Leasehackr helped me land a great deal ($7700 one shot 24/12) on an Ioniq 5 2024 RWD SEL in late Spring. I love the car and would like to end up in a 2025+ (NACS, rear windshield wiper, etc) Limited at some point.
If I’m open to buying at some point are there any special considerations I should track? I don’t qualify for EV tax credit so assume I should at least lease and buy at end to get that credit via the lease?
EV’s are not for buying as the depreciation is too high. Lease, return, and buy it back from the dealer at less than your original buyout.
Do you mean that the residual value ends up being higher than market used price? Are dealers typically willing to sell the car you’ve leased back at market used price? I would rather end up with the unit I leased since I drive pretty gently.
You’re handcuffed to this one until Spring 2026? And you want its successor, but not it? If so, this sounds like a solid question to ask again around January 2026.
Fair! I could potentially accommodate a second car and the 2025s just got announced, hence asking now.
Lease the 2025 assuming similar deal to the 2024.
Whether you should ultimately buy the lease doesn’t need to be figured out until the end.
You turn it into the dealer, some Banks will then go back and offer it to the dealer at Market Price instead of RV (Some will just send straight to Auction and the dealer has to buy it like any other dealer). That market price on an EV is definitely lower than the RV they gave you on the Ioniq 5. So they will sell it at that price + some cushion, which means you could buy it for less.
Or you turn it into the dealer, and buy a different model they have on hand and drive off same day.
Yeah the suggestion upthread to do the lease process (inc test drive etc) for a model I am excited about and go from there makes sense.
It’s not just a plug fwiw; rear wiper, wireless CarPlay, plus SEL => Limited.
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