Its funny you should say that, as our current car is a 2000 V8 Statesman. Its got fairly high ks though - about 172 000. We know a trade will get us at most probably 8k, but we would ask 12 if we sold it privately. Thing is, I am not convinced it would sell because of the current market - nobody is buying. Although, DH thinks that there is always a market for V8s, so not sure. I would be happy with 7 or 8k on a trade, as it would make the new car that little bit cheaper.