Trying to understand the Taycan market, looks like like there are no discounts offered. There are 478 Taycans in the 200 Mile radius area around LA. 327 are on lots, rest in transit - I counted.
Was hoping to get something around 39/10k on a cross-turismo for around $1100 + tax. Am I crazy?
Offered deal #1 from Porsche Woodland Hills - This sounds like straight robbery, and they wouldn’t budge. Model: 2024 Taycan Cross Turismo
MSRP: $120k
DAS: $10k - includes 1st payment & registration
Monthly: $1539 + tax
Terms: 39/5k
The moment I read Porsche and the words “lease deal”, I know it can’t be true. Unless you’re ready for a base model that has less features than a Hyundai or willing to put up a crazy monthly, it’s not practical. Either finance a used one or look at something else(EQE, EQS, E-tron GT, i5, i7, model S).
The $1100 was a guesstimate based on almost equivalent MSRP vehicles, mostly from the pre-negotiated section of the site & marketplace. I erred on the miles though, since I’m thinking 10k, not 7.5k/yr
Pre-negotiated deal Comparisons:
$112k msrp E-Tron GT - $691/mo for $5.5k DAS on 7.5k miles
$128k msrp EQS 580 - $931/mo ($731 with MSD & fleet) for $5k DAS on 7.5k miles
The E-Tron & EQS are probably the wrong ones to look at I realize. It looks like the i7 might be a better comparison for the Taycan:
PND listing: $129k MSRP, $1.3k/mo ($1.17 w MSD & loyalty) $5k DAS
I’ll probably end up with an EQE 500 or EQS, but I’m still very surprised they are keeping the prices so high on the Taycan. And the cars are just sitting on lots, seems a bit baffling to me but maybe I just don’t understand the economics.
Porsche has always had a different selling philosophy. BMW’s goal is to put a car in everyone’s driveway. Porsche is completely okay with you not buying the car for whatever reason (price, practicality, features, etc).
You should spend some more time researching on this website and read the wiki (I don’t mean that as a dig, there is a lot of info on there and I see you are a newer user). Just because cars have similar MSRPs, doesn’t mean they lease the same at all since they each will have different leasing programs and dealer discounts.
The difference between Porsche and Audi is that Porsche is able to offload cars just for the purpose of people trying to build up spend for a 911 reservation. The Hermes of the auto world
Woodland Hills just moved into a brand new facility that must’ve cost a fortune to build. Wonder how much it factors in their business model? Either that or they’re saving up for a rainy day special having a former KCAL 9 weatherman Carl Bell on their sales staff
BTW, their fancy Porsche branded fast chargers have been DOA since grand opening.
They offered me 39/5 $2,439.14 inc tax. end of December with minimum drive off (first payment, acquisition fee, taxes and DMV) of $4,698.00 on a pre-owned $139,600 2023 4S CT. They know what they got!
In all seriousness, they’re actually pretty popular in LA.
The base Taycan I get quoted for one pay 2 years with 10k miles comes out to slightly under $1,500 effective. Consistent with market when I speak to most reps.
