We talked to our local Toyota dealership today about buying a new 2024 Rav4 Prime ... with trade ins, they started out with a price of $28,000. We started walking out, and they came back at a lower number ... we said "over our budget," and they came back with a final offer of $18,000 (list price was $48,000). We said we'd think about it and when we were almost at the door, the sales manager came over and told us that if we signed a lease, we could pay the full amount within a month and buy the car straight up and get around $6,500 back ... apparently, the EV or some other rebate for new purchases expired in California, but according to this manager instead of "giving it to the government," Toyota can get it for us as a lease. I asked if we'd be stuck with the lease, and he said absolutely not ... the lease could be figured with a total payout of $18,000, and if we paid cash within 30 days we'd just have to write a check for less than $13,000 ... my wife is skeptical. Anyone hear of this sort of thing before?
Statistics: Posted by BetaTracker — Thu Sep 26, 2024 4:36 pm — Replies 5 — Views 499
