My current 2022 Q5 Premium + is coming to an end in about 2 months. The residual is ~31K and i don’t have any equity in it based on the current market as this car is lacking some safety features due to the chip shortage during that time. I considered buying it out but doesn’t seem too worth it as I can get a similar one in the used market for around ~28/29K before any negotiation.
But, the dealer where I leased from originally is offering me a new 2025 Q5 Premium + at $57K MSRP for around ~10K off. The lease would be 36/10 at $577 per month with $5K DAS (fees, title, taxes). Residual would be around ~33K when the lease is up.
That is a little better than the Pre-Negotiated Deal out of New Jersey. I just worry about the age of the platform as mentioned above. There are probably better choices, but if you are comfortable with the Q5 then go for it. Also look at adding Audicare for the residual bump. Not sur ehow much that costs on the 2025 Q5s now.
Yes, i would be effectively leasing a vehicle that is in the process of being replaced with the new model in the next few months. However, the dealer told me the redesigned Q5s will not have much incentives/discounts and tariffs slapped on
Not a great deal. Agreed check with brokers or the trusted audi dealers here. Sam is sadly gone. People ask my why I have so many Audis , it’s because Sam would do crazy pricing. I have a dealer in NorCal who will blow one out once in a awhile
Call Audi get a lease extension, and wait for new model to hit. Then you can bargain
If it helps, I’m based in New York and just got quoted 750 a month with 5500 DAS (taxes, title, fees) for a 2025 sq5 premium plus on an MSRP ~68k. Didn’t think it was a good deal so I left but had I seen your deal i probably would’ve jumped on it. But reading other comments, it sounds like that’s still no good? I’m not really sure
Ask dealer if you have loyalty rebate for your current lease. They occasionally send private rebates (loyalty) to Audi owner.
And regarding the deal, no it’s not a good deal. You should easily get a discount of 10% or above to make the effective monthly around mid 600s.
*effective monthly means if you roll all you taxes and fees into the monthly and only pay first month at drive off
*10% discount I mentioned does not include any of the national rebate or Costco rebate…
And rebates or incentives do nothing with the dealer, it’s the allowance from manufacturer or whoever offers toward these dealerships. Some dealers don’t tell you that and combine them with their poor little discount then tell you the “discount” is “15%”.
The deal you got has a poor discount, almost an msrp deal. The way you make a deal is to present your offer to the dealer, for example: asking if they are willing to do xx% on their cars. Instead of asking what’s the lowest they can do for you.
**Important: Audi dealerships usually buy their popular models like Q5 / A5 from Audi manufacture at around 15%. Some bigger stores have even cheaper price. And their employee discount is 14%. So you should target at least 10% which is a very very doable and realistic offer, more the better (12-14% will be very good deal)
