Hello. Just joined today. I think we're finally going to try out an electric and the lease deals with incentives really pushed us in the decisions.
I asked our local Smart dealer around Atlanta and they are getting their first allocations in about a month. We also have an apartment in NYC, and I'm really impatient so I called Smart of Manhattan this morning and they offered me a few different deals on the 2013 models they have in stock.
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What do you think of this deal?
Base 2013 $25,000
Gray Metallic $250
P24 Heated leather seats $500
527 Nav system $1290
Destination: $750
MSRP: $27,790
Residual 59%
Rate: 0.00032
$0 down, $0 acquisition fees, $0 first month lease payment, 36months, 10,000 miles/yr. All DMV fees, registration, and taxes are included.
Battery assurance payment of $87.10
Monthly Payment: $109.24
Total Payment ~$196.34 x 34 (not sure why 34 and not 36 payments)
Total for 36 months is $6,805 +$395 Disposal Fee at lease end
$750 shipping to Atlanta
Georgia has a rebate of 20% of the MSRP up to $5,000, so with BAP the MSRP is $22,790 x.2 = $4,556
So our net cost will be $3,394 or $73.44 / month for 36 months.
Another option is a different one without nav, saving ~$15 month or going even more basic without heated seats.
Only feature I will miss is cruise control.
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I could save the shipping fee if I wait a couple months and try to negotiate when our local dealers get them, but they weren't willing to get anywhere close to no money down etc. Especially since they haven't even started selling in ATL yet.
My current commuter car is a ML63 AMG (10/16 mpg highway) and a SLK350, when the weather is nice. I'm expecting to drive the Smart as much as possible, but it will be hard to resist driving my SLK during top down season. I hope to save at least $150/month in gas. My commute is 70 miles RT on Monday & Friday and 22 miles rt per day Tueday-Thursday. My office has a ChargePoint I could use on days of heavy driving, but I have several hours at home before I head out to the airport where I could top up.
I asked our local Smart dealer around Atlanta and they are getting their first allocations in about a month. We also have an apartment in NYC, and I'm really impatient so I called Smart of Manhattan this morning and they offered me a few different deals on the 2013 models they have in stock.
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What do you think of this deal?
Base 2013 $25,000
Gray Metallic $250
P24 Heated leather seats $500
527 Nav system $1290
Destination: $750
MSRP: $27,790
Residual 59%
Rate: 0.00032
$0 down, $0 acquisition fees, $0 first month lease payment, 36months, 10,000 miles/yr. All DMV fees, registration, and taxes are included.
Battery assurance payment of $87.10
Monthly Payment: $109.24
Total Payment ~$196.34 x 34 (not sure why 34 and not 36 payments)
Total for 36 months is $6,805 +$395 Disposal Fee at lease end
$750 shipping to Atlanta
Georgia has a rebate of 20% of the MSRP up to $5,000, so with BAP the MSRP is $22,790 x.2 = $4,556
So our net cost will be $3,394 or $73.44 / month for 36 months.
Another option is a different one without nav, saving ~$15 month or going even more basic without heated seats.
Only feature I will miss is cruise control.
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I could save the shipping fee if I wait a couple months and try to negotiate when our local dealers get them, but they weren't willing to get anywhere close to no money down etc. Especially since they haven't even started selling in ATL yet.
My current commuter car is a ML63 AMG (10/16 mpg highway) and a SLK350, when the weather is nice. I'm expecting to drive the Smart as much as possible, but it will be hard to resist driving my SLK during top down season. I hope to save at least $150/month in gas. My commute is 70 miles RT on Monday & Friday and 22 miles rt per day Tueday-Thursday. My office has a ChargePoint I could use on days of heavy driving, but I have several hours at home before I head out to the airport where I could top up.