I got it from Thousand Oaks Honda
Contact was Fabian Ochoa… super easy to work with and very Transparent…no games like 1st Kia or Champion Kia.
was also looking for the Niro PHEV but changed my mind because of these three reasons
-Clarity has higher range on battery so you get a higher fed rebate (7500…so better lease term and almost 3500$ difference in net cost when you start at same MSRP)
Clarity gas only mpg is 44 almost as same as Niros 49mpg
-Niro PHEVs are in short supply so the dealer attitude is terrible
-No discounts on msrp and 5.2% apr for Niros
-Niro is not an SUV …there is no way you can fit two big bags in the trunk of that thing.its actually a hatchback with a tall roof.
most importantly Niros have terrible residuals …they depreciate crazy.
Congratulations on your deal. This might be what I’m looking for to replace my 2016 Volt lease that is about to come up in February. Can you PM your dealer to me? Thanks
RSM Honda will match the deal and throw in Honda care. PM for me for the contact. Only thing is~ they only have 1 and it’s Burgundy/Beige. I went into the dealership in person to confirm it.
Im looking at leasing a Clarity Plug-in very soon. If anyone has any dealer recommendations, i’d appreciate it. Has anyone had any experience in negotiating a lower monthly rate with a higher down payment?
I had a Van Nuys Honda dealer quote me $275 per month before tax and then when you get there, they say that the $2,000 add on items (tint, alarm and door edge guards) have to be added in - making the car price now $335 plus tax !! Outrageous dealer but I guess there are people who are suckers and fall for the extra items being crammed down your throat ???
The lease cash should be cut down from $7600 to $3800 however American Honda Finance has not changed it yet on their end. AHF will likely get snubbed when they try to get that money from the Gov’t. If you want a Clarity with huge rebate potential now is definitely the time. I would recommend finding a dealership that has a fair amount of them in stock. My store has 0 - 2 at any given time so we aren’t giving them away.
Honda dealerships in this area tend to deal with online price shoppers in three ways:
Surprise you with accessories upon arrival
Give you a super-low quote and then rack up the interest rate/MF
Tell you to go to the stores doing 1 or 2 and swing by if the deal isn’t real
I have been moving to strategy #3 with people I speak with on the phone and email. I even send them a total breakdown of what the deal should be, down to the penny, and tell them to bring it to the competitor.
I do understand that some of you have hackrpwrz however you may just want to go beat the shit out of a few sales teams in person if you really want a Clarity before the incentives change by over 3k.
What are you talking about here, man? The rebate is still there for Honda as they are very very far away from the 200k evs sold limit. The Honda lease cash is still 7600, i just got that a few days ago. Stop with the FUD already, you should know this stuff.
And let me guess, you never get those deals because you try to utilize FUD to land a deal and reply with wise ass sore loser remarks when you can’t match or get in the ballpark on a deal?
I hate dealing with pricks like you at dealerships. Just because you can’t touch a deal doesn’t mean someone else can’t. Most of the time, your crap deals aren’t even in the ballpark which is why the response is what you posted above. Good thing we’ve learned how to deal with your types. We spend that money elsewhere!
Yikes lots of anger on these forums. I can approve most any deal however if we only have a few we would rsther sell it for a profit as opposed to a dead-even or loser deal. As I mentioned before I definitely encourage anyone in the market to go to a dealership with a decent stock of Claritys - great car!
