My Take: Something weird going on here…the Q7 3.6 Premium seems half decent for a “Lease-to-Buy”, low residual, low MF. But here’s the thing, Edmund’s TMV states about $2300 below invoice sale price, but I don’t see any rebates floating around. The way I feel about TMV is that whenever it shows a sale price near MSRP, I think you can do better. Whenever I see a sale price that’s way below invoice, I feel like that only applies to purchases. That has been the case for the most part, which is why I stick by that logic. Anyway, should the sale price of $2300 below invoice be attainable, then this wouldn’t be a too bad of a deal. Unfortunately, in the “real world” I haven’t seen anyone reporting that kind of money off the Q7 yet.
Check out the new LIST for the recommended leases of the month.
2009 Audi Q7
2009 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI Premium
24-month | 15k miles | residual 54% | .00211 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 47% | .00211 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 40% | .00342 base money factor
2009 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI Premium Plus
24-month | 15k miles | residual 52% | .00211 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 45% | .00211 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 38% | .00342 base money factor
2009 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI Prestige
24-month | 15k miles | residual 50% | .00211 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 43% | .00211 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 36% | .00342 base money factor
2009 Audi Q7 3.6 Base
24-month | 15k miles | residual 47% | .00057 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 40% | .00057 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 33% | .00342 base money factor
2009 Audi Q7 3.6 Premium
24-month | 15k miles | residual 49% | .00057 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 42% | .00057 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 35% | .00342 base money factor
2009 Audi Q7 3.6 Premium Plus
24-month | 15k miles | residual 48% | .00057 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 41% | .00057 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 34% | .00342 base money factor
2009 Audi Q7 3.6 Prestige
24-month | 15k miles | residual 46% | .00057 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 39% | .00057 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 32% | .00342 base money factor
2009 Audi Q7 4.2 Prestige
24-month | 15k miles | residual 45% | .00181 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 38% | .00181 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 31% | .00342 base money factor
Hi G:
I think you’re right about the rebate because there’s definitely a similar $2500 dealer incentive for A4 Quattro cash sales. Edmunds TMV listed a much lower price than what any dealer could offer when calculating a lease. So a good bargain turned into a middling deal, and I might just wind-up in a 3-series *yawn*