Spoke to a Skoda dealer about getting one of the Tour cars at a good price, and he told me that their dealership declined getting any of these cars, as they had been driven pretty hard (in his opinion). They had picked some up from last years' event so I guess it was based on experience.

He figured that people in the tour are about "speed, speed, and speed". I think he meant velocity in all cases but maybe he didn't.

PS I am seriously looking at a new/demo/near new used Skoda, pref diesel RS wagon.