Kentucky Mercedes-Benz Car Dealers

Congratulations! Now.. forget about the deal and enjoy the new ride..

I'm not that up on selling prices for the ML, but the lease program is very good.. So...you might do better, if you can negotiate a lower selling price, but you won't do better on any competing model. Short term (under 36mo.) leases are usually very expensive.. You are only paying about 1.1% of MSRP per month, including taxes.... that is very cheap.. Those upgrades aren't cheap, and the dealer generally can't residualize them (meaning, you pay for the whole option, not just a percentage..). If you like to lease, learn to love the car the way it comes from the factory..lol. regards, kyfdx

Reducing the CAP cost doesn't correspondingly reduce the residual. The residual is a fixed percentage of MSRP... So, any CAP cost reduction flows 100% to the bottom line... Though, there are other good reasons for not making a CAP cost reduction.. regards, kyfdx

Not familiar specifically with Mercedes... but, generally, on a one-pay lease, they will figure the lease just as if you were making the normal payments, but with a discounted money factor (to account for making the payments upfront)... Then, they'll add up the payments and that's your number... For example... assume the 36 month money factor is .0024... If you were making all the payments upfront, then the discounted money factor might be .0016 That's from a real-world example on a BMW... If you are buying a car with around a $60K MSRP, that could save you $2500-$3000 by paying it upfront.... regards, kyfdx

Wow! That sounds like a great vacation! Picking up a new Mercedes to drive in Germany isn't bad, either!