2010 BMW X3, X5, X6 Lease Rates – November 2009

Published 2009/11/162009/11/16 by G

logo_bmw My Take: BMWFS seems to be throwing around the $2500 customer cash like its a great deal or something. As I mentioned to you before in the 5-series post, a lower MF is preferred over a $2500 rebate. As you start looking at more expenstive cars, I’d rather have a lower interest rate than a straight up cash discount. With that said, despite the $2500 rebate, none of these SUV’s are worth leasing this month (if you don’t might pay more for them, be my guest).

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2010 BMW 5-Series Lease Rates – November 2009

Published 2009/11/13 by G

logo_bmw My Take: As expected, the 5-Series did take a pretty significant jump on the money factor, making financing the lease loan significantly more expensive than last month. Is there an upside to all of this? Sort of. BMWFS introduced $2500 Holiday Cash for customers who finance through them, which isnt’ too bad. In this case the lower MF than the customer/dealer cash because the difference in the interest charge incurred in this month’s lease (compared to last month) will more than likely exceed $2500. Not to mention the fact that cash rebates are often taxed.

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2010 BMW 1-Series Lease Rates – November 2009

Published 2009/11/062009/11/13 by G

logo_bmw My Take: Just like the 3-series, the 1-series is also getting a little bit of love from BMWFS. However, there isn’t a $2500 rebate on the 135i, only $1500 for bother the 128 and the 135. Better than nothing I guess. The good news is that you get the cash, same residual as last month and a lower money factor. This means that this month, the 1-series is cheaper to lease than last. Good news for those shopping for a 1-series. The rebates will be around until early January, so be sure to take advantage of them. I also suspect that the current lease rates from BMWFS will be around until January 4th, 2010.

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2010 BMW 3-Series Lease Rates – November 2009

Published 2009/11/062009/11/13 by G

logo_bmw My Take: Happy Friday everyone! I’ll be out of town this weekend (again) so I’ll leave you with the latest BMW lease rates I found. BMWFS made some minor residual increases for some trims, but models got hit with a higher MF this month. Good news is that there is some holiday cash available for lessees. The 328i trims get $1500 and the 335i trims get $2500. Even the M3 gets a little love with $1500. You only get this cash if you lease or finance through BMWFS, so if you plan to pay cash or finance through your own bank, you won’t qualify. This is a mfg to consumer rebate, so make sure you get some discounts from your dealer as well.

On a side note, there have been a rash of fuel injector problems on the 335i engine according to a few friends of mine who drive them. When you lease, that’s not a huge deal, but the hassle of having to take the car in for service is a factor (at least for me) in the overall ownership/leasing experience of a car. Just a little FYI in case you were shopping for a 335i.

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2009 OC Auto Show

Published 2009/10/192010/11/04 by G

I was on hand at the OC Auto Show this weekend browsing through the latest and greatest from a handful of manufacturers. It was somewhat disappointing to see that some big name brands didn’t show up, but then again I can’t really blame them. Come November, the Los Angeles Auto Show should be in town, so there isn’t much of a spending that kind of money to promote your vehicles twice in the same market. Nevertheless, the OC Auto Show was solid because it was not too crowded and I got to hope into practically every single car. Hopefully, you took advantage of the free ticket I posted on the previous OC Auto Show post. I ended up realizing that the ticket was only FREE for Thursday and Friday. For Saturday and Sunday, it gives you a 50% discount for up to 4 tickets; still a pretty good deal.

For those who have never been to the OC Auto Show, this is a much smaller venue compared to the LA Auto Show. The most notable absentee was Mercedes Benz. I found that to be somewhat strange considering BMW, Audi, Infiniti and Lexus put up some seriously strong showings there. Now the highlight of the show was probably Saturday’s Hawaiian Tropic Bikini contest. Unfortunately, by the time I got there, the crowd had gotten pretty big and it was hard to see much of anything. I also happened to be with my wife, which pretty much explains why I didn’t get to see anything as well. Nevertheless, I did bump into some rather attractive booth girls and there were a few bikini models did roam around the show taking pictures with attendees.

Now lets go back to the cars shall we! 🙂

Acura: The fellows from Japan had the usual lineup, TSX, TL, RL, RDX and the MDX. They also brought in the production ready model of the ZDX, which looks looks like an oversizedd futuristic sports car with 4 doors and a big trunk. My biggest complaint? The color. Why on earth would you debut a production ready vehicle in a crappy brown color?! Great car, crap color.

Audi: Audi brought in all of their cars in glossy white and left the LED lights on to add to the COOL factor. Too bad they put the price tag on these cars too. Talk about sticker shock! One of the most surprising things about the A5 is the trunk space, its freaking HUGE for a coupe.

BMW: The BMW section was a bit bland. I didn’t spend much time there, but I did get the wife into a M3 and she loved the supple leather seats. Her direct words “wow, the leather feels nice”.

Buick: Buick showed off the new Lacrosse and that’s about it. It looks very Lexus-like. Why not just buy a Lexus?

Cadillac: They showed up the CTS trims and their new concept coupe, the Converj. They had this lady presenting the vehicle and talking about design philosophy, etc…then she asks “Do you have any questions? Like when its coming out or how much it will cost? Well it’s not coming out, so there’s no price for it”.

Chevy: Chevy brought out the big guns by displaying a full-sized version of Bumblebee of the Transformers. They even brought in an Autobot-branded Camaro to post next to it. Then my wife and I stood next to them and posted with them. LOL. It was quite entertaining. GM also brought out some of their high-end Corvettes and Camaros and displayed the Stingray Concept; VERY awesome looking as you can see.

Chrysler: Yawn…

Dodge: Double Yawn…

Ford: Probably the biggest disappointment for me was 2010 the Ford Taurus. That center console is freaking MASSIVE! I felt claustrophobic in there and that’s a pretty big car. Not only that, the plastic interior panels reminded me of BouncewithB’s company car, the Dodge Nitro. I could literally PUSH some panels in exposing huge gaps between them. You won’t see that in an Audi A6. I spent about 5 minutes sitting next to this British guy inside the Taurus and all we did was whine about how Ford has disappointed us yet again.

GMC: Nothing too exciting, just the usual suspects.

Honda: The only “exciting thing” was their hydrogen powered car that I’ve seen three times already.

Hyundai: Wife really liked the Genesis Coupe and proceeded to diss my G37 as having a “BIG BUTT” compared to the Genesis. How RUDE!

Infiniti: Wife, again tried to make me feel good by telling me the Moonlight White on the EX35 is much better looking than the Ivory Pearl on my G37. Gotta love her. 🙂

Lexus: New HS looks like a bigger more expensive high-tech Prius. Sat in the IS-F and I have to say that that car feels way too cheap inside for a Lexus.

Mazda: I noticed all 2010 model have the massive fish-lip that the 2009-2010 Mazda3 and Mazda6 came out with; yup, that includes the RX8.

Mercedes Benz: A no-show. Lame.

MINI: Sat inside the Clubman with the wife at the wheel. She proceeded to feel claustrophobic (like I was in the Taurus) and jumped out. Looks like we’re not getting a MINI after the TSX.

Nissan: I don’t think I made it there.

Subaru: Took a few pics of the STi. Good looking hatchback if I do say so myself.

VW: The new Golf / GTI are out and they look much better in my opinion. I would probably consider a 4-door GTI as my weekend car since its compact yet has more cargo room than my G37. I spent some time looking at the Tiguan as well. My folks recently picked one up so I wanted to see what it was like. Its not the most luxurious car out there, but its well-built and has a nice interior.

Volvo: The new S60 and the C30 looked better in person. Their new crossover SUV XC60 looks wicked with dark tinted glass. I still wouldn’t lease one yet since I still remember my sister’s horror stories about her S70 back in the day.

Anyway, I would go on and on about the show, but I’m sure you guys want to see the pictures, so here you go!

2010 BMW Z4 Lease Rates – October 2009

Published 2009/10/12 by G

logo_bmw My Take: I’ve been busy with real life these past few days so I haven’t had much of a chance to address questions and post lease rates. For that, I apologize. I’ve had to skip down to San Diego these two of the past three weekends to take care of family matters, so it’s been physically and mentally draining having to drive up and down after working 40+ hours weeks (and this excludes blogging mind you). Nevertheless, I got some more lease rates for you all so stayed tuned! The Z4 is looking unchanged from September as well, so MSDs are highly recommend if this is a MUST have for you.

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2010 BMW X3, X5, X6 Lease Rates – October 2009

Published 2009/10/07 by G

logo_bmw My Take: Again, same lease rates as last month. X5 and X6’s look decent, but the X3 should not be considered right now. The last time X3 was a good lease was December 2008, since them the rates have stayed sucky for quite some time. Maybe they will sweeten the lease rates a bit this Holiday season, but I wouldn’t exactly count on it.

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2010 BMW 6-Series, 7-Series Lease Rates – October 2009

Published 2009/10/06 by G

logo_bmw My Take: Same lease rates, different month. As stated before, the numbers look exactly the same as September’s. If you get sick of waiting for me to post the remaining BMW numbers, just head back to the September rates and use those numbers. As always, if anything changes, I will revise the posts.

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