Just signed one. I spent the last 3 weeks looking at what felt like every possible car similar in size to my expiring Grand Cherokee 4xe. This was by far the best deal that I came across here in AZ. Every SUV (Jeep, Buick, Audi, Volvo, Bronco, Genesis, Cadillac, Mercedes) that I test drove got quoted over $1,000/m with at least 3k down.
AZ is a very tough market but there’s one MB dealership that is willing to do aggressive deals. I’m guessing you got yours from them. Did you really get a 20% discount? They probably offset some of that discount with higher rate. JFYI you could have lowered your monthly payment to around $660 with MSDs.
Yes AZ is brutal! I did score an insane EQS deal from the same dealership last May. I think I just got lucky with it being the end of the month and end of the quarter. Yes there really was a 20+% discount. It made it a no brainer IMO. I didn’t consider MSDs, I know there’s some value in them but I’ve never done them before.
I was talking about him not seeing $2k as rebate. Besides, brokers have been rolling dealer cash into their discounts for years, so this is a moot point
I ran dealerships in Chicago for 15 years and am the AVP of sales for dealership sales for a global f&I provider. I think I’ll be fine. Just didn’t know the abbreviation.
I’m also probably the only one here that can calculate a lease on an actual calculator