Thanks for the information about QX60 lease, I was able to acquired one over the weekend with following details:
San Jose Bay Area. Dealer is Beshoff Infiniti. Basically no haggle at all. I present my case, he countered the best deal he can, I accepted.
2018 QX60 AWD, Premium, Premium Plus, Driver Assist
MSRP: $52,645
Sale price: $43,675
39month/10K lease
Residual: 57%
MF: 0.00001 with MSD
$369/month + tax
Drive off is $37xx include 1st month + DMV + $2700 MSD.
Other dealer experience:
Peninsula Infiniti in Redwood city. After I presented my case, they offer $459 with MSD.
Dublin Infiniti in Dublin. $429 without security deposite at all. I asked about MSD, but apparently, they don’t have infrastructure or don’t know how to do it. Cap cost they offer is similar to Beshoff.
Steven Creek Infiniti in Santa Clara. Didn’t visit due to previous subpar experience.
With the increase in residual the payment will go down if you can do MSD like NJ/CT in our market. For NY residents this is not good news as they can’t use MSD.
I have updated the OP with all the numbers for April. If you have any further questions post in this thread or PM me for dealer info.
I called the dealer desperate in the post above and not your broker because he has 300 odd cars in his inventory and the floor plan rates went very high this month so they can’t afford to hold inventory much longer on their lots. That is aligned with high MF rates as well. Infiniti caught the dealers on wrong foot this month by jacking up the rates and all dealer in NY are suffering a lot as they can’t even do MSDs.
I got this info from my dealer so take it for what its worth.
That is one of the reasons they are blowing off the cars and I suggested the community to take advantage of it while the broker still makes his money on it.
Did I say to go directly to the dealer and bypass the broker?
I am not competing with anyone, but they sure do and match my deal the second I post it.
Bottom line is that the consumer gets the best deal when such situations happen. Its not going to last for ever as once they stabilize the inventory they will no longer give such numbers.
Can you explain why is it a problem for you, when in your own words “Bottom line is that the consumer gets the best deal when such situations happen”? He’s not taking anything from you (freelancer), but you do from him (broker).
Is related to the Infiniti brand. After 2013 with the model naming change, Infiniti seems to be confused at their direction. Before, they are gunning for the performance side at the cost of less practiculity, trying to be the lower cost/more reliable version of BMW. With the G, FX, they got relative sucessful. Post model naming change, they seemed to ditch the performance oriented development and went to luxury/comfort, trying to be a Lexus alternative. Overall, their vehicles are lack of personality. Passed loyal customers are dropping the brand due to the confused directions. This isn’t the case for MDX, RX, X5, Q7 …
This may have to do with my particular locale. People are rich here. I honestly don’t see many Infiniti in general, hack I don’t even see too many new MDXs (supposed to be the best selling luxury 3-row cross over) or RX350 ( supposed to be best selling luxury cross over). Instead, I saw Audis, MB and BMW. I see a lot more X5 than MDX.
QX60 is rather a dated design expecially the interior. Since 2013 JX, I really don’t see much update yet. Most of other brands in the same segment did make a leap. QX60 did try to keep up, but the platform is just old in today’s standard.
Having that said, QX60 is not a bad car at all, espeically with the deep discount Infiniti is offering. You are basically buying a very matured/reliable luxury SUV at the cost of a mid level Honda Pilot. If you are after values, it is hard to get better. If you are after the ultimate desired car, this is definitely not it.
The dealer has no inventory of Base QX60 any more. The only ones they have in stock are Premium plus and above with a sticker starting around 51K.
This not good news for anyone looking to be around $300/mth with VPP and MSD as the inventory is just not there for that vehicle. It might change in few weeks but for now this is a done deal.
I will post updated QX60 Premium plus numbers in the separate thread I have for it, hopefully later today once I have it.
