Makes me feel pretty good about the price I paid for mine considering the nine year difference. I felt like I got a fair price on it and have been very happy with it so far. My wife just towed a 5'x8' box trailer shoved full of stuff, prob around a 3500lb load, down to Nashville, TN today. She said it did very well, never downshifted in the hills, the tranny never got above 180* and it still got 11.5mpg (on 35's).