BMW New Car Programs (and Retired Loaners with < 5k miles) - UPDATED 5/8/2019

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OTOH the acquisition fee is about $12.85/month more for 24 vs 36 months.

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@greg.martin.2008 leased a 330e and it was fully residualized at ~$57k MSRP.

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The dealership may have been charged back for the difference.

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Look at this post. Seems to confirm the MRM. Loaner with MSRP of $51985 and 4693 miles. That person lists the RV the dealer quoted as $32070, but I calculated $32049.

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According to Bimmerfest, MRM was a 2017 thing only and was eliminated on 2018. @BMW_Dave, can you confirm/deny this rumorā€¦

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=972519

It also explains why I was quoted 51k for the cap, as I was looking at the xDrive, which probably isnā€™t sold much out in CA. 51,400 for the xDrive, and 49,400 for sDrive

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The residual of my $60250 2017 330e which I leased back in October was $35,667.50 after mileage adjustment.

EDIT: This was for 36 months and based of a 61% residual value

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What are you trying to say?

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Woops, guess I wasnā€™t clear. Basically, I was just providing my experience that the RV I got was based off the full MSRP rather than being capped at a certain value.

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This isnā€™t necessarily true. I did a 340i for under 400 yesterday. MSRP 57k. You just need a huge discount.

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I will try to get clarification on all of this since Iā€™ve heard multiple things as well. Gotta love BMW programs! :roll_eyes:

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This could also be regional. The mileage rules for loaners that came out last year were released in the PNW about 30 days ahead of everywhere else.

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Very true. I will at least try to find out what weā€™ve got here in CA

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This confirms that BMWFS appears to be fully residualizing at least the 2017 330e. Perhaps it changed for 2018 models?

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2017 was the year in question. Rumors are swirling that 2018, MRM has been discontinued. It also looks that it was only applicable to the 330i/340i and not the 330e.

Thereā€™s really no use in speculating though, until we hear it from the horseā€™s mouth what the deal is.

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I leased a 2016 535i in August 2016 and got a good deal on it (I think the residual was 71% for a 24 month lease, but I may be misremembering), in part because it was the end of that model - the 2017s were all new. In 2019 the three series will be all-new, and my lease comes up in August. Dave, do you think that we will see some big incentives on the 2018 three series come late summer this year?

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Possibly. Hard to say though.

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This is what I was asking. If with a good enough discount would it still be worth it. From your answer that woukd be a yes. Just out of curiousity what % off from MSRP was that car at? Just so I know around what to shoot for

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I think that particular one was 35%

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Can you still use loyalty over 5k? I know you lose BMWFS lease cash, but not sure about loyalty.

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nothing can be used over 5k