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This is probably the nicest looking 450h I have seen for sale and probably the only car I would trade in my Riviera Red 2013 for. They must have detailed it b/c the Matador Red Mica looks very bright. For sale on Autotrader. Only thirteen 450h on sale on Autotrader in the entire country.
One thing though is that it looks like the right tail light portion that's on the trunk lid doesn't appear to match. It looks like they used a GS F portion there with the black chrome. It was damaged and that was all they could find, thinking no one would notice, or what?
A very nice one indeed, and local to me!
One thing though is that it looks like the right tail light portion that's on the trunk lid doesn't appear to match. It looks like they used a GS F portion there with the black chrome. It was damaged and that was all they could find, thinking no one would notice, or what?
@JDR76 I saw that too - but i wasn't sure if it was the lighting. You're correct: the accent in the inner tail housing looks like "black chrome" (GS F) on the right and standard chrome (non GS F) in the left housing.
@JDR76 I saw that too - but i wasn't sure if it was the lighting. You're correct: the accent in the inner tail housing looks like "black chrome" (GS F) on the right and standard chrome (non GS F) in the left housing.
I'm seeing some fine scratches on the vertical portion of the trunk like maybe it's been scrubbed with a brush often at an automatic car wash, but that can be fixed with some light compound buffing.
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It could be the lighting, but from the pictures, it looks like one tail light has a section of black chrome (GS F tail lights) versus the bright chrome in the other models. See below:
I added some yellow lines to help locate. On the driver's side, you can see the bright chrome strip that runs from the outer tail light, on to the trunk mounted section, just above my yellow line. That same chrome piece on the passenger side appears to be in black chrome.
It seems to be easier to see in this photo:
With that said, in some of the other pictures, it looks closer to normal, so indeed it could be lighting. It would be very easy to verify in person, but it's difficult in the photos. If it is black chrome, then I would suspect there's been a shoddy repair. But if it's the bright chrome trim, this car is one paint correction away from near perfection.
JDR76 - Look at the far right-hand portion of the left lense - it looks darker, like black chrome. It appears that the questionable piece in the lense is lighter on the left and darker on the right. It may just be the lighting or reflections.
I see that Intuitive Park Assist is listed as one of the car's options but most of the time when a picture is taken of the instrument cluster you see the green P, which I do not see.
IPA is a $500 option, so maybe the car was ordered without the IPA and ML options, which is rather strange. Still a super nice car, but I suspect it would drive some people a little crazy not having those two popular options.
Nice find! Beautiful, unique color combined with being the very rare F-Sport hybrid. Low miles with only 13K miles driven, so I'm sure it will go quick. I'm also a little surprised with the lack of ML audio whereas the vehicle is quite loaded with everything else. @JDR76 - you have a good eye, because I definitely skipped over that tail light difference the first time.
12-20-21 | 02:58 PM
Cherry Red 450h
