$739/month
 

Just saw a commercial for the Equuis and Hyundai is doing a special where its $0 down and $0 payment for the first month. In small print it said the lease was $739 a month. Crazy expensive. Guess that's why you don't see very many on the roads. :lol:

woa! that's more than my apartment! wonder what the payments would be on buying one.



haha, had to be small print - so they could fit the price on the screen! ;)

:fp:





Buying a top-end luxury car: baller



Buying it from a low-tier manufacturer: cheesy



Financing it because you can't afford it outright: lying



Getting sucked into horrible loans b/c advertising: stop now.

I'm not sure that I would do it if I were planning to spend that much.

wheels i dont think you realize its for a LEASE



meaning you pay that much to borrow the car for a few years, then you gotta give it back



you will never own it

If that was to BUY, I'd be all over it. That's like a $42k vehicle for 60 months at 2.9%. I'd take it for that price!!

Has everyone seriously not done their research on this?

The 1st gen was joint venture with Mitsubishi. The vehicle has merit, it's just not a "name" so it's not doing as well in the US market. The price is pretty accurate for what one is getting, a limo you can drive around... for some reason.





I'm honestly a little shocked it's not raping the market with a fury. In slow economic times the smart businessperson should be all over a competitor with same stats an better price, but iirc the Merc and BMW markets haven't suffered much at all in this class. It's a it of testament to how stubborn and vain the US market can be.

Tibbi, I agree that it is a technically great car. But:





Is more correct. Lexus had to be technically excellent, cheap, and removed from Toyota before they started making dope cash money. And even then it took them a minute to gain a market share. This is basically Lexus mkII with a bigger badge disadvantage.



It's still one of the cheapest full size luxury cars on the market though. I can guarantee you that nobody will be chauffeured around, so all of those fancy back seat footrests and chillers are just for show :headshake:





As an aside, can I just take a minute to protest about the sheer number of clashing colors and materials going in the cabin though? It's obviously a very well designed interior, every single touch point is of high quality. However, there are some bizarre features:

• Blue LED dome lamps that look more at home on a hong kong eBay store than in a $65,000 luxury sedan
  
• Ditto for the vast swathes of faux woodgrain
  
• The center stack, air vent surrounds, shifter surround, and door handles are all painted a shitty silver - it was already distasteful and not very durable on the LC accent guys.
  
• It has pretend a iDrive system
  
• It actually plays a shutdown chime

I just... none of this stuff was accidental. They know what they are doing and must have decided that this is what buyers want, but still... :iobarf: