I find myself in a similar situation, so I'll say what motivates me to wait (and hope that the long-timers forgive my noobness).
1) I'm naturally inclined to do so.
The car is going to replace a '92 Saturn coupe. I've waited 21 years, I can probably afford a couple more months (though to be fair, the car is currently complaining loudly that this may not be true :>)
2) Possible changes to the car.
As with most, it seems highly unlikely to me that significant changes will be made for 2014. Hope dies hard though. It would be nice if the torque valley were addressed, but honestly the talk of losing ~200lbs is of much more interest to me. Weight gain and visibility loss are two characteristics of current cars that bug me the most. I'm not a "driver" by any definition popular in these parts, but the current crop of cars makes me feel more like a boat pilot than a car driver.
3) more inside / outside color choices
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Originally Posted by lazyluka
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Nice find! Yellow on the Elise works well (for me), but I'm not sure what I think about it on the FRS. The FRS feels like it needs a deep color, which is probably why the dark blue color is attractive -- too bad my other car is already that color :| There are a lot of shades of yellow that don't qualify for deep/dark :> I was kind of hoping for the Bordeaux (
http://www.coveroid.com/view-lotus_e...1-480x360.html ) or Dark Cherry (Acura), but color choices on the exterior and interior would be welcome. [I'm also not a fan of black interiors
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4) Time tends towards increased choices.
The success of this car will breed natural competition. As long as there's resistance to adding 400lbs of "features", it seems likely that *my* choices (light car, slung lower, don't care which wheels move the car) will increase. That might mean that by 2014 it isn't an FRS I'm looking at, though I doubt the industry moves quickly enough to make a difference in the timeframe I'm going to be looking....
YMMV, hope this helps.