You can do much better on the sales price. I leased the same truck in January for $450 a month, which includes 9.25% sales tax, with just the first payment due at signing. The residual and MF were better in January, but the sales price was more like $56,000 too. I can’t remember exactly, and I’m writing this on my phone, but search “sierra Denali” and you’ll see it.
I’m working on a Denali lease also, but I’m running into the same issue. I’ve talked with three dealers, and none of them discount more than $3500-4000 on leases, which equates to around 6-7% off MSRP. Of course, if I was purchasing all of the factory incentives and rebates would kick in for big savings…But they don’t apply to leases.
Best I’ve gotten so far is $525/month for a 36 month/10k yr lease with MSRP of $58,200 and no money down. That’s not terrible at all, but I’m shooting for around $450. That includes 5% sales tax.
Began shopping the Sierra/Denali … was hoping to take advantage of some larger discounts and high residuals but similar pressure getting dealers to play ball. Even took a run at a couple demos as had luck in the past with GM (Cadillac SRX) but to no avail … welcome additional thoughts or strategies on how to optimize to get one closer to $400 than $600 (including access to GMS).