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This is my 1st post, so Hello Taycaners. I very recently bumped the Taycan to the top of my short list and I'm ready to order the 2021 4s. I have a code from the configurator that I called to give to 5 or 6 local dealers and none of them are interested in taking my order. They're either telling me the lease for a $145k MSRP is $2,500 per month with $15k down or they're blowing me off. It seems like they're trying to push their 2020 models, which I'm not interested in.

With that said, someone recommended that I work with a broker. From my understanding, there's little to no discount off of the MSRP of the Taycan but there's wiggle room in the money factor. The broker wants $1,100, which I'm ok with, as long as he can negotiate the deal and get the car I want ordered. What's the opinions on using a broker and am I just dealing with a bad batch of dealers or what?
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I‘ve used broker for all of my recent car purchases. For me, it isn’t necessarily about getting a better deal, but rather the convenience factor. A good broker will handle everything for you - find the car, negotiate and coordinate trade-in or lease return, negotiate the price and the financing and if you want, deliver the car to you (so no need to spend the day at the dealership).
 
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I‘ve used broker for all of my recent car purchases. For me, it isn’t necessarily about getting a better deal, but rather the convenience factor. A good broker will handle everything for you - find the car, negotiate and coordinate trade-in or lease return, negotiate the price and the financing and if you want, deliver the car to you (so no need to spend the day at the dealership).

Those are all good points. I really just want to get a 2021 ordered and my dealers are trying to sell their in stock 2020s. So if I give the broker the porsche configurator code, they take care of the rest? That sounds too good to be true.

You also mentioned lease returns. I just got my wife a new car and I need to return her old car that has some minor damage in and out. Will a broker negotiate the charges for the damage from the old dealership?
 

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This is my 1st post, so Hello Taycaners. I very recently bumped the Taycan to the top of my short list and I'm ready to order the 2021 4s. I have a code from the configurator that I called to give to 5 or 6 local dealers and none of them are interested in taking my order. They're either telling me the lease for a $145k MSRP is $2,500 per month with $15k down or they're blowing me off. It seems like they're trying to push their 2020 models, which I'm not interested in.

With that said, someone recommended that I work with a broker. From my understanding, there's little to no discount off of the MSRP of the Taycan but there's wiggle room in the money factor. The broker wants $1,100, which I'm ok with, as long as he can negotiate the deal and get the car I want ordered. What's the opinions on using a broker and am I just dealing with a bad batch of dealers or what?
This is really sad to hear that none of the dealerships in the area want to take your order.

That being said though, most of the leases I have ran on a Taycan 4S around a $145k MSRP are in that kind of a payment range (especially assuming you're paying California sales taxes).

I really don't think a broker is going to be able to get you a better deal per se, but the convenience of utilizing one can be nice.
 

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I don’t think a broker will be able to do anything about the damage charges. Depending on the residual, a purchase/resale of the leased car may make sense - and your broker should be able to arrange that.
 


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Ouch! It's my 1st time trying to lease a Porsche and I had no idea some of them lease so poorly. I'm being offered a convertible R8 with a $226k msrp for the same payments. Although, I have seen some 2020 Taycans, advertised locally, for $1,500 per month which is on par with the MRSP. I'm beyond ready to go electric so I hope I can make this work.
 

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@GasGuzzler Those "$1,500 a month" deals are deceptive and consider only the base price with a down payment. You will also pay the full cost of added options over the course of the lease, so back to the original numbers you posted.

In fairness to Porsche, this is standard practice when advertising a lease. I don't like it but it's what the industry does. It just hits harder with Porsche because of the extravagant option list/prices.
 
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@GasGuzzler Those "$1,500 a month" deals are deceptive and consider only the base price with a down payment. You will also pay the full cost of added options over the course of the lease, so back to the original numbers you posted.
That really is deceptive. It's my 1st time buying / leasing a Porsche. I always thought they had excellent resale value so I'm surprised how soft this car is leasing. Would you say purchasing the car is the way to go? Being that Porsche makes very subtle cosmetic changes, I'd be inclined to do that but I'm hesitant because this car is all tech
 

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@GasGuzzler Porsche doesn't subsidize their leases so that's why the rates suck. Financing is the way to go and the Taycan should hold decent resale value.
 
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@PanameraFrank Thanks. I'll try to walk into the dealership this week and see if I can make a deal. Hopefully, they don't try to push me into a 2020 cuz I'm ready to walk, even though I really want this car.
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