New to the leasing world, thank you all for the great info. that this forum provides!
I’m in the market for a 3row SUV/minivan, and debating whether to buy vs. lease.
My question is that can the lease pre-incentive discount prices that are shared by members be used as a benchmark price for a purchase price for the same car?
For example, if I see a lease pre-incentive discount rate of 13% off MSRP for a car in my region, can I expect to maybe to get a purchase price in the same ballpark (+/- some negotiation luck)?
My naive intuition tells me that the dealer pre-incentive discount rate shouldn’t matter whether you buy vs. lease, but is there something that makes the lease pre-incentive discount rate lower for leases compared to when buying or vice versa?
As long as your pre-incentive discount does not come with a corresponding MF mark up, then generally it should make no difference if you’re leasing or buying.
That’s great, makes the comparison of buying vs. leasing a bit easier, since at least there’s no major dealer discounts differences.
Also, makes this forum so much more valuable, since I haven’t found any comparable community (and active) for sharing non-lease buying prices for their vehicles. I’ve looked at TrueCar, but their data is probably not as accurate as the ones shared by members here.
