My Take: Took me longer than expect to wrap up all the lease rates I’ve found, bit this is the last bit. I do have numbers for the Toyota Venza, but due to the fact that not all options can be residualized (weird thing to do Toyota), the residual value is probably inaccurate. In any case, here is a collection of VWs I’ve found. As I mentioned before, my folks got a Tiguan earlier this month and they love it. I would lease one right now due to the low residual value and lack of cash. The CC is a pretty good deal right now because there are being heavily discounted right now. In any case, browse through the list and see what catches your eye. Remember that the key is the sale price. Stop negotiation payments. You have to negotiate sale prices and watch for the any fees that seem too high.
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2009 VW Tiguan
2009 Tiguan SEL 4W
36-month | 15k miles | residual 45% | .00115 base money factor
2010 VW CC
2010 VW CC 2.0T Sport
36-month | 15k miles | residual 52% | .00134 base money factor
2010 VW CC 2.0T Luxury
36-month | 15k miles | residual 49% | .00113 base money factor
2010 VW Jetta
2010 VW Jetta SEL Sedan
36-month | 15k miles | residual 49% | .00048 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 42% | .00120 base money factor
2010 VW Jetta Wolfsburg
36-month | 15k miles | residual 51% | .00133 base money factor
2009 VW Jetta
2009 VW Jetta Wagon SE
36-month | 15k miles | residual 44% | .00084 base money factor
2009 VW GTI
2009 VW GTI 4-door
36-month | 15k miles | residual 44% | .00062 base money factor
2010 VW GTI
2010 VW GTI 4-door
36-month | 15k miles | residual 53% | .00187 base money factor
2010 VW Golf
2010 VW Golf 4-door
36-month | 15k miles | residual 54% | .00212 base money factor
2010 VW Eos
2010 VW Eos Komfort
36-month | 15k miles | residual 56% | .00162 base money factor
2009 VW Eos
2009 VW Eos Komfort
36-month | 15k miles | residual 51% | .00127 base money factor
My Take: 2009 Altima and Maxima sedan numbers look pretty good. The residual could be higher, but we’re so late in the 2009 year that it’s somewhat expected. Nissan is throwing a $1,750 rebate at any remaining 2009 Altima 2.5 S and Maxima SV sedan right so that should offset the low residual. You can alternatively look into the 2010 which has a significantly higher residual. but the money is also high as well. I’d shoot for a 2009 unless you can’t find the exact options you are looking for.
My Take: Very attractive money factors here. Not so much the residual values. You would have to lower your mileage allowance to get a more respectable 50%+ residual value. There isn’t any dealer/customer cash in sight on the 2010s yet, so that doesn’t really help matters one bit. I would sit on this truck for a couple month and see how things play out in the first half of next year, around spring time.
My Take: The money factor on the 2010 RX isn’t very attractive right now, but the residual value is. You will need to do your best to knock off a decent amount off the MSRP in order to compensate for the high money factor. 10% off MSRP is generally what I recommend shooting for in these economic times. More, if the dealer has a lot of marketing/dealer/customer cash available for you. As you know, marketing, dealer and customer rebates are all provided by the manufacturer, NOT the dealer; therefore you need to get the dealer to discount you PLUS whatever the rebates the manufacturer has for you.
My Take: As expected, the lease rates for the EX and FX are pretty solid. Compared to the competition (ML, Q5, Q7, X3 or X5), Infinitis are equipped and priced very reasonably. If you are shopping for a SUV this month, make sure to add the Infiniti’s into your list.
My Take: I’m only posting this as a courtesy and to remind you to avoid the S-Class like the plague.