Any opinions on the 2001 vs 2002 V70XC with similar mileage?

2001: http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp;j...04&aff=national

2002: http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp;j...04&aff=national

The 2002 is $2000 more, but the 2001 will apparently cost around $1000 to ship to Colorado. So the real question is whether the 2002 is worth $1000 more for my "real" cost.

Per Carfax, the 2001 seems to have always lived in Colorado, while the 2002 has just been in Virginia. And just one owner for each.

I know the blue book value is only a few hundred more for the 2002, but I'm more interested in any undocumented differences between the 2 years. Since it was a new model in 2001, I'm thinking that at least some unlisted problems were fixed in the second year. In particular, I've read about 2001 transmission problems.

One new standard feature I see for 2002 is "Emergency Brake Assist", and the 2002 gets 2mpg better:

http://newcartestdrive.com/review-compare....3&VehicleThree=


Thanks!

 

I would certainly recommend the 2002 over the 2001. If you can find out the productiondate is after January 2002, it should have a much improved transmission.

The "issues" with the transmission in the 2001 is well documented.

Go with the 2002 if at all possible.

 

Thanks!