Current incentives

[francistaft]

Can anyone tell me what customer or dealer cash incentives are available from Nissan for the purchase of 2012 and 2013 Leafs? (I know dealers can add to this; I just want to know what Nissan is offering. And I am not interested in leasing, being talked into leasing, or discussing why I am not interested in leasing.)

Thank you in advance for any information!

 

[RonDawg]

1. In order to answer your question, it helps if you put your location in either the original post, or in your user profile. Many offers are region-specific.

2. If you go to NissanUSA.com, right in the middle of the home page you can enter your zip code to see what those regional and nationwide offers are. You can also do the same from the Nissan Leaf web page (it's on the left, below the $21,300 price which is for the 2013 S model minus the Federal rebate). For my area (SoCal) the only special offer that is not from a government agency is the $199/month lease which you already said you weren't interested in. Your area may be different.

3. The only nationwide program I am aware of is the $7500 Federal tax rebate, but you will get the full amount back NEXT year if your total Federal tax liability is at least that. Otherwise, your rebate cannot exceed your total tax liability for 2013. Customers who lease through Nissan get the $7500 off the price immediateky regardless of tax situation. Your state may also offer some incentives, like CA's $2500 rebate which is regardless of tax liability.

 

[cwerdna]

For #2, I've usually gone straight to http://www.choosenissan.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. local.nissanusa.com also seems to take you straight there. I think the latter was the previously more well known incentives site.

OP, where are you located? Also, although I don't wish to derail your post, many folks here have leased Leafs even though they've only previously purchased cars and never leased. It's for a variety of reasons (e.g. battery/technological improvements, unknown resale value, a so-so good battery capacity warranty (as opposed to none, which was the case until very recently), unknown repair costs, unknown battery replacement cost (still unknown to this day), etc.)

I have never leased before but will likely either lease a '13 or buy a used '11 or '12 at the right price...

 

[LEAFfan]

Ron, the $7500 is a Fed Tax Credit when buying, not a rebate.

 

[francistaft]

I am in Tennessee.

I know about the Nissan page for government incentives; I am asking about rebates, i.e. customer cash, dealer cash, or anything else the dealer can do without the assitance of the government to offer a lower price on a 2012 or 2013 Leaf. From speaking with several dealers, I believe there is a dealer cash program of some sort, but I don't know the details.

Thank you.

 

[cwerdna]

The http://www.choosenissan.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is it. There is also http://www.insidenissan.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, if you qualify.

How long is your daily commute? Are there any significant elevation changes? How much of it is at highway speeds?

 

[RonDawg]

In another thread, someone mentioned that per Edmunds.com, dealers are supposedly offering $8500 in cash incentives. But when I go to http://www.edmunds.com/nissan/leaf/2013/car-incentives.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and enter my own zip code, the only incentives for the 2013 models are for leasing, and not for buying. This might be different for the OP.

If the OP wants to buy (and not lease) a new Leaf for the cheapest price, and can live without the 2013's added features (primarily the optional 6.6 kWhr charger and the better heater), I would suggest seeking out an unsold 2012 and bargaining very hard for it, keeping in mind the lowered prices of the 2013 models.

EDIT: for the 2012 (not 2013) Leaf, Nissan is offering $8500 dealer cash, and it does not appear to involve any governmental credits/rebates/incentives, good until the end of February. So you potentially could get $16,000 off the price of a 2012 model, plus any state and local credits/rebates/incentives.

Ron, the $7500 is a Fed Tax Credit when buying, not a rebate.

I stand corrected.

 

[francistaft]

This price would appear to indicate that dealers have quite a bit of room to move on 2013 models.
http://www.mtnviewnissan.com/new-cars-chattanooga-tn?keyword=LEAF" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Herm]

This price would appear to indicate that dealers have quite a bit of room to move on 2013 models.
http://www.mtnviewnissan.com/new-cars-chattanooga-tn?keyword=LEAF" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

its just an advertising trick with the $7500 Fed Tax credit..

BTW, did you know it is estimated you will lose 3 capacity bars (30% capacity loss) by 7.7 years in Memphis?

http://www.mynissanleaf.com/wiki/index.php?title=Battery_Capacity_Loss" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[francistaft]

its just an advertising trick with the $7500 Fed Tax credit..

Did you call them or is that speculation?

 

[TimLee]

I talked with Greg. It includes all incentives.
I thought TN still had some $2500 rebates left, so the price is confusing, because it would actually be $1500 added to MSRP. I plan to test drive one Monday, Greg said to see Dusty, their LEAF sales specialist.

But at least they're giving you a $25 Walmart gift card if you come in by March 2nd, just for test driving a 2013 SL LEAF. Pretty nice way to be handed $25.

Of course the drawback will be after seeing the leather seats, experiencing the low energy use heat pump heater, and knowing it has the new 6kW charger; the test drive will induce severe angst over how low the offer will be on 2011 LEAF with 11,848 miles on it.

But its still $25.

What the Nissan LEAF really needs is a very good customer appreciation fair conversion of people who bought 2011 / 2012 to a reasonable lease rate.
Of course, Nissan is going to take a huge loss on the existing leased vehicles when the leases expire.
So a purchase conversion just makes the red ink worse.

Nissan LEAF business model appears headed towards total disaster, if the market is going to value a $34,000 vehicle at something like $13,000 to $17,000 after a bit less than two years of use.