Is It Real? The Toyota bZ4x $129/month "Lease Deal"
Source: Top Gear
Recently, Toyota turned heads with a $129 per month and $1,999 due at signing lease “deal” on the electric bZ4x SUV. Is it real, though?
First thing to know — this is the manufacturer’s offer, not an actual offer from a dealer who can sell you the car. It requires a dealer contribution (i.e., a dealer discount) of $1,353 to make those numbers work. A dealer is not obligated to honor that discount.
Second, this manufacturer offer only applies to 2023 base XLE models in the San Francisco Region — in which there are precisely zero matching vehicles, seeing as we are well into 2024.
Toyota does offer a region-specific $179 per month and $1,999 due at signing offer on the 2024 bZ4x XLE, a car that thankfully does exist! But, again, this requires a dealer contribution and, importantly, it does not include taxes and fees.
If we assume MSRP and include estimated taxes and fees, the same 2024 bZ4x jumps to $226 per month with $4,459 due at signing in California, or $206 per month and $4,879 due at signing in New York.
That’s not a bad deal — but it’s a big jump if you were expecting to pay just the manufacturer’s offer.
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