April

With a base of $35K, and an average price of $39K, I split the difference and chose $37K as the MSRP. The 325 wagon comes only as an awd model at the moment from what I can tell, so a better comparison will arrive with the awd DSG V6 A3.

MSRP - $37K
$1500 down as drive offs.
36 month 15K per year lease.
Monthly payment of $577+tax

325xiT Wagon
24 mo/15k mi â€" 64% Residual Value â€" Money Factor .00280 Base Rate
36 mo/15k mi â€" 55% Residual Value â€" Money Factor .00280 Base Rate
48 mo/15k mi â€" 43% Residual Value â€" Money Factor .00280 Base Rate

Just thought it was interesting to note.<ul><li><a href="http://www.leaseguide.com/calc.htm">http://www.leaseguide.com/calc.htm</a</li></ul>

SCJ

BMW has always had great lease rates and a great leasing company!

afretes

I can use to figure out "one pay lease"?

April

Here is an example with last month's Audi rates:

An A4 Avant 2.0T starts at $31K, and when you throw the kitchen sink at it, tops out around $39K. So I'll split the difference again at $35K and run the lease numbers:

MSRP - $35K
$1500 down as drive offs.
36 month 15K per year lease.
Monthly payment of $448+tax

That's more than $100 a month less than the BMW wagon.

For contrast, here is an S4 Avant lease:

MSRP $52K (base is $48K, and high is $55K)
$1500 down as drive offs.
36 month 15K per year lease.
Monthly payment of $793+tax

To compare, here's an X5 4.8 (The E46 M3 is gone, and BMW didn't have an M3 Touring - so spec, and interior is to similar levels in S4 and X5)

MSRP $72K (base is $70K, and high is $74K)
$1500 down as drive offs.
36 month 15K per year lease.
Monthly payment of $1130+tax
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Audi just released the new lease rates that I don't have yet, but here were last month's rates on the '05 B7s - note that these numbers are not correct as of the 6th of Sept:

2005.5 Audi A4 5dr Avant 2.0T quattro

24 mo/15k mi - 69% residual ?" Money Factor .00135 Base Rate
36 mo/15k mi - 57% residual ?" Money Factor .00135 Base Rate
48 mo/15k mi - 47% residual ?" Money Factor .00280 Base Rate
60 mo/15k mi - 38% residual ?" Money Factor .00410 Base Rate

2005.5 Audi A4 5dr Avant 3.2L quattro

24 mo/15k mi - 66% residual ?" Money Factor .00135 Base Rate
36 mo/15k mi - 54% residual ?" Money Factor .00135 Base Rate
48 mo/15k mi - 44% residual ?" Money Factor .00280 Base Rate
60 mo/15k mi - 36% residual ?" Money Factor .00410 Base Rate

2005.5 Audi A4 5dr Avant S4

24 mo/15k mi - 62% residual ?" Money Factor .00165 Base Rate
36 mo/15k mi - 51% residual ?" Money Factor .00165 Base Rate
48 mo/15k mi - 42% residual ?" Money Factor .00215 Base Rate
60 mo/15k mi - 34% residual ?" Money Factor .00410 Base Rate

April

Sadly I don't :-( Never had those leases out in Cali.