for cars which have been used even for a test drive. It's already not a new car.