I’ve seen a few articles mentioning an internal Tesla company memo that leasing may be coming in the near future, possibly as soon as a few weeks from now but with no specific date commitment. I was wondering if anyone is on the fence about buying an M3 and may be waiting for the lease numbers to come out before making a decision.
We bought an M3 LR RWD in December, and now that we’ve had it a few months, my Lexus is really feeling old and tired. I generally don’t like car leasing because we keep cars for a long time but I don’t think I want to own two of the current generation M3s with the technology changing so quickly, so I thought leasing a second one might be a good idea.
I’m going to take a wild guess on the numbers based on the Model S lease figures and say that it will be something around $6,000 down payment and $600 per month. Without the $3,750 tax credit that Tesla will benefit from I’m thinking the monthly payment would have been $700 per month but hopefully they will pass on the tax savings in the form of a reduced monthly payment.
I don’t drive more than 10,000 miles per year so that won’t concern me. Is there anything else I should be aware of?