Audi Buyout Change effective 3/1/2022

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As a heads up to those flipping or selling their leased Audi’s/cars through VW Financial. They have changed their buyout rules, even through authorized dealerships who are eligible to buy them.

All dealer buyouts are subject to a disposition fee, buy fee, and segment fee.

Disposition Fee: In most cases this is $495 - but your applicable dispo would be labeled on your contract. It is only waived if you go into another lease or buyout the car yourself.

Buy Fee: Flat $100, applied to every Audi/VW buyout

Segment Fee: This is the big change. Audi Financial is charging the following

  • $400 for Segment A (A3/Q3)
  • $600 for Segment B (A4/A5/Q5/Etron/TT)
  • $800 for Segment C (A6, A7, A8, Q7, Q8, R8, Etron Sport Back, RS Cars)

Example of a Q5 Buyout

  • $35,000 Buyout
  • $100 Buy Fee
  • $495 Disposition
  • Applicable Segment Fee of $600
    TOTAL BUYOUT: $36,195

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Damn VW trying their best to make some money back after Felicity Ace.

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Is this retroactive to existing leases or just new leases?

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Applicable to any current VW Credit lease, regardless of lease inception date.

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Retroactive. Sold my etron few days ago. I’m one of the early victims, having paid both the buy and segment fees. Luckily I still made out with nice positive equity.

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Yep it still makes sense. Audi’s hold a lot of equity so at the end of the day it’s certainly not a deal breaker. Dispo plus buy fee plus segment is a bit of a mental hurdle to get over though. I’ve personally written close to a 5 figure equity check on an RS car, so it makes sense that Audi wants its cut (especially with production cuts.)

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How about VW vehicles?

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Is the segment fee only for dealer buyouts? What if the lessee themselves does the buyout?

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If you don’t mind me asking, where did you sell your etron? Autonation, Audi dealership, or third party? I want to sell mines as well.

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I sold my etron recently and ended up selling to a dealer. For the most part, Autonation and Rodo had higher offers than most Audi dealers, but there was one Audi dealership that was beat Autonation and Rodo by $1,500.

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If you purchase the vehicle yourself , do these fees apply? They are not included in my payoff statement. I think they only apply to dealer transactions. However , if you buy it yourself you pay sales tax.

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Autonation gave me the best offer, beating those of my local dealers and some of the buyers on this forum.

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I believe the segment & buy fee do not apply to consumer buyouts. I think the dispo still applies if bought out early.

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That’s good to know. Hopefully can sell end of month.

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Aww dealers.

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Audi Financial pockets it, not dealers.

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Oh thanks for clarifying… as if we needed any more evidence that AFS is the worst pos finance arm in the industry. :roll_eyes:

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@AutoNinjas Big thank you for the information.

Is the Segment Fee in lieu of the market adjustment (i.e., the markup to non-VW branded dealers), or is it in addition to?

Thanks again.

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How are they able to get away with adding this if it was not in the original lease agreement?

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I believe they can get away with it since there is no language in the lease agreement allowing the lessee to sell the car to a third party. I do not believe they are applying these costs/fees retroactively to lessee buyouts, which are covered by the terms of the lease.

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