Any recent Ford Escape PHEV leases in SoCal/Cal?

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I have a 2019 Fusion Energi I asked Ford to buy back. I’d like to replace it with the recent 2023+ Escape PHEV. More than a year ago, when they were unobtainium, I ordered the PHEV through two different dealers. When they finally arrived, both ended up $900/mo 36/10K leases.
What kind of leases are people seeing now?

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Damn, I gotta add that Ford Escape PHEV FWD to the list of BEV and PHEV that do not receive the $7,500 pass through on a lease. The residual on the Escape PHEV lease is terrible.

Ford is probably factoring in the $7,500 reducing the residual for owned/financed vehicles. But, on a lease they keep the $7,500… so it makes the lease very expensive.

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Across the board Ford leases are uncompetitive

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There’s one lone exception that is the inverse of the mega-EV-fire-sale-norm. A Ford Edge is leasing for half of what the Escape PHEV requires.

Ford is doing a 0.00013 MF this month, and many dealers are listing 12-14% off the front end before conquest/loyalty incentives. SEL AWD would be around $400 a month vs the $900 for an Escape PHEV.

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Thanks for the suggestion, @holeydonut. After $300/mo Fusion Energi lease, and only filling up 5 times since getting it, an Edge is just not palatable.

I really want a tech-filled midsize PHEV (or BEV if no other option) SUV in the $350-400 range, nimble enough for narrow streets, but big enough for this 6’1" driver and kids who miss the Sorento’s back seat. Surround camera a must, physical buttons, vented seats and HUD would be nice.

  • Audi Q5 e /Porsche E-Hybrid is too expensive
  • I don’t trust the Tonale/Hornet quality (and too small)
  • Wife has Pacifica PHEV, too big for me
  • Escape is too expensive, but would be perfect.
  • Wrangler too small, GC 4xe isn’t cheap anymore, and has an annoying clunk switching from electric to ICE
  • Mach E too low/small
  • Kia Niro too small
  • Nissan Ariya is no longer cheap to lease
  • Tucson is too frustrating to use
  • CX90 is too big.
  • Solterra/bz4x/RZ have much lower range than listed
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IDK if this is true. Ariya and EV6 should be on your shortlist maybe Ioniq too

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::whistles in used ev tax credit::

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventorylisting/viewDetailsFilterViewInventoryListing.action?sourceContext=carGurusHomePageModel&entitySelectingHelper.selectedEntity=d2938&zip=92110#listing=382683564/NONE/DEFAULT

For the record after 2 CMaxes I fully expected to roll into one of these, two dealers botched my factory orders and many Volvo mild hybrids lease as well or better.

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I don’t know what May lease offers will look like since they haven’t hit the ground yet, but you left the 2025 Mazda CX70 PHEV off of your massive “exclude list”. Worth a look if the Ford Escape programs continue to be garbage in May and you can wait until the CX70 PHEV drops.

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Good suggestion, but 26-mile electric range is a little low, and it’s a 1st-year model.

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While technically true, there is nothing to suggest that the CX-70 is anything other than a CX-90 w/o the 3rd row option. So, functionally-speaking, it’s closer to being in its 3r yr than in its first yr.

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I checked just now, and a base '24 Escape PHEV 36/10.5K lease in SoCal is $682, with $0 down. The only incentive is $2,500. There are 66 cars 125+ days on the lot on CarGurus, 50 miles from me. No more sold out as soon as they arrive. What a shame - it’s a good car with good electric range of 30+ miles.

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You are virtually guaranteed to be wasting your time by looking for a deal without precedent here. The only deals worth chasing are the best deals in the Marketplace and Signed Deals & Tips

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Leasehackr calculator questions:
1)Ford is offering 15% off MSRP for another Ford, as part of the Fusion buyback.
Do I reduce the selling price, or add to Taxed incentives?
2) There’s a $3,500 Ford rebate for 24-month lease. Does this go into Taxed incentives?

Current rates for 36/10 leases:
2023: 3.83%, 44 RV, $3,500 incentive
2024: 4.2%, 46 RV, $2,500 incentive
2023 24 mo: 0.44% APR/$3,500 incentive (as per Ted Robbins website)

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Maybe it’s just me, but buyback makes it sound like the car was lemoned. You’re just selling the Fusion to the dealer, right?

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There’s an active recall on the PHEV Fusion Energi, with no repair yet. Ford is quietly buying back cars, since the recall affects the battery, and we’ve been asked not to charge them.

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This popped up just now in my Google app. Might be a sign - to give up.
Ford’s recall of Bronco and Escape raises “significant safety concerns” federal regulators say

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