My Take: I think the base TSX V6 looks pretty good. Get into a 10k miles per year and you are looking an excellent residual and a very reasonable money factor. Not really a bad time to get into a TSX, but you have to be aggressive with the sale price meaning, try to get as close to invoice as possible.
I’d like to add that the TSX V6 is also getting $1500 in dealer cash this month. So being the dealer hunter that I am, I will paint a nice little scenario for ya:
2010 TSX V6 base
MSRP 35,660
Sale 31349 (invoice + dealer cash)
Monthly $387 + tax.
Inception fees would be about $1300-$1500 for the 1st month, dmv, tire tax, bank & dealer fees.
Not too bad for a $35,000 dollar car if you ask me.
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2010 Acura TSX
2010 Acura TSX
24-month | 15k miles | residual 67% | .00203 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 60% | .00203 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 51% | .00260 base money factor
60-month | 15k miles | residual 39% | .00280 base money factor
2010 Acura TSX w/Technology
24-month | 15k miles | residual 64% | .00203 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 57% | .00203 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 48% | .00260 base money factor
60-month | 15k miles | residual 37% | .00280 base money factor
2010 Acura TSX V6
24-month | 15k miles | residual 64% | .00156 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 57% | .00156 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 48% | .00260 base money factor
60-month | 15k miles | residual 36% | .00280 base money factor
2010 Acura TSX V6 w/Technology
24-month | 15k miles | residual 61% | .00156 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 54% | .00156 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 45% | .00260 base money factor
60-month | 15k miles | residual 34% | .00280 base money factor
What is Acura thinking??? These are the worst economic times in years and I’ve never seen such poor lease programs out them as in recent months. My Acura is coming off lease and I’ll probably be getting something else. What’s the deal?
@dougd. I think they are OKAY. I think that banks are realizing that over-inflating the residual values was really screwing themselves in the long run. Bank assume all of the depreciation on leases. Therefore, when car gets returned in a poorer condition that expect or if the market for this car suddenly tanked, it really nails them pretty hard financially. Take IFS for example. They were practically giving away G37s for 24month back in 2008 by inflating the residual so high that there was no way they could actually sell that car 2 yrs later at that value. The TSX V6 this month is going for about 3.7% APR, not bad really. Most auto loans now are in the 5.99-6.29% territory. There is also $1500 in dealer cash too.
G,
I decided to go for CC instead of TSX 🙂
What do you think about this 36 month/10K lease on a 2010 VW CC DSG Sport:
MSRP $29,994 (Invoice $28,441)
Sale price $27,059
Adj. cap cost $26,634 ($27,059 + $575 acq fee – $1,000 lease cash)
MF .00134
Residual 55%
$339/month
I will probably roll in upfront taxes, dealer fee and registration (~$1,250 total) with only the first month due at signing for ~$376/month
Thanks.
@ursus. cool deal on the CC. I like it. really good discount! I think that was a wise move. you’d be paying more interest on the TSX. Good call! 🙂
Sounds like the numbers work out well for V6 w/Tech – not so much V4 w/Tech. My lease is up on 11/22 – has anyone heard anything on what will happen >11/2… in other words, do I go in now and lose the last month or wait and see what happens with November numbers? Thanks- mj
@mj. my general rule is to go with the dealer that looks best when you look at it. You never know what the numbers will look like from month to month. They sometimes stay the same, but they take away lease cash. Or they jack up the money factor, or worse yet, they drop the residual value, take away cash AND raise the money factor.
Thanks G 🙂 Appreciate your help.
G- thanks for the advice and for your deal tool. Something went wrong at the dealership (surprise!) and the deal they tried to get me to do was HORRIBLE that rated scored 1.48 on your tool! Thanks to you I was confident about negotiating a much better deal – deal rating of 1.09.
Much thanks again!
@MJ. awesome! I’m glad you were able to save a bundle of cash with the calculator! now we need pics! 🙂
G, is the $1500 dealer cash applicable with the base tsx model also and when do you think that incentive will end?
@carlo. I do not believe the dealer cash is available on the base 4cyl model. it is only available for the base V6 and $2000 on the V6 w/ Tech. This cash runs through 11/30.