Advice for end of EV6 lease

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I currently drive a 2024 EV6 RWD Wind with a lease ending at the end of June. Our current lease is $360 per month for 24 months / 10k miles and $0 down (we paid about $2700 in taxes and fees upfront). We’re at about 12k miles of our 20k allotment.

I went to a kia dealer as they’ve been hounding me to come in for a trade-in. The prices they’re quoting on a 2025 EV6 Wind AWD (they didn’t have a RWD) were almost double our current payment (about $660). I told them I like the car, but I’d rather look around at other options if we’re going to have such a higher payment. They offered a similar amount of discounts but I think the residuals have changed substantially (my current lease has a 64% residual and they were closer to 50%).

I’m thinking about the following options but curious if anyone else has encountered this with the EV6:

  1. Try again with some other Kia dealers - though I don’t want to waste time and I doubt the residual will change drastically
  2. Extend the lease for 6 months - there are some other cars like the EV3 that I might be interested in when they come out later this year
  3. Look for better deals with other similar EVs - haven’t seen anything yet but continuing to look
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How about the Hyundai Ioniq 5, you can get those $200-$300/mo +tax and $3K DAS
It’s a good size EV with similar range/charging etc.
Lexus RZ but will be more expensive per month
Someone posted a BMW i4 28 months $339/mo $1500+$500 DAS in the private transfers from Palm Springs…

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Yeah we’ve looked at the Ioniq 5 in the past. Unfortunately there are some quality of life features we like to have, like memory seat positions, that are only available on the limited trim.