I considered leasing until I ran the numbers. It appears that the residual value is crazy strong meaning the lease should be much cheaper. Our current lease on my wife’s Tacoma was $14,500 for 39 months and 39K miles, the Tesla with a similar capitalized cost shows a stronger residual value buy that lease costs $6K more for 36 months and 30K miles.
I agree that the value may take a hit when a new model comes out, but Tesla doesn’t seem to do radical redesigns like other manufacturers. My Ford Lightning was an example of what to do to tank resale value, announcing shortly after release that a completely new platform would be released in a couple years. Glad I sold mine quickly, the 2 month residual value was over 100%.
See the Tesla Model Y depreciation curve along with new & used pricing analysis to find which model years have the most value.
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