kasher_khan

I am considering lease for the first time. I have used online lease payment calculators to punch in lease factors and residuals based on what I have found out on forums. Is there a better way to do this? Also Audi doesn't seem to have any official lease offers listed for their models like BMW does. How much was the difference between a similarly priced 335x and s4 can you say? i.e interms of lease payments...

xlover

a similarly equip 335 xdrive sedan is going to be cheaper msrp. I feel the bmw 335 xdrive is a quarter step down on the audi which has driving dynamics more inline with the 335is coupe but not to the M3 level. it kinda slots in between, but closer to the 335 than to the M3. another thing that will drive the bmw lease price down a bit is the BMW model lineup is in flux right now with the new 2013 3series starting to hit dealerships so a 2012 likely will have some better factory support. the 2013 audi seems to be late summer/fall. if you do enough googling you can find a website that has the current base money factor and resid rates for the s4 and bmw 335. if you know the base rates the only thing you negotiate is the selling price of the car. one other number you will need from the dealer is the bank fee associated with starting up a lease. i think audifs was around 700 bucks. plug all that into excel and u can play with down payment etc and you should come within a few bucks of the actual payment.


(sorry for the punctuation, typing with one hand, other is in a splint)