Hello- I would appreciate your feedback please on the following #s for a potential lease of a 2025 UX 300h Premium FWD. I am located in Phoenix, AZ. I haven’t gotten to the point where I have received any lease related information from the dealer(s), but was just looking to find the lowest out the door price and trying to estimate what a decent lease deal would be based off of that price.
It looks like the MSRP is $44,260. (base MSRP: $39,540 + factory installed packages + accessories $3130 + port installed packages + accessories $415 + DPH $1175)
I don’t know why but there seems to be a very low supply of 2025 UX300h available right now, making it difficult to get a car that’s even at MSRP. (I’m being told there’s only one vehicle in the color I want in the western half of the US.) Which is also forcing me to pay for optional packages/accessories I don’t want (ex. head up display, 12.3 touchscreen display), raising the out the door price.
Based on the out the door price I received from one dealer, I filled tried to fill out the calculator
If I filled this out correctly then I should be looking for a lease offer for less than $925/mo. Is that correct?
As this is already more $ than I wanted to spend, might be best to move on to the next vehicles on my list (2025 Honda CR-V hybrid, 2024 toyota cross hybrid, 2024 Prius?).
Thank you in advance for your knowledgeable input.
This. OP, it seems that the only common factor among the cars you’ve listed is that they’re hybrids. Are you only interested in hybrids (and not, for example, an EV), and the shape, size, class of car (eg., economy cars vs. near luxury) doesn’t matter?
And are you open to purchasing, or will you only consider a lease?
Lexuses in general do not lease well, so that’s something to consider.
Because the lease program on some models doesn’t make sense financially compared to a purchase. However, if your hobbies DO include lighting large piles of money on fire, could I interest you in a Maserati?
I’ve previously owned non-hybrid CR-V and Acura RDX. I would next like to get a hybrid. Something that’s very safe and smaller than my past SUVs that sits up a little higher than a sedan, ideally. Something that can accelerate when necessary. Don’t need much cargo space or passenger space in back seat as it will likely be used mostly by me (though not having air vents in the back seat in the Prius is not ideal in Phoenix!). I’m looking for something reliable so I don’t have to worry about recalls or other mechanical issues (I had read that the 2024 CR-V hybrid is having some issues, so wary of that…). We keep our cars in good working order by keeping up with maintenance, etc. I would only be using for neighborhood driving and some highway to/from work (which is less than 30mins via highway), so not a ton of driving. We typically don’t keep our cars much beyond the 100K mark as the maintenance costs start to increase around that point. Because of those two reasons (low miles and not keeping the car for long), I was looking into leasing. I should also add that I ended up looking at the UX because of its size and safety features. It also had a nice upscale feel that the others lacked. But that feel isn’t an absolute necessity. It’s just a nice to have. The other cars seemed fine and more practical.
Just imagine the people who don’t know about leasehackr forum, Lexus is offering people $925 for this crap. Most people driving Toyota/Lexus are fans who most likely never drive anything other than Toyota or Lexus. This means they will never look outside of Toyota/Lexus even though the Germans will be cheaper. I know people who think Lexus and Toyota are better to lease.
I’m not quite sure how you define “not keeping the car for long,” but, if you don’t go much beyond 100K miles but also don’t very far distances, I assume you normally keep your cars past 3–4 yrs?
If so, I don’t really understand why you’re leasing. I doubt Toyota or Honda have leases below 10K/yr, so you’re paying for miles you’ll never use.
And even if a hybrid CR-V (which presumably is the same size as the non CR-V you already had) is unreliable, you’ll have no shortage of people wanting to purchase a used one in good condition b/c most people still think that Honda makes mainly reliable cars.
Hondas and Toyota tend to have realistic RVs and high MFs. They also tend to have high real-world resale value (esp hybrids), so the total cost of ownership is likely to be lower if you finance (esp if you don’t put a lot of miles on the car and keep them in good condition).
Right. We generally keep for 4-5yrs or so. I think we generally lease so that we purchase at end if it’s worth more than the residual value or return it if not and get something else. If we purchase/ finance, then not sure best/easiest way to sell it.
The description of “selling price” stated the following: “we have the agreed upon Selling Price—which is the actual price the dealer is selling the car for.” Can you help explain how this is different from the out the door price?
