AMGBS

Hi guys,

I am looking to lease a 2015 S63 for 36 months with a msrp of 164K.

Best deal I was offered was 17k down and a monthly payment of $2,500 (including taxes).

I think the down payment is a bit high. What do you guys think?

What are most people paying on their S63 lease?

Thanks

jenz

Google around, do NOT put money down on a lease

Focus on what % you get off MSRP, the residual and your MF ... the rest is just math

Residual will depend on your annual mileage, MF buy rate is somewhere around 0.020-0.022 for an AMG (not as good as the 0.013 on the regular S)

AMGBS

@jenz Thanks for the head up! i'll definitely google around more

BklynMarc

I'd be interested to hear too. Are the residuals still around 47% after three years?

orys

Dude that is one of the worst lease deals I have ever seen. You could probably lease a 200K bentley for dramatically less.

WSH

$0 down on any lease

Wouldn't ever do >2yr lease

63s have well-known MCT lemon/POS jerky gearbox issues

65s have well-known engine fail/lemon issues (not yet solved despite a 10yo motor)

Integrity of dealer and one's relationship w/dealer likely changes any lemon process, so quibbling over discts over 2yr leases likely is irrelevant in big picture of tot cost of ownership/use if one's time is worth anything...oppty cost of time vastly outweighs trying to solve any glitches/lemon issues for anyone who can comfortably afford a >$175K commuter car, replaced every <2yo much like an iPhone

corsaschnell

I always lease with the following terms:

$0 down payment (Capitalized Cost Reduction)
3 years, 36K miles
and look for a the lowest monthly payment

As said above never put a down payment (or Cap Reduction) on a lease.

JapanDave

I still don't understand why people lease???

jenz

Google around, not hard to understand

JapanDave

Maybe, it is just that it won't work in my situation. For a businesses expense though, I can see the advantages.

AMG 17GT

I don't think Leasing is any different than a finance deal, it's just a different structure with a built in buy it or leave it option.
The problem with Mercedes and most leases in general are the money factors are simply too high compared to 1% finance rates that are widely available.