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Sedans Volvo S40 Volvo S40: Lease Questions
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Hi everyone. Please use the following discussion to post any questions that you have about leasing a Volvo S40. Thanks. Car_man Host Smart Shopper / Prices Paid Forums |
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Hi All: I'm looking into leasing a 2006 S40i with select package, climate package, and automatic transmisson and metallic paint. I got a quote from dealer for $26,480 + tax and other charges. I just want to see if it sounds like a good deal. Since I'm looking into enter a 2 years/ 10,000 miles lease, can anyone give me some idea as to what is a reason captial reduction cost should be and what is a fair amount for the month lease payment etc. I'm a newbie here and I hope the imformation that I provide is enough. Many thanks in advance Alex |
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Hello Alex. I would be more than happy to give you my opinion of this deal, however you never mentioned what your car's full MSRP is. This is an important piece of information because it will enable me to see how much of a discount you are being given and it is necessary to calculate a sample lease payment. You may want to stop by the following discussion to get feedback on the price that you were quoted from other community members who have recently purchased similar cars: "Volvo S40: Prices Paid & Buying Experience". Once you provide me with these numbers I can calculate a sample lease payment on this car using Volvo Finance's actual current lease program. As far as what sort of down payment to make goes, consumers can and should lease any vehicle that they are interested in without making a down payment. I always advise consumers against making any sort of down payment when leasing. I do so for two main reasons. The first is if your vehicle is totaled in an accident or stolen during your lease, your insurance company pays off the bank that you were leasing it through and your down payment essentially disappears. The second main reason is that down payments on leased vehicles do nothing to reduce their lease-end purchase prices. So your lease-end purchase option price for your S40 would be exactly the same, regardless of whether you had put several thousand dollars down, or had made absolutely no down payment at all. Car_man Host Smart Shopper / Prices Paid Forums
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Replying to: Car_man (Sep 11, 2005 6:56 am) Thanks for your timely response! I really appreciated your help, let me give you the MSRP and I will certainly look into forums that you suggested. The MSRP for the S40 i that I'm looking into is $28,750 (not included taxes others fees) Since there is only 3 dealers in the New York area Metro area. I pick Bay ridge Volvo near my house as my first stop of the volvo search this time around. The reason I asked about the down payment is because I was surfing volvo's website and there is a lease offer for 3 years, 10,000 miles per year lease for $229 a month and$ 3,924 due at signing. The down payment sounds alright to me until you rise your point today, so I guess I will try to avoid that when I talk to the dealer. By the way, I'm interested in enter a 2 years, 10,000 lease , do you think any dealer in the New York, New Jersey area willing to do that because most of the lease out there is 36 months. Will the monthly lease payment amount be different if it is a 36 months lease, instead of 24 months? Sorry, I still a rookie on this lease contract and I appreciate if you can help me out Regards Alex 
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No problem Alex. You definitely will be able to lease this car for 2 years if you want. The reason why most manufacturers advertise 3 year leases instead of 2 year leases is that in most instances the monthly payments for 3 year leases are lower. This is because vehicles experience their highest rate of depreciation during the first year of ownership. With a 3 year lease consumers have an additional 12 payments to spread out this large depreciation hit over. Let's calculate a sample lease payment on the car that you are interested in and see what we come up with. According to my calculations, if you were to lease a 2006 S40i with an automatic transmission, an MSRP of $28,750 and a selling price of $26,480 through Volvo Finance right now for 2 years with 10,000 miles per, your zero down, pre-tax monthly payment should be around $413. Volvo Finance's lease program on this car is not very attractive right now. I would not be surprised if you were able to lease one for less than this through an independent bank and using the $750 dealer cash that is available on purchases of this car to reduce your vehicle's capitalized cost. Car_man Host Smart Shopper / Prices Paid Forums |
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I was quoted after a days worth of being at the volvo dealer in las vegas: s40 white, auto, t5, audio pkg, sunroof pkg(whatever they call it). sticker was $29995 or so. They wanted 2500 down, 4 year lease(so as all maintenance was included for life of the lease), and monthly payments were around $400.00. I would rather buy but the lowest the salesperson at the dealership told me was $500+ per month with 2500 down. should I lease? is it a good deal for 4 years, 400 a month or try to get them lower on a purchase? Is it feasable to buy this car ar 400 per month? I see a lot of postings, but the dealers here do not want to budge it seems. Any other way of going about this? Please help! Lost in vegas |
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| I have a quote for a 2.4i with leather package, non-sports suspension, climate package, and auto tranny for $2,215.78 up-front and monthly payments of $375.63. The MSRP is $29,900. I requested info for residual value and cost of car and breakdown of up-front fees. The monthly payments are complete. Is this a good deal and how much more would a T5 be a month (same options, no sports suspension, FWD). I'm in the Newark, NJ area. Thanks. | |
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Greetings batman702. Volvo's lease program on the 2006 S40 T5 is not very attractive right now. Volvo Finance's lease money factor for this car is currently .00275 for a 3 year lease, which is equivalent to an interest rate of around 6.6%. I would be happy to give you an idea of what your lease payment should be like using Volvo Finance's current lease program if you let me know what this car's selling price is. I can also work up a finance payment on this car for you as well with this number. Car_man Host Smart Shopper / Prices Paid Forums |
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Hi benjamins. You never mentioned the selling price of the car that you are interested in leasing. This is an important number for you as a consumer to know for two reasons. First, the selling prices of leased vehicles can be negotiated, just as if you were paying cash for them. Without knowing the price of the car that you want to lease you don't know how good a price you are getting it for. The second reason is that one needs the selling price of a vehicle that they want to lease is that it is necessary to calculate its lease payment. I would be more than happy to give you my opinion of this deal if you let me know what its selling price is. Car_man Host Smart Shopper / Prices Paid Forums |
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Car Man, My wife leased the s40. Hope that it is a good deal. The car looks quite striking in Brilliant Blue. The lease numbers are capitalized cost of $26797.12 on a $29,900 MSRP car, $15,274.50 residual, the money factor is .0021, and the monthly payment is $375.63. |
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