I think it is better chouice to buy a new car if you plan to keep it for while. Remeber when you buy a used car, even if it is comparitively new, MOST OF THE TIME there is SOMETHING wrong. You can tell if transmission is bad or tires are going bad but things like alternator etc you wont be able to tell. and you will not know how the owner before you drove it and how it was abused. I know some people who buy a leased car never do any maintainace because they know they iots a leased car anyways.

So i think it is better to buy a new car because that way you can have it exacxtly the color, model with exact options you want. You dont have to worry about anything (tires, oil change (most dealers give 2 year maint plan), warrentry ete ctec ) for 3 years atleast. And over the course of time if something odd starts happening you know the history of your vehicle and know exactly what is wrong