Thought I would get some input before I pull the trigger… I normally lease two Mercedes for my wife and I every 3 years… I recently sold both of our leased low-mileage Mercedes to cash out the positive equity… and we’ve been in a shared rental car for the last 40 days… Rather than lease a couple …

[image] Willow1308: So I’ve done an exhaustive nationwide search… and after two weeks I finally found a inbound new GV70 2.5 T (Select PKG) that I can buy… the vehicle will arrive in less than 2 weeks… where did you find this magical dealer so that i can off to sell my body to them for this m…

Yes… I was surprised the residual was so low… Originally figured it would be at least 60%… ….

RVs are based on sentiment (more or less). And people still aren’t familiar with Genesis, they still think of it as a glorified Hyundai, atleast one poster here on LH made a comment that he doesn’t like to buy cars made by people who eat currys (I know I know), Im sure the RVs over time will improv…

What magic 8 ball do you have that says inventory will get better in the coming months? Maybe you are looking at my order allocation for the next 120-150 days and think it looks better than the last 120 days? I hate to burst your bubble but you are flat out wrong.

I mean I can sell him a 50920 car or a 51920 msrp xc60 and be cheaper per month than his 47k msrp. Hell I am at 835 for a 59k msrp LOL

Most recent data seem to indicate that current production bottlenecks are easing… Here’s an interesting quote from a June 4th Bloomberg article… “Mercedes Benz AG and BMW AG are among carmakers now getting enough of the high-tech components to produce at full capacity after experiencing crippling …

I am glad that you bought the corp speech. I always wondered why they had some spokeperson who has no idea what their cars even are. If you call any dealership, ask to speak to the inventory manager. They can tell you about their actual inventory thats coming in. Or you can believe “Joeg Burzer” an…

I think you’re right… most people have no idea what the Genesis brand is… ….

Look into getting a lender tax credit on the lease.

[image] boozinix: Im sure the RVs over time will improve Why would they improve? The Mercedes GLC RV is also in the high 50’s. Lexuses also have realistic RVs. BMW Financial was subsidizing leases by inflating RVs so that you’d have to give them the car back.