My Take: Much like the MINIs, the Subary Forester has a very low base price, but when you start adding the options, the price starts to skyrocket. What’s great about most Subarus is that the residual values are pretty high, which makes them solid leases. This months rates, which should carry over into the 1st week of April has a sweet spot of 36-months. If you are careful with the options you want, you can have yourself a nice Subaru Forester in the $300s per month range with just inception fees upfront.
The Tribeca, on the other hand, probably needs to be avoided on a lease. The residual value can only get worse and the money factors are just “average” on the 36-month term. I usually recommend leasing-to-own when cars have low residuals and ultra-low money factors (we are talking .00009 or less), so the Tribeca doesn’t quite fit the bill this month. I would suggest passing on the Tribeca if you plan on leasing. Now, if you plan to buy, go right ahead!
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| At Invoice | At MSRP | |||||
| Make/Model | Invoice | MSRP | 24-month | 36-month | 24-month | 36-month |
| 2009 Subaru Forester X | $20,698 | $21,890 | $333 | $286 | $386 | $321 |
NOTE: Estimates assuming the following conditions:
- Inception fees (1st month payment, DMV, doc fee, bank fee, tire tax and possible security deposit) due at signing.
- Local Taxes not included.
- 24-month/15k and 36-month/15k terms.
- All cars are stock, without any options.
- No rebates/incentives applied
2009 Subaru Forester X
2009 Subaru Forester X
24-month | 15k miles | residual 69% | .00280 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 57% | .00175 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 47% | .00255 base money factor
60-month | 15k miles | residual 39% | .00290 base money factor
2009 Subaru Tribeca
2009 Subaru Tribeca
24-month | 15k miles | residual 46% | .00350 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 45% | .00150 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 35% | .00325 base money factor
60-month | 15k miles | residual 29% | .00345 base money factor