jimxo

Hey it's not much but we'll take it

Overall 1,313 GS 300/430 sold last month more than the Q45, M45 & Audi A8 combined

G35 sales down 10%.


http://www.autosite.com/editoria/asmr/svsedan.asp

HoracioGS4

interesting data, thanks for the link!

doug_999

That's a great link. Looks like the M45 is at least moving out the door - probably not at the clip they hoped.

Also interesting that the ES300 and LS430 sales are down a lot this year. I know they have been pushing an agressive lease package here in IL on both cars. The LS refresh this fall should help a lot and personally, I would put bigger tires on the ES300.

jimxo

I went to the Infiniti dealer with a friend who was looking at the FX35 and they had a super lease offer on the M45 @ $573.00 for 39 months tax included only $1,200.00 down

doug_999

Inclucing tax?

DrRick

they include tax every month on your lease payments. it depends on state sales tax, of course. my payments actuallly lowered when i moved from Ga to Tx........


Doc

RNM GS3

I dont understand why the GS300 & 430 are separate, while all the versions of the E class and 5 Series are grouped together. Any reason for this?

doug_999

Not here in IL - most leases are quoted without tax. When you do lease a car, you are taxed on the full purchase price - in the case of the M45 that would be about $3K. Either you pay it up front, or you put that into your payment. So in the case of the FX, you are looking at about another $100 on top of that payment price of $573.

Actually, that's the way TX works too. You got lucky cause in GA they tax the payments - but in TX your lease would be a lot more if it had originated there (so your tax went away). However, check with your accountant, cause I think the state of TX will ding you at the end of the year -happend when my friend moved from MO to TX. (but sometimes they don't catch you -shhhh)

Oh IL has another great thing. If you buy the car out at the end of the lease, you pay tax again. That's cause IL considers the car "sold" twice - once to say Lexus and then again to the individual at the end of the lease.

jimxo

Yes, tax included (6.75%) IL it was listed on the window in really big letters.

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

I think they consider that the car was never 'sold' in the first place, it was rented, so they can tax an actual purchase.

doug_999

Actually, they consider it sold to the financing company. That way, if you re-lease from the same company, it is as though you are trading in your car and you get the sales tax credit - but it has to be the same finance company.