Audi Third Party Dealer Payoff

Hey there. Hope this is in the right place. I am currently leasing an Audi that I’m looking to sell. It is fairly early in the lease but the car is too small so we will be replacing with something else.

A local Audi dealership provided the following sheet (attached).

My understanding is the payoff with obligation is the Audi dealer’s payoff. The number without obligation is lower but my understanding is I’ll be billed some fees.

Are ANY of the numbers on this sheet the numbers if selling to a non Audi (third party) dealer?

Thanks!

Audi doesn’t allow that unless they have a sister dealership

So this is definitely adding to the wrinkle. I asked AFS directly if they allow third party payoffs and they said they do. They refer dealers to a third party Manheim payoff site - but the site is garbage. It has proven to be impossible to get any sort of third party dealer payoff. A broker I work with often has been trying for two days.

AFAIK they did allow 3rd party buyouts, unless this changed recently. It’s just 3rd party payoff is much higher than Audi dealer’s payoff.

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That’s what I heard also, which makes me think the numbers in this sheet are all Audi dealer payoffs only.

The without obligation numbers would work if I was leasing another Audi etc.