[dessy09k]

My lease is up in august. Looks like the etron gt might still be the best bang for your buck. Just hope the incentives get more aggressive by then

 

[Ender]

My rep texted me asking if I wanted to order my next GT lease. Said the production timeline is always changing but is 7-10 months right now.

 

[venr122]

The Leashackr thread and search functions are too troublesome. We still have a year on our lease and with the thoughts of sub $800 payments going away wondering out loud about trying to buy the car. Does Audi ever work with the customer if current values are well below the contract number (looks likely). We love the car and have had zero issues thus far. I wonder how hard it is to 'follow' the car through the return process and try to buy it after it gets inserted into its CPO program or something.

 

[lotusfla]

i asked my salesman recently if the market value was below the residual value when the lease ended if Audi Financial would lower the lease end purchase price to reflect the market value and he said no.

 

[mhenry]

The Leashackr thread and search functions are too troublesome. We still have a year on our lease and with the thoughts of sub $800 payments going away wondering out loud about trying to buy the car. Does Audi ever work with the customer if current values are well below the contract number (looks likely). We love the car and have had zero issues thus far. I wonder how hard it is to 'follow' the car through the return process and try to buy it after it gets inserted into its CPO program or something.

It may not even make it that far. If market is below the residual they might just wholesale it out to a third party private dealership and have them deal with it. Might be worth tracking. How far off is current market selling price vs your lease end residual?

 

[venr122]

yea, I have a friend in the business that I might reach out to when it comes time, residual is 75k and current KBB is 60k

 

[Internet Rando]

I have the same thought! I'd be happy to pay them the wholesale price and keep the car, but chances are, they just Don't Do That ... for Reasons (tm)
My lease is up end January, but with the current international trade uncertainty, ordering a $150k vehicle for delivery in 8 months is unlikely to work out as expected ...

 

[Loe]

Call AudiFS up and extend the lease, they will normally do it up to 6 months no questions asked (well, at least used to). That's what I plan to do if these prices are still crazy. By then, I may end up picking a used 2025 RS Performance as a purchase, or a CPO lease, or a "payment saver" loan (you can walk away after the end of the payments, or pay the balloon and keep the car), given the initial 2 year depreciation being close to 53-55% on these things.

 

[calbear92]

you are able to lease pre-owned Audi’s if the have less than 10K on the odometer. However, the AFS MF on pre-owned ones are outrageously high so it almost never makes sense.

My Project_513/2 is on lease extension after the initial 12 month, 1 pay since I couldn’t find any deals close to it. For $182k MSRP, $806/month. Easy to get automatic 6 month extension and can cancel before the next payment due. 2nd 6 month is possible, but you need to special permission. My RV is ~$123500 and after the 2nd 6 month extension, the RV only dropped ~$123250. (AFS buyout is fixed.)

Audi Beverly Hills has a debadged 2023 Project_513/2 for $87k retail so someone is eating that loss. (glad its not me)

In LA, another dealer in the IE offered MSRP $158k (no ceramic brake package) 2024 RS eTron GT with 9200 miles: $5500 DAS and $899 + tax. I politely said, no thank you- despite their own listing says $3000 DAS.

 

[Loe]

you are able to lease pre-owned Audi’s if the have less than 10K on the odometer. However, the AFS MF on pre-owned ones are outrageously high so it almost never makes sense.

My Project_513/2 is on lease extension after the initial 12 month, 1 pay since I couldn’t find any deals close to it. For $182k MSRP, $806/month. Easy to get automatic 6 month extension and can cancel before the next payment due. 2nd 6 month is possible, but you need to special permission. My RV is ~$123500 and after the 2nd 6 month extension, the RV only dropped ~$123250. (AFS buyout is fixed.)

Audi Beverly Hills has a debadged 2023 Project_513/2 for $87k retail so someone is eating that loss. (glad its not me)

In LA, another dealer in the IE offered MSRP $158k (no ceramic brake package) 2024 RS eTron GT with 9200 miles: $5500 DAS and $899 + tax. I politely said, no thank you- despite their own listing says $3000 DAS.

That is good to know that there is a potential for a 2nd 6 month renewal option. If these monthly payments don't drop, I'll likely push for that option.

 

[lotusfla]

If one extends the lease by an additional 6 or 12 months, what will the residual value be at the end of the extended lease? A value in the real world?

 

[ace10]

If one extends the lease by an additional 6 or 12 months, what will the residual value be at the end of the extended lease? A value in the real world?

It should simply be a continuation of the existing lease terms. You'd have to run a calculation of how much of your monthly payment is based on the MF versus how much funds the depreciation (and taxes, if applicable).
Original RV - (additional months x depreciation) = new RV

 

[PatWag1909]

Has anyone pulled the trigger on 2025 GT lease?

If so please share as much about your lease offer as your comfortable sharing. Looking for residual and money factor used on your deal.

I‘m in Dallas Tx with tier one credit, but carrying $3k of negative trade equity.

I got what I think is a horrible offer from Audi Of Houston on GT S prestige $145k msrp.
$1690pmt, zero down, 36 months w/10,000 miles.

Supposedly this includes all three of the current discount/rebates stacked.
$15,000 Audi national EV incentive
$14,000 dealer 10% msrp discount
$7500 EV lease credit

When I back into the offer using Edmund lease calculator it feels like a small 2% msrp discount plus a 50 pt markup on money factor.

Edmund puts the payment closer to $1080 ( in a perfect world). I have not had a chance to dig into the offer with Audi finance yet. I just got offer late Saturday night Aug 2nd.

 

[calbear92]

I saw the additional $15000 incentive on the non-RS Gt’s last night. 10% pre-incentive discount appears to be Innovators. The best you may be able to do is find a dealer that will give you buyrate MF and/or find a dealer that wants to go deeper into the pre-incentive discount.

Check cargurus.com and you can see how long the car has been on the lot (and on cargurus in case of dealertrade that used cargurus.) You will likely have an easier time negotiating on an aged unit or use a vetted broker. If you are looking for recs- I might be able to point you in the right direction- however, it sounds like you are in TX which has different rules RE: leasing. I’m in CA so we have lots of dealers competiting for business. (but they almost don’t do out of state deals)

When you say $3k trade imbalance- do you mean negative or positive equity?

 

[PatWag1909]

I saw the additional $15000 incentive on the non-RS Gt’s last night. 10% pre-incentive discount appears to be Innovators. The best you may be able to do is find a dealer that will give you buyrate MF and/or find a dealer that wants to go deeper into the pre-incentive discount.

Check cargurus.com and you can see how long the car has been on the lot (and on cargurus in case of dealertrade that used cargurus.) You will likely have an easier time negotiating on an aged unit or use a vetted broker. If you are looking for recs- I might be able to point you in the right direction- however, it sounds like you are in TX which has different rules RE: leasing. I’m in CA so we have lots of dealers competiting for business. (but they almost don’t do out of state deals)

When you say $3k trade imbalance- do you mean negative or positive equity?

Thx much. Yes on negative equity. It seems like other dealership are doing 10% off msrp as well. This dealership has more GT inventory at the port and more coming in transit. I suspect they will want to move a unit, especially to a cold caller 300 miles away.

I took a look, It’s been listed for 161 days. Funny they dont show any discounts on cargurus.com, you have to switch to dealer site.

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www.cargurus.com

 

[ace10]

What is the sales tax situation?
What is the Money Factor?
Gotta find out the residual %

No way to evalulate without all the variables.

 

[PatWag1909]

What is the sales tax situation?
What is the Money Factor?
Gotta find out the residual %

No way to evalulate without all the variables.

I agree. Tax credit is available. I was hoping to get feedback on residual from someone who has recently done a lease.
Hope to know more tomorrow.

 

[calbear92]

I agree. Tax credit is available. I was hoping to get feedback on residual from someone who has recently done a lease.
Hope to know more tomorrow.

ask on Edmunds lease deals forum for your ZIP

 

[Loe]

I use this guy the last time I leased. This is what he's advertising now if you are in the east-coast 🏁 OffStickerPrice.com | AUDI SPECIALIST | VW HOT DEALS | Professional Service Aug 2025: "

• S Etron GT rebates enhanced by $5k so now it’s $15k customer credit + $7500 fed EV = $22.5k total. Base monthly now starts at $838/mo + TTL (but 36 is better term when you factor in taxes/fees). We won’t have a fire sale like last year as there are only about 50+ cars in the region. With the $7500 EV credits expiring in Oct, now is the time."

 

[Ender]

I use this guy the last time I leased. This is what he's advertising now if you are in the east-coast 🏁 OffStickerPrice.com | AUDI SPECIALIST | VW HOT DEALS | Professional Service Aug 2025: "

• S Etron GT rebates enhanced by $5k so now it’s $15k customer credit + $7500 fed EV = $22.5k total. Base monthly now starts at $838/mo + TTL (but 36 is better term when you factor in taxes/fees). We won’t have a fire sale like last year as there are only about 50+ cars in the region. With the $7500 EV credits expiring in Oct, now is the time."

I also just used Sean and recommended to OP just the other day!