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Do you know recent money factors and residual % on the A8 and A8L?
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15,000 and 12,000
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How about a 24 and 36 month lease with 10,000 and 12,000 miles?
thanks in advance
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It is a 2006 Quartz Gray
with the Black leather interior. It is equipped with the premium package and
the Sport package with all-season tires. In addition it also has the XM
satellite Radio and the adaptive cruise control. MSRP of this vehicle is
$78,300.00 A 36 month lease at 12,000 miles per year with a total out pf
pocket cost due at lease inception of $3,000.00 your monthly payment with
tax included is $1,100.00
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I would be very much appreciate your help with the lease calculations on a 3yr lease w/15k miles per year for a 2006 A8 with price of 68k,
74k, & 78K. (Also, how do you do the calculation once you have the buy rate factor and residual value?)
Many thanx...
The dealer gave me his sticker price as his price. But, as of yesterday, I have decided to buy a BMW instead. Thanks so much for your reply.
Lefty3
Could you give me your opinion on what a good price would be for this A8?
It is a short wheelbase Audit quattro at6 black on black. It has the premium and sport packages - 4k and 2.8k respectively along with alcantara package 1.5k, front seat ventilation 1.5k, dual pane windows $600, and sirrus sat $550. Base msrp is 68,130k and 79,800k with the options.
I want to lease the car thru Audi's program for 3 years and 45k miles (15 per year). (I am assuming the money factor is .00160 and the residual is 55%.)
My question is: what is a good price for the car? I have offered 71k and they have countered with 76k indicating that they will not go lower.
So what do you think?
Many thanx for your help.
Check out the following article that is available here at Edmunds.com to get an idea of how lease payments are calculated: Calculate Your Own Lease Payment.
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As far as the lease program for this model goes, the numbers that you mentioned are right in line with Audi Financial Services' current program for it.
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Reading your postings here have really accerlated my education in the art of leasing. Thank you!
So here's a situation that I hope you can advise on before I walk into the dealer showroom...
My 2006 A8 arrived a week ago. I have a (48-month lease) 2004 VW Touareg that I'm trying to get rid of. My approach is to first deal on the lease of the A8 and then the Touareg.
Using the lease calculator, money factor and residual numbers found on this site, I like the numbers that are coming up on a 36-month, 15k annual miles, $3k down.
But what the dealer will want for my VW (KBB says $35.5k) and what's still owed (about $43k) will be a big gap. I don't this to be thrown into the lease payments. I would like to pay the difference, but not all of it. Would a dealer be willing to negotiate by meeting me halfway on the VW if they get a lease that's good for them on the A8?
I know we all do what we do to make a living, I just don't want to be screwed...
Thanks in advance!
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A competing dealer has the same A8 like the one I ordered but with 2 less options (adaptive cruise and rear electric lumbar). I'll live. They are offering it for $1,750 above invoice. If the money factor and residual are the same based on 36/15 than this is a pretty sweet deal, yes?
They don't know about my VW lease payoff, though. And I just may have some it rolled into the new lease.
Sincerely,
jmd23
Livermore Audi
- A8 SWB, black/amaretto
- The dealer has $1k in deposit from me
- MSRP 80,150 | Invoice 74,484 | TMV 79,654
Carlsen Audi
- Competing dealer A8 SWB, black/amaretto
- MSRP 78,350 | Invoice 72,882 | TMV 77,871
- Dealer quoted selling price at 1,750 above invoice = 74,632
Carlsen Audi is now saying the money factor for the A8 in December (36m/15k) is 0.0018.True?
Thanks in advance,
//J
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what is markup on options?
My car has arrived!
For information on the MSRP and invoice prices of this car's options, look it up in the following section of this site: Edmunds.com New Vehicle Pricing.
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hope i'm not too late!
just left a deposit on an A8L w/ premium etc. msrp $78,200
cap cost $76,600 money factor .0019 24 mo. term
21,000 miles / yr $7000 down
$1181 per month plus tax for a total of $1278
coulda had 36 mo. @ $1328 @ 22,500 per year
i woulda been exposed on warranty and they claimed it was $2000 for the extended warranty so i went down to 24 month.
it seems like it shoulda been a bigger difference since the residual was upto around 64%
did i get hosed?
george
i'll be grateful for any input as i am supposed to do the deal tomorrow
The money factor that you were quoted for this car is right in line with Audi Financial Services' buy rate for it. This is a good sign because it means that the dealer you are working with is not trying to mark your car's factor up to add additional back-end profit to your deal. As far as this car's selling price goes, you are only getting a $1,600 discount on a car that has at least a $4,700 spread between its full MSRP and dealer invoice prices. I am not all that familiar with what the market is like for the A8 right now, but if I was in the market for one I personally would want a bigger discount than that.
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I am looking at getting a 2006 A8L with a few options - MSRP topping out at $80,800. My local dealership has put a "fleet deal" on the table - or about $1,500 above invoice. I am wondering if you could help me with some numbers. I would like the residuals, and money factors for the following: 48 months, 36 months, and 24 months with 12K/year and 15K/year. I figure if I am asking, I'll cover all bases
You are absolutely right that you would be much better off using the money that you have set aside for this lease to pay its first month's payment , security deposit, acquisition fee, etc... and then using the rest to make a bunch of payments for you.
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Thanks in advance
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Also: where do you get your info?
why are the lease rates so much higher now than they were on 2006 models?
i have an odd question about the lease i currently have on my 05 Audi A8. i leased my A8 in December of 04. the lease is for 2 years and 24000 miles. currently i have 4 payments remaining and only 10500 miles on the car. when i leased my vehicle i told my sales person that i was concerned that i would not put 24000 miles on the car. i expressed an interest in buying my A8 at the end of the lease. my sales person told me that the dealership would take ownership of the car at the end of the lease, CPO it for 100000 miles and then sell it back to me for less than the ending residual with Audi of America. well i stopped at the dealership last week to test drive an 07 S4. my sales person is now the floor manager. i asked again about purchasing my A8 in December and he told me he couldn't do what he initially said because Audi of America has changed their position and will not allow them to buy the car back and then resell it to me. he also said Audi insures their leases for any disparity in value when they conclude thus making it even harder for me to negotiate a purchase with Audi. since the ending residual is more than the actual book value of the car it has left me in a bit of a predicament. is what my sales person telling me accurate? do manufactures negotiate at the end of leases with their vehicles? if it is accurate wouldn't my salesperson have been aware of this when he leased me the car? was i mislead?
thanks!
The car will sticker for approx 75k
THanks
can't help on the current lease rates but as far as how much you should get off msrp it should be around 3k. if an 06 would be ok you could probably get get about 10k or 11k off msrp. Audi is currently offering 7k in dealer rebate money. good luck. the A8 is a fantastic car.
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I am not personally all that familiar with what the market for this car is like right now, but you may be able to get an idea of how much you should pay by visiting the following discussion: "Audi A8: Prices Paid & Buying Experience".
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It is such a great car - I don't understand why they depreciate so fast. It's crazy.
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