New, Higher 2012 135i Coupe Residuals?

[bwagner]

Perusing the Lease special offers for 135i coupes. The $429/month deal indicates a 65% residual for a 36-month, 10k/year lease. This seems great! I wish that BMW would publish the money factor as well.

http://www.bmwusa.com/standard/conte...ferDetail.aspx

To compare, leasecompare.com has a 60% residual for July, nothing for August.

Brent

[propkaPT]

Originally Posted by bwagner

Perusing the Lease special offers for 135i coupes. The $429/month deal indicates a 65% residual for a 36-month, 10k/year lease. This seems great! I wish that BMW would publish the money factor as well.

http://www.bmwusa.com/standard/conte...ferDetail.aspx

To compare, leasecompare.com has a 60% residual for July, nothing for August.

Brent

The money factor is a bit high at .00195 and i believe its .00175 if you have loyalty. Ur on point with the residual.

[jpd]

MF is left to the dealer who pads the profit margin of the dealer.

[sjp3003]

Higher residuals are usually great news if you're leasing, but the residual can be a double-edged sword. When I went to pick up my car at the beginning of August the CA advised they had a higher residual from the deal I accepted in June: 65% versus 59% on the deal I accepted. I thought that would be great and my payments would decrease. The dealer, however, decided to jack up the MF and selling price leaving me with a more expensive purchase option (3000 higher). Needless to say I kept the original deal.