Spoke to Shannon at Cronic last night and the best deal he has for October (Nissan has monthly programs, rebates, etc) for VPP Leaf S with Quick Charge is $259/ month for 24 months. Nothing down, and the $395 disposition fee at the end of the lease when you turn the car in. Nothing up front, just the $259/ month, plus the tag when you go to register the car (we'll pay the extra $60 fee for the HOV tag). If you are interested in talking to him about any options or other 'versions', give him a shout. they had the best pricing I found around the ATL area and were very easy to work with. No pressure sales, the car was ready when promised, plenty of inventory to choose from, etc. Your haggling has already been done up front.
Again I have no connection with them other than a happy purchaser of a car from them. I worked in the motorcycle industry for a long time and it's surprisingly hard to find good dealers sometimes!
Cronic Nissan- Shannon
2624 N Express Way, Griffin, GA 30223
(678) 967-2277
2015leafin2014 I don't think I ever answered your question but yes I typed that wrong- a higher residual value will lower your payments. A lower residual value will raise your payments. he said that as the year goes on the residual value will lower. not sure why.
My understanding with Tesla is that they have the Model S out now, supposedly a long delayed model X that's an SUV maybe in 2015? and eventually a Model III (they wanted to call it the Model E but I think Ford had issues with that) that's supposed to be in the $35k range and be out in late 2017 (about when our lease on the Leaf is up). Read a bit about the Model D but no one seems to know what it is. plus maybe a CPO program for Model S's.
leasing was new to me but the wife enjoys newer cars and has leased an S2000 and a TL type S in the past. For something you don't plan to keep a long time it's a good option if the number make sense. My main concern is the "down payment", the monthly fee, and the disposition fee. I have some interest in the residual value of the car/lease, as that's what you would pay at the end if you want to purchase the car. sometimes it's best to walk away from the car at the end of the lease, sometimes the residual value is much lower than the actual value of the car so you may want to purchase the car and sell it on the open market and make a few bucks if it's worth your time and effort. if you have much lower miles than you "paid" for, and the car didn't depreciate as much as they thought, you can make a few thousand dollars doing this. Or it might be worth a lot less than the residual value, so you just turn it in, pay your $400 and walk away.