Marktm said:
There is a "deal" in most major cities in Texas - in round numbers:
Say MSRP is $35,000
Less $10,000 EvGo/Nissan Incentive
Plus $1900 TTL
Less $7500 Fed tax credit
Plus 2 years free EVGo $$$?
Total drive out - $19,500
The dealer also currently has a $5600 discount and $4000 factory rebate. Can the dealer dip into these also? As I'm not too serious right now, I did not press. The lease arrangement, with no down payment, straight monthly payment totals, plus residual comes out a couple of thousand more.
Seems quite good for the 30KWH version.
Nissan does have the $10,000 off program with my employer. However, the two local dealers they pick for this program does not offer very good discount on car.
I just login to NMAC to look at my pay off balance, this is before I even make my first payment, the pay off is $16,593. With $395 disposition fee, $150 dealer fees, and taxes it comes out to $18,637.58. After the CA state rebate and PGE rebate, the final cost would be $15,637.575 if were to buy it from Nissan today. This may be an unconventional way to buy a Leaf, but you don't have wait until the end of the year to get your $7500 back from the tax return.
I plan to ride out the full lease to see how the battery is doing toward the end of the lease. The residual is $10,011 after three year. Nissan may give us a few thousand dollars off to buy the car since Leaf 2 will be out for a year or two already.