Has anyone seen anything like this coming down the pike? Particularly in Oregon? Chevy Spark EV driver here with a lease ending in a couple of weeks. The Fiat 500e looks like a good candidate if the right deal is out there. Totally love the EVs.
any crazy deals in socal?
Just leased for 35 payments of $174+ tax ($190 including tax) with total drive offs of $2140 in NorCal. MF of .00029 (the buy rate) and I didn’t let them mark up the acquisition fee. This included $1000 from a conquest VW lease and a dealer discount of $2995 off MSRP. MSRP was $34,735.
I should also get the $2500 CVRP rebate in the mail and another $500 from my local utility. After accounting for those rebates, I should be at around $177 per month all in (amortizing the drive offs). Leasehackr score of 16.3 years.
Not as good as deals from last year, but I needed a car now, wanted an EV, and view the price as reasonable given alternative new cars. Good luck everyone.
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The general manager let me know that he received word that production has closed on the 2018s. I’m waiting to hear back on if he has any information on whether 2019s are coming.
I’m on NorCal as well and have a 500e lease that will end on Sept 27. Can you tell me which dealer you got your deal from
Where did you get this deal? I’m in LA? Thanks.
Fiat of Glendale and Orange Coast Fiat are advertising similar deals, I’d contact those dealers if you’re in LA. I’m in NorCal
Wimbledon, which dealer in NorCal did you lease the car from? Thanks!
Looking at the OC Fiat website they have a Fiat 500 lease going for $119/month right now. You’ll need a competitor lease to qualify or pay another $1k. The $2500 CA CVRP rebate gets assigned to them for the lease. Drive offs include an acquisition fee, plus tax, license, and doc fees.
Horrible deal. Not worth $190 a month for this car.
Below $100 a month is what this car is worth.
Compared to $99 month zero down, yeah it’s a horrible deal. But those deals of previous years aren’t available – it’s not happening right now. This is as low as it gets right now for an EV.
And for what it’s worth, I’ve found the car to be great for the money. I wouldn’t trade it for a Civic/Jetta/etc for the same payment. The responsiveness of the electric powertrain is outstanding for driving around.
OC fiat prices have been reduced too $99+ tax , $2500 + drive offs due @ signing + $1000 conquest (if you qualify) and if you don’t qualify $3500 + drive offs.
Still not a good deal. This cars are sitting on the lot and we will see the $50/60 payments hopefully end of September/October.
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Where else can you lease a car at those terms if you have conquest? After CVRP, it’s essentially a zero down lease at $99 + tax per month. That’s an awesome deal for a car with no gas expenses. Some people’s saved gas expenses alone will pay for the monthly payment.
The cars aren’t sitting on the lots in NorCal. I had a hard time getting a hold of any inventory — they have been selling in days up here.
I’ve been keeping eye on inventory and pricing down here in SoCal market and this cars have been sitting on the lot since it arrived.
Since there were good deals available last year on the 16/17 I am assuming they will return for the 18 models and in reality this cars are no where worth $30k+ MSRP , off lease this card are going for 5-10k I think.
I’m just trying to inform folks on this forum if they are not in the rush to get a vehicle, to just wait it out a little bit for a killer deal. Hopefully.
I see 2015’s Fiat 500e’s near me advertised for as low as ~$7200 with around 30k and up miles. With some bargaining you might get it for less.
I hope the deals go that low again!
an effective $99 plus drive-offs is an excellent lease by any standard. If you are waiting for last years lowball $49 lease with zero drive-offs then I suspect that you’ll have to wait a long time.
I’ve seen the lease deals in OC and Downey for $129/month for the 2018 Fiat 500e but the cheapest lease they’ve ever done which was $49/month in 2016 or 2017 seemed to only be for Black Friday. So if you can wait that long then I feel like it’d be a steal, but I’m personally probably taking their offer of the $129/month by the end of September (if it doesn’t seem like it’ll drop to $99 later).
Not too familiar with leases, but doesn’t the down payment/signature even out the lower lease priced anyway? A 2017 Fiat 500e has a $6500 signature with a $75/month lease.