MINI Electric--Anyone Jumping In?

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Been looking for an inexpensive EV Lease for a few months. It seems as though one of least expensive is the MINI Cooper E. It’s 299 with 3500 down which is a bit on the high side but these cars appear to NOT be moving well. I can understand that with 110 miles of range it’s pretty limiting and on its face not a great deal range wise when you compare it to a Niro, Bolt, even a Leaf.

Does anyone have experience trying to lease or purchase? Is the advertised deal on the website or at the dealers as good as it gets? It would seem to me that there’s some room to negotiate an even better deal given the range limitations of this model.

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Oh, no, that’s the starting point.
Mini’s Suck at resale , so just intend on returning it.

If I remember right it was more like $299 with 1k

Look at this old deal and try to negotiate to your best

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You sure it isnt $299 with $3500 down plus a giant asterisk costing an extra couple thousand dollars?

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its 299 a month for 7500 with 3500 down and an extra 20 for 10k and another 20 for 12. I’d never intend to keep this car after the lease…but if I could get it for 299 a month for 15K with only inceptions DAS then I would live with the shortcomings. I have to believe these aren’t flying out of the showroom. Yesterday I looked in a 50 mile radius of Los Angeles and saw over 125 of them. There’s not a surplus of MiNI dealers so most of them in the search are sitting on 15-20 with more in transit.

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That’s a current deal, I just posted that 3 days ago, hah

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Your target is way too ambitious, these leases are fairly cheap but pretty far off from this goal

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Why Mini? :frowning:

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its one of the lowest priced EV’s out there and the market for the car because of its range has got to be limited which could open the door for some solid deals as we head to the year’s end

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But $3,500?

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The Kia Niro is similarly priced.

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How many thousands off msrp would it take to get there?

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I have heard Minis drive like GoKart…, have you driven one?

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i would NEVER put 3500 on a lease…but what I’m hoping is that those terms can be modified to the buyer’s advantage

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:raising_hand_man: I’d say there’s truth in that. Had two before; current one is a S with a JCW tune kit. Love it… but it’s small… if you want space, it’s not the vehicle for you.

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MSRP doesn’t mean much here. I’m willing to bet higher MSRP cars are leasing for less.

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Obviously it changes month to month but this month I haven’t seen a lease under the high 3’s and that’s BEFORE you throw in tax, and some have 2,000 or more down. For a post graduate’s first car…if i could get this thing for 299 for 15K for 3 years and nothing or just first month, docs, reg etc…that would be a good deal I think. Especially in the current environment. There could be better KONA, NIRO, LEAF deals ahead…but at this moment I’m not seeing much better than this. The only stumbling block is the downstroke. That’s a non starter. I’m hoping someone has been able to do better than the published offer which kinda sucks.TBH

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There’s no point having a discussion based on your wish list. What’s the best deal in the Marketplace ?

Let’s talk real numbers

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You realize youre probably talking about getting another $6-7k off from the national offer to make that happen, right?

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I think we might be saying the same thing in different ways. Hopefully there’s someone out in the LH community that has either leased, or considered this car. I’m trying to find out if anyone has negotiated terms that are better than their crappy advertised offer.

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What % dealer discount is required to get you where you want to be?