Really obvious question (please forgive), but have you used a Sport for any length of time? When I drive them, I find it hard to believe that they are based on the same platform and similar running gear!
When I was buying recently, I tried a few dealers and they varied hugely on willingness to negotiate - from the very helpful to the downright arrogant! If you're set on that car (never a good place to start on negotiation!), I'd pull every similar one that you can from the web, run the prospective RRS through WBAC (usually a sobering moment when buying), work out what the usual going rate is, then work out what you are happy to pay, offer it and be prepared to carry on looking if they don't budge.
The best piece of advice I'd heard on negotiation is "always be prepared to walk away from a deal"
Good luck! 
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