Hi all, didn’t see many Taos data points when I was shopping so figured I’d add one. This is not a crazy deal or anything but as a casual consumer with minimal free time to spend at the dealership, I’m happy with where I landed on it. Hope the info helps anyone who comes searching in the future months.
Coming from a leased Mazda CX-5 Carbon Edition (Turbo, AWD) with red leather interior which I loved, but which had a lot of equity locked up due to current market and low mileage (12k over 2yrs). Have big expenses coming up so my main motivator to sign a new lease early was getting a good trade in amount that the dealership could stuff into my pockets. Dealer gave me $30k which is $5350 above my buyout, when most other places were offering 26-28k at most, and this is despite a bunch of minor-mild damage that I’d accumulated. So all in all, I was pretty happy.
Vehicle: 2023 Volkswagen Taos SEL 4Motion
MSRP: $36,435
Selling Price: $34,100 (6.4% off)
Monthly Payment: $454 ($465 effective)
Term: 10k, 39mo
MF: 0.00144 (lowest avail at time, no MSDs)
RV: 59%
DAS: $470 (1st month payment plus ~$15, from a last minute thing I didn’t bother to clean up)
Incentives: $500 recent graduate credit, applied as cap cost reduction
Freebies: all weather mats, obviously
Trade: $30k for my prior lease, minus buyout = check in hand for $5,350
LH score = 7.1
For whatever reason, the “Signed” page autogenerated effective monthly and LH score differ from those on the LH calculator. From what I can tell, the calculator is the one that is actually accurate so I’ve linked that first.