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      07-28-2011, 12:24 PM   #100
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Drives: 2012 E92 M3 SSII
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Originally Posted by lou500 View Post
I was planning on waiting for the 2012 E92 to lease, but my dealer told me that leases will go up since it's a new model year and residuals are reduced at a slightly more accelerated rate. In other words, I would be better off doing the deal now on a 2011. Does this make sense to anyone else or is this just dealer chatter?
Hard to say for sure, I can't really comment on the accelerated stuff they were talking about... but they may be trying to get rid of their remaining 2011 inventory. Residuals on a new 2011 should be a lot lower because, despite being new, it's about to "age" one year within the next month taking a depreciation hit when that happens. 3 years from now, it'll essentially be a 4 year old car on the books.
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