EatsShootsandLeafs
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I'm in Western NY and last week a dealership had a newspaper ad giving out new 2012 Leafs at $239/month, 12k year 39 month lease, $400 disposition fee at lease end was the only extra fee. This was $0 down, $0 taxes, $0 anything. I mean it: zero capital reduction and this included taxes, destination fee, etc. I triple checked this fact.
It was a stunning price and frankly I stared at it for a couple of days wondering what the catch was. I finally called the place, they said no catch. I went in and test-drove it at lunch. The salesman said they had sold 4 this month and needed to sell 5 to hit some quota to be able to order additional vehicles and they were taking a $5k hit on it. Sounded like salesman nonsense, but I checked about 15 other dealerships in Western NY online and the best other deal I found was $280/month with $3k cap reduction, plus regular tax title fees, so his $5k hit makes sense, though it's possible they have some rare dealer hold back thing going on with Nissan.
Yesterday another local dealership had $259/month but required $2k cap reduction and then tax, tag, title.
Anyway, after my test drive I thought on it a few hours, and then after work went back to get a trade-in estimate on my current car. Unfortunately, somebody had already bought the 5th, so no more steals like this from them.
I wasn't even in the market for a Leaf, but at $239/month it is a ludicrous deal. It is also lower than I've seen anybody anywhere post about what they paid for a Leaf.
I'm posting this thread in part to see if this really is as crazy a price as I think. I am thinking they may never repeat this kind of thing, but on the other hand when the 2013 come out and IF there are growing concerns about battery longevity, the PR fallout from that could potentially hamper sales--which works out well for those who want to buy one.
It was a stunning price and frankly I stared at it for a couple of days wondering what the catch was. I finally called the place, they said no catch. I went in and test-drove it at lunch. The salesman said they had sold 4 this month and needed to sell 5 to hit some quota to be able to order additional vehicles and they were taking a $5k hit on it. Sounded like salesman nonsense, but I checked about 15 other dealerships in Western NY online and the best other deal I found was $280/month with $3k cap reduction, plus regular tax title fees, so his $5k hit makes sense, though it's possible they have some rare dealer hold back thing going on with Nissan.
Yesterday another local dealership had $259/month but required $2k cap reduction and then tax, tag, title.
Anyway, after my test drive I thought on it a few hours, and then after work went back to get a trade-in estimate on my current car. Unfortunately, somebody had already bought the 5th, so no more steals like this from them.
I wasn't even in the market for a Leaf, but at $239/month it is a ludicrous deal. It is also lower than I've seen anybody anywhere post about what they paid for a Leaf.
I'm posting this thread in part to see if this really is as crazy a price as I think. I am thinking they may never repeat this kind of thing, but on the other hand when the 2013 come out and IF there are growing concerns about battery longevity, the PR fallout from that could potentially hamper sales--which works out well for those who want to buy one.