You’re not including your due at signing. You can easily get under 200 for black on black or white on black. Again for a 54k 2018 330e prior to April 39 you looks at comps and there is no way to claim, in SoCal of all places, that it was a good deal.
I’m thinking the difference is this one has M Sport. I don’t personally care for that package but I think generally it’s harder to hack one with it equipped. I don’t really know the 330e since it wasn’t on my list during my search last month (despite the deals I saw on it, the 530e just looked so much more enticing), but I think you’ll definitely be in the $300s effectively if you’re after M Sport.
It is 440 after tax including all numbers. It’s a 54K car. Come on man…at some point let’s just call this what it is.
What do you mean I’m not including it?
0 down, $1175 drive off including first month, tax, etc., $2800 refundable MSD
$391/month including tax???
(1175/24)+(357*1.09)=440
Hmmm over the last month or so I don’t believe I’ve seen any new M Sport 330e deals. Plenty of loaners, lower MSRPs and non M Sports, though. Haven’t tracked it closely, so I could certainly be wrong.
So what you’re saying is that a new 54K 330e for 320 all in, including tax is worth 27% less than one with M sport package (around same price) but likely missing one of the other packages (premium I am guessing). Sure. I’m pretty sure your price on your stacked 530e btw was close to his price.
There aren’t that many to reference, but these two seem to be the most similar.
They are roughly $350/month, however it includes loyalty and DAS was $2k and $2.5k.
The white/beige reference was just an example… The M-Sport package was important to me, so I was willing to pay the price for it.
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Dude I don’t have an M sport 330e to show you. I don’t think that package is worth it. I can, right now (or tomorrow) get a 54K MSRP 330e new for around 320 after tax. To be fair, this includes $500 you didn’t get as an incentive so I guess it would be around 330 after tax. So 330 after tax on that car with the packages it has (and are missing from an M sport I’m sure) vs 440 for you.
I don’t begrudge that you got a car that you wanted, that’s awesome. But deal wise, I disagree that it was a good one when 54K MSRP 330e goes for less right now. In fact I think getting an a220 at a higher monthly is more understandable simply because Mercedes isn’t offering these deals and no such comps exist.
That’s part of reason why I don’t like the M Sport package (aside from the fact that it makes no sense on a slow luxury car). It’s not worth the premium to me. But there are definitely some people who will pay significantly more per month to get it.
But regardless, this looks competitive against the other deals OP posted. Though the best deals are going to be loaners without M Sport.
He’s not saying he got a good deal. But as Dukez points out, it’s not a bad deal. 50/mo more is only about 1200 in your example. Again, OP said he knows it’s far from Unicorn. But it ain’t bad either. Just let it lie, man
Yeah sure. To me it’s 25% more for the same MSRP new car and qualifies as “bad”. He could have moved up to the 5 series. He could have picked a better package.
OP says “it’s far from unicorn” and you can call it “not a bad deal”.
There isn’t much left to discuss on it then.
I tried getting a deal on M-Sport 330e’s in SoCal for the past 2 months and got quotes over 400 with too much DAS pretty much every time.
The OP loves the car and the price is better than market price would be.
I guess it isn’t like a super hacked deal but it seems pretty good to me.
To OP hope you enjoy the hell out of that thing, you scored!
Next one will be even better with loyalty 
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Hi,
I am a newbie here and I am looking for a new BMW Series 3 for my wife before her lease (328i) ends next month. We got the worst lease possible 3 years ago for this 2015 328i loaner (12k miles on it) because we didn’t know anything about leasing a car. We took whatever the saleperson offered because my wife just liked the color. We ended up putting 3k DAS and paying $399/month and paid ton of money for maintenance after manufacturer maintenance plan ended last December. I was silly enough to pay 2k for all brand new tires 2 months before the lease ends without knowing I can get used tires from any tire shop. That’s my story and I hope I can learn a few things here to get a deal that I can feel I do a good job for the entire course of the lease.
I am in SoCal and looking at 330i or 330e trim (whatever with less monthly payment). Where do I start? Thanks,
Start with the FAQs and learning about the numbers that go into your lease. Focus on:
- Selling price before incentives. Get a bunch of quotes on cars you’re interested in.
- Figure out what incentives you qualify for (OL, college grad, loyalty, conquest, USAA, BMWCCA, etc). You can find information about rebates on any BMW deal posted to the forum since everyone lists them in their deals. Or google
- Plug it all into the Leasehackr Calculator with base money factor (which is .00177 this month on all models)
- Figure out what selling price you need to negotiate down to, in order to get the monthly number you want
- Negotiate with dealers who quoted you
- Apply MSDs to lower your money factor
- Profit
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Quick question: aside from the manufacturer incentives and paying MSDs, is the selling price the only area where people can save money and negotiate to lower lease payments?
Yes. Post sale rebates aren’t accounted for in lease contracts.
Some dealers mark up the MF and occasionally you can get them to back down. In my experience though, those that mark it up don’t usually offer much in terms of good deals in the end.
Thank you. Much appreciated!
I got the similar 330e from the same dealer in March. You MF got jacked up.