Rated 10
Leasing a 2011 Subaru Legacy, and saving $2500 off of MSRP.
I have been a loyal Honda owner for 18 years but after driving my son's Impreza and being impressed with the all wheel drive I decided to look at the Legacy as well as the Accord Coupe. The Accord's residual was much lower than the Legacy (approx. $3000) making the monthly lease payments higher. Additionally, the Honda sales rep. was reluctant to agree with a 3% markup over wholesale cost, he wanted 4.5% to 6%!
The Subaru sales rep. was very open to my Car Cost Canada pricing information, it took roughly 5 minutes for him to talk with the manager and return with an offer of 3% over wholesale. This was before I had asked for this price!
The remaining details were a pleasure to work out, none of the typical pressure for extended warranty, rustproofing, etc.
I highly recommend both the Car Cost Canada pricing report and Subaru of Hamilton.
Colin from Hamilton, ON
reported on Monday, January 24, 2011