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As another Demo-for-my-company-car driver, IME the majority of demo's are trundled through traffic to work in the same way as any other car. the driver is responsible for the fuel and condition of the car and most high performance models are static demos (not taken home) as no-one wants to pay the Co. car tax on them. They can be really good value if you are a (true) cash purchaser, but if you pay monthly the chances are it will work out pretty close to a new one taking into account manufacturer's offer at the mo.
It's not scientific but I had an ex-police car with 80k miles on it when 2 years old that last another 137K Miles (217K in total) before being crashed into and it still worked perfectly, only things replaced were normal consumables. It did need a bloody good clean though.
The next car I bought was an ex-hertz rental car (80K miles after 3 years) with a modern diesel engine and we are at 110K ~3 years later and it's still working perfectly except for the front side light (which is a bugger to get to).
Mind you I also use those Hope Ti QR skewers that are supposed to be leathal and have 3 pairs of well working Pace forks so I'm obviously the exception that proves the rule...
My first car was an ex-learner car. A car I learned in and passed in 😈