Meph-E-AMG

Hi guys,

What do you think the lease payments for a 36 month lease of a C63 will be like?

BR,

Marc

SolidGranite

Around 1000/month give or take depending on terms.

dimsdale

Isn't this HIGHLY dependent on the amount of cash down you pay up front?

JRAMGV8

Where just gonna have to wait and see on the residual value and money factor soon. I assume it will be around $1K but it depends on down and lease term as well.

jtc55

assuming MSRP $70,000, 0 down, 36 months, 12K/year -- around $1200-1300/month.

SolidGranite

Money down on a lease is a bad idea. If you total the car one week after driving off the lot, you lose every dime you put down.

Clk&Slk

I agreed but so is leasing a car.

IanSL55

$1,100-$1,200 a month with great credit...

~ Ian

robbyt18

I agree with the rest of the posters; I'm thinking slightly above $1k monthly with $0 down. Love the C63, but owning an AMG is a bad idea. Holy depreciation!

Leasing is certainly a case by case decision. I like the idea of paying for the amount of car I use. I don't like always having a car payment.

Jim Brady

$70,000 MSRP, and they won't be discounting the C63 for a while. Figure with $5000 down and the money factor at .0025 (6%) on a 36 month lease $1100 plus tax . Money factors are not what they were two years ago. You will not get a zero down deal for $1000 @ month.
Jimmy

1qikctr

i think this number is what you would be looking at.

dimsdale

Sorry to sound out of the loop, but do AMG cars depreciate quickly? I would think those cars would hold their value pretty well, particularly a new design such as the C63.

AKnight55

i thought the msrp was going to be around $63,000-65,000?

IwantA124

I think a good lease term you would be paying around 50-60% of the cars price tag. If you're anywhere over the 60% range which is not uncommon especially on specialty cars like the AMG then you're better off financing it.


My .02

jtc55

it is, but that's the base price. add some options, including 030 performance package, and your easily at least $70,000 MSRP. plus, i don't think any dealers are going to discount these C63 early on.

Meph-E-AMG

Thanks for the input, guys. I thought it would be something around the mentioned figures.

Slater126

Yes they do, as any C32 or C55 owner will tell you. Not as bad as a Jaguar or American luxury car but faster than a BMW or Audi. The C63 probably won't be different.

I love this car but I'd wait awhile personally. The threat of serious recession looms on the horizon and the market for a $70k sport sedan that gets 12-15 MPG will shrink rapidly if housing values drop 20-30%, consumer spending tanks, and gas climbs to $4.00/gallon for premium unleaded, will get very, very small.

6.3AMG

more like .00350 and knowing mercedes, they'll want about $5,000 down and tax, first payment, registration. It'll come out to about $1,100 month for 39 months with a total of $9,000. complete rip off.

nye500

Agree

Jim Brady

Your assuming a rate 8.4%, (money factor) which isnt' for the most credit worthy buyer. Chase and First Bank are lower. I calculated on a 50% depreciaton over 36 months. I believe that this car will do better depreciation wise due to being a totally new model and more upscale than the C class it replaces. Easy money days are over unless you want to buy a ford.
Jimmy

patrick_y

You're lucky that the Mercedes-Benz sales agent doesn't say "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

Because that's what they used to say.

I'd guess the lease will probably be somewhere around $1300-1500 a month, with a down payment of around $5000.

sack5000

These rates seem really high. Last spring there was a $999 deal on the E63. It was a 33 mo lease with $6K down and a 63% residual. The MSRP was around $94K and included the P2 package. How could a $70K car command a similar or higher payment even considering the $6K down that was required?

It can definitely be expected that there will be many dealers jacking the price up on this car for awhile. Seems like a lease may avoid that problem and keep your options open down the road.

Why not lease since it avoids the depreciation issue mentioned above and generally allows one to drive the pee out of the car and have fun doing it.

jmoney6

The payment will prob depend based on dealership, because this isn;t going to be a car there goign to stock 50 of like a c300 or e320. Its going to have to be ordered nd the dealer will assume if you want to order it you must be willign to pay.

NOTA4RE

You would have to be nuts to lease this car. You would be locking yourself into a lot of pain. Why not buy it, enjoy it, and sell it before it is worth 25k less then you paid a year ago. Mercedes is not a car to hold longer than a year, especially AMG cars!

jtc55

ur payment is way too high. i agree the lease may be around $1300/month but that would be with $0 down.