2010 Mercedes Benz C-Class, E-Class Lease Rates – March 2010

Published 2010/03/102010/04/01 by G

logo_benz My Take: C-Class Money Factors have been slashed by about half and residuals remain steady. You are pretty much guaranteed a lower monthly payment compared to February at this point, so feel free to visit your local Benz dealer and inquire about the Cs. There isn’t any cash floating around for the Cs, but hitting invoice or below shouldn’t be too much of a challenge. Lets take this scenerio for an instance. MSRP 37035, Invoice 34504, Sale price is 33763 (which is invoice minus 2% holdback, leaving 1% for the dealer). Monthly payments would be $383 + tax with inception fees due at signing (roughly estimated to be about $2000). This is for a 36mo/12k mile per year term. Compared to last month, you are saving about $50 per month. Not too shabby.

As for the E-Class. It remains relatively unchanged, with the exception of the coupes. I don’t expect the E-Class to improve any time during it’s first year run. If you want one of these, you still have to pay a premium.

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2010 Nissan GT-R Lease Rates – March 2010

Published 2010/03/102010/03/10 by G

logo_nissan My Take: If you have ever wanted a GT-R (I know I have), this month is much more improved compared the last set of numbers I found back in November 2009. The residual values are 1% higher and the MF drops from 0.00315 to 0.00285. Don’t get me wrong, this is still a very pricey ride, but at least it isn’t as bad as late last year.

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2010 BMW X3, X5, X6, Z4 Lease Rates – March 2010

Published 2010/03/082010/03/08 by G

logo_bmw My Take: Residuals went south on the X3 this month while the MF didn’t really drop enough to keep payments resonable. You do get a $1500 customer cash, but that’s about it. I am starting to see a disturbing trend with BMWFS lately were rebates are being used to offset lower residuals and/or high money factors. For promotional purposes, its sounds great that BMWFS is throwing cash at their cars. However when you screw around with the lease financing, it really doesn’t make that huge of a difference at the end of the day. Not surprisingly, the X5,X6 rates remained the same as last month, but the rebates are not available on those models. Still a decent lease, but short of a great “deal”

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2010 BMW 5-Series, 6-Series, 7-Series Lease Rates – March 2010

Published 2010/03/052010/03/05 by G

logo_bmw My Take: For the 5-series, there is some dealer cash and spring drive cash to be had. Not as much as you’d expect, but the dealer cash is hefty. I didn’t get a chance to check all trims, but we are talking $5000-$7500. There are some restrictions, so be sure to check in with your dealer to see if you qualify (5-series incentives). The 6-series gets a boat load of dealer cash, but it cannot be combined with leases so there isn’t much of a point addressing that. Lastly, the 7-series looks exactly the same as last month so feel free to take a pass on this one. Of course, if you are a high level executive and your company leases you cars, you can get whatever you want, whenever you want.

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2010 BMW 1-Series, 3-Series Lease Rates – March 2010

Published 2010/03/052010/03/05 by G

logo_bmw My Take: I hope those shopping for a 1-series got in last month’s rates because things look pretty ugly this month. Residual drops 2% accross the board and MF on the 128 coupe jumps above .00200. There are some adjustments on the 135s, but nothing to write home about. On the 3-series, you are looking a HUGE drop in residual values (as much as 5%!!!). You can see BMWFS tried to compensate by dropping money factors, but really, does it really help? I’m not seeing it. I know you are all waiting for the “Good News” part of this post, so here it is. BMW’s “Spring Drive” is here, so they are providing $1,500 in customer cash on the 1-series and $2,500 on the 3 (except for the diesel) to offset the crummy residual values. This is actually NOT a bad thing because your payoff amount will be lower, should you choose to sell the car or buy it out at the end of the lease. Just remember that the more expensive the car is, the less of an impact the cash will have, so don’t expect miracles.

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2010 Volkswagen GTI Lease Rates – February 2010

Published 2010/02/192010/02/19 by G

logo_vw My Take: These numbers don’t look too bad. It got me thinking a little bit about maybe swapping out my G37 for a GTI should my wife decide to get the Jetta Wolfsburg. Of course that thought went out the window by lunchtime when I walked to the parking lot and hopped into my ride. Haahaa. Well, residuals look somewhat weak, but money factors are pretty good. Just be aggressive with your negotiations and you shoudl come way in decent shape. There is a slight shortage of 4-door models here in Southern California, but plent of 2-doors. Seems like VW is controlling their manufacturing a bit. I haven’t seen THAT many GTIs on the road these days so I can’t imagine demand is THAT high for them, but I could be wrong.

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2010 VW GTI 2-Door HB
36-month | 15k miles | residual 51% | .00060 base money factor

2010 VW GTI 4-Door HB
36-month | 15k miles | residual 52% | .00082 base money factor

2010 Acura TSX Lease Rates – February

Published 2010/02/172010/02/17 by G

logo_acura My Take: So my wife wanted me to call Jerry Ede about leasing a 2010 TSX base model again. Certainly not her first choice, but she’s trying to get the best deal right now between all of the cars she wouldn’t mind driving. At first, she didn’t want to drive another Acura because she wanted something different. We are deciding between the Jetta Wolfsburg, Tiguan S, CR-V LX, Toyota Prius and to an extent, the G37. But the G37 payments came out to be a bit higher than she’d like to pay, so it’s pretty much out of the running. I’m not saying it was a bad deal, because it was phenomenal (see more on the G37). The issue was that it was beyond her targetted monthly payment of $370 with tax and little to no drive-off.

At first glance, a TSX with a MSRP $30,120 and a invoice of $28,169 as your sale price, your payments would be around $360 plus tax with all fees due at signing. Now there’s a $500 dealer cash available for all 4-cyl non-tech models, so I would personally shoot for $500 below invoice PLUS maybe 1% of that holdback, or another $300, making it a $800 below invoice price. That would yield payments around $336+tax with all fees due at signing. Looks okay, but I’m not seeing too much of a difference from December since the higher MF is practically eating away at the $500 cash.

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36-month | 15k miles | residual 59% | .00189 base money factor

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36-month | 15k miles | residual 56% | .00189 base money factor

2010 Toyota Prius Lease Rates – February 2010

Published 2010/02/172012/01/10 by G

logo_toyota Update: I finally got a quote on the Prius and I got some bad news to report. On a Prius IV, the residual value is NOT 70% for 15k miles on a 36-month lease. Instead, you are looking at 61%. The money factor is 0.00145 if you have a credit score of 720 and above. If it’s slightly below that, your rate would be somewhere around 0.00155, which is listed here. In terms of sale price, the best offer they could come up with was $1500 off the MSRP. Which is pretty lame. I would never pay over invoice even without the problems Toyota is facing, so why would I do it now when all these recalls are happening? In their defense though, they did mention that due to the availability of the model with the “solar panel”, their ability to discount any further is limited. If I were to look at a model without the solar panel, then invoice would easily be attainable. Fair enough, but still doesn’t motivate me enough. Final numbers are $0 drive-off and about $410 a month, and of course, you have to pony up for that GAP which is around $500 bucks. If you live in the Southeast, these numbers probably don’t apply to you since your market is different.

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My Take: Wow, the residual/money factors are pretty dang good right now. Lets take a Prius V with a MSRP of $29,040. Then let us assume with the problems Toyota is facing, the dealer is willing to unload it for invoice plus 1% of the holdback. That would set you at about $27,055 minus $290 or $26,760. Assuming you pay all of your inception fees at signing, your payments would come down to about $251 per month + tax. Should you decide to roll in all of your fees, and have a $0 drive-off, my best guess would be a $290 per month, plus tax. Not too shabby huh? Remember that Toyota doesn’t have GAP, therefore you have to buy it. I am making assumptions here,so I am in no way shape or form claiming that a Prius V goes for $26,760. Depending on your negotiation skills and the region you live in, you may or may not hit that sweet spot. But regardless, even if you were to get invoice or slightly above it, you would still be looking at a payments around high $200 to mid $300s, which isn’t all that bad.

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