I checked out some Ghibli's and got a rough estimate on a lease. A mid $70's model they said would lease for about $1,200 (of course this was with no negotiations and him knowing I won't be in the market for about 10 months or so).
Being that I'm used to M-B/BMW with their insane artificially incentivized leases, where my 5 Series that MSRP's for $64K costs me $600 a month (my E Class was cheaper even as MBUSA leases them these days for about what a loaded Camry would lease for), it clearly seems quite unattractive, especially considering as much as I was happy with the Ghibli when I saw it, aside from exotic appeal I'm not sure if I see it as a fundamentally superior car to a 5 Series (you're essentially paying up in comparison which allows you exclusivity factor, which is fine) if at all (would have to drive it to make my own personal verdict on that, of course) which would make that a difficult proposition for me.
So I thought about price of buying it. Assuming if in almost a year from now (when I'm out of my lease) you can get these cars for decent discounts or even very slightly used models for even better "discounts", which would of course force quite a bit of money upfront in order to keep payments well under the lease price.
I guess the main question here is how these cars will depreciate. I.e like Masers before it or if it will hold prices significantly better (a must to endorse buying it).
What are you guys doing with the early batches which I'm sure aren't being discounted much yet? Buying or Leasing?
Thanks.
Being that I'm used to M-B/BMW with their insane artificially incentivized leases, where my 5 Series that MSRP's for $64K costs me $600 a month (my E Class was cheaper even as MBUSA leases them these days for about what a loaded Camry would lease for), it clearly seems quite unattractive, especially considering as much as I was happy with the Ghibli when I saw it, aside from exotic appeal I'm not sure if I see it as a fundamentally superior car to a 5 Series (you're essentially paying up in comparison which allows you exclusivity factor, which is fine) if at all (would have to drive it to make my own personal verdict on that, of course) which would make that a difficult proposition for me.
So I thought about price of buying it. Assuming if in almost a year from now (when I'm out of my lease) you can get these cars for decent discounts or even very slightly used models for even better "discounts", which would of course force quite a bit of money upfront in order to keep payments well under the lease price.
I guess the main question here is how these cars will depreciate. I.e like Masers before it or if it will hold prices significantly better (a must to endorse buying it).
What are you guys doing with the early batches which I'm sure aren't being discounted much yet? Buying or Leasing?
Thanks.