Not a unicorn deal and could have likely squeezed another ~$25-50/mo. but there’s extremely limited inventory in TX , dealers aren’t budging and it was my preferred spec.
2025 Audi S E-tron GT Premium Plus
MSRP: $136k (full leather pkg, 21” wheels, S sport pkg)
Term: 24/7.5k
Sell Price: ~$119k (~12.3% off MSRP, pre-incents). +$27.5k Audi incents.
Tax: TX tax credits, net 1.25% capitalized
Incl. $899 Audicare for the residual bump (+1%p) and $400 for dealer adds couldn’t remove
$801/mo., 1st month DAS. No MSDs..dealer didn’t want to bother with it.
MF was marked up (I’ve dealt w/this store and the SM before, to keep things simple, just pushed for a monthly pmt however they got there).
In this case, I’m assuming the residual doesn’t get impacted. My bigger concern, is does the dealer find out that it was later cancelled? I don’t want to spoil the relationship with the store.
Even in this situation, I went in with an aggressive offer and they flat told me “no” and they would rather just wait out 2 weeks. He basically said someone uninformed is going to walk in and pay whatever or write if off via business thinking they got a great deal at 1%.
Sales tactic, yes; but, there are <8 units of these w/full leather pkg in TX. I struck out with 2 other stores, so didn’t want to gamble it waiting till EOM for another $25-50/mo.
EDIT: Definitely a hell of a car for the price. Had the ‘24 RS, this has the same power despite non-RS. I’ve already reached out to mapev to get it tuned to unlock the full 940 hp
Marketplace for Texas is completely barren. However, yeah I can just try and work a deal on my own. I thought this forum was for people to help each other find deals.
That’s fair, but to that extent - I’ve looked at those and the brokers in the marketplace are significantly more expensive than the deal in this thread. I think just working up a deal on my own is probably the best course of action, like you suggested. Thank you for checking though!
Regardless, I’m going to stop derailing this thread. Great deal OP, enjoy in good health!
They basically send you a new OEM modified “ASG” unit that you replace with the original one. You basically swap the OEM back in before service, apparently the ECU doesn’t detect or flag it.
The S bumps to about 940ps (927hp)
The RS Performance bumps to about 1080ps (1066hp).
Gains on the RS Performance isn’t has “great” due to an OEM BMS still limiting overall battery output (untuneable currently).
Another forum member mentioned it to me when I was looking for a RS deal, otherwise I would have kept chasing (and overpaying) for an RS =)
It’s ~$2800 after tax, but I always do some mods to my cars even on 12 mo. leases (stupid, I know) with at least tints, ceramic, spacers. I somewhat regretted doing a 24 mo. lease on this one as the 36 mo. was slightly less, but I usually get bored by the 2-year mark anyway.
Dumb question. Modding a vehicle may void its warranty: what happens if a leased vehicle warranty is voided? I presume the car cannot be returned at the end of the lease?
MapEV seems to be safe, I’m just curious in general…
