My Take: As you know, my wife was quite impressed with the Genesis Coupe at the OC Auto Show. So much that she was dissing my G37 as having a “big butt” compared to the Genesis Coupe. Booh! Anyway, The sedan numbers suck, even with $1000 cash laying around. The coupe, on the other hand, looks promising.
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2010 Hyundai Genesis
2010 Hyundai Genesis 4.6 w/Tech
36-month | 15k miles | residual 48% | .00112 base money factor
2010 Hyundai Genesis 4.6 w/Tech
36-month | 15k miles | residual 48% | .00112 base money factor
2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 GT
36-month | 15k miles | residual 54% | .00134 base money factor
2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track
36-month | 15k miles | residual 54% | .00154 base money factor
2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 GT w/NAV
36-month | 15k miles | residual 53% | .00134 base money factor
2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track w/NAV
36-month | 15k miles | residual 52% | .00154 base money factor
My Take: Not much to say about the Odyssey. The numbers look so-so, but expect the lower end models without RES and NAV to have better residual (and a lower price tag). Personally, I’d rather drive a SUV than a mini-van. However, if I ever decided to open up an airport shuttling business, the Odyssey would be my minivan of choice.
My Take: Alright peeps. This has been both a slow month and a busy month for me. Slow meaning that a lot of the lease rates were had to find. Busy because I’ve been out of town a lot and occupied with “life” issues and finding time for some “R&R”. Nevertheless, I spend these last couple days digging and digging all over the place to find some rates and I’ve found some! So get ready for a flood of lease rates in the next 24 hrs. For those who think I’m not checking the forum’s requests page, think again. I do and I will say this. Don’t bother asking for cars like the Land Rover because their lease rates are bad probably 11 months out of 12. We’re talking 8-9% interest rates here, so don’t bother. Ditto on most brands related to American manufacturers. I do on occasion keep and eye out for some American brands that may have good lease support, but those are going to be spotty. Anyway, this post is about my take on the TL so let me get to that. The numbers remain unchanged from September, which is pretty decent. I added the SH-AWD with Tech into the mix for those shopping for the AWD model. The numbers look decent plus there is $2500 in dealer cash that you can combine with the lease rates listed below. I’m telling you. This is NOT a bad month to snag a TL if you dig the looks. 2010s are out, so this is effectively a fire sale. Shoot for invoice plus the dealer cash for a $2500 under invoice sale price. To get the best bang for the buck, shoot for the Base TL (unless you really need the navi and all the Technological goodness).
My Take: The S6 and the A8 do not look very good this month. The A6 on the other hand, looks decent. They could have improved the residual value a bit, but the money factors looks better than most. Not exactly a recommendation, but I wouldn’t spend much time discouraging you from leasing one either. It all depends on the sale price.
My Take: There are still some decent leases on leftover 2009 Mercedes Benz models, but you’ll have to be aggressive with the sale price. Take the SL550 for example. .00020 MF breaks down to about 0.48% APR, you can do a 10k mile per year lease and your residual should jump to 50%. Pretty solid if you ask me. The CLK convertibles and SLK300 and SLK350 should also be considered due to their resonable money factors. We’re nearing the end of the year, so whatever you see on the lot, is probably what you are gonna get, so if you find something you like. I recommend that you do something about it.