Hi
We paid £16,500.00 for the insignia which isn't bad for a £25k car that's 6 months old. The point for us with lease is that firstly, we do a lot of miles so when it comes time to sell, they're worth naff all. Secondly it's minimal outlay, it's much easier to pay £315 a month than £25k upfront. So doing the maths, we say pay £25k for the car, and when we sell it in 4 years time we get maybe 5-6k, we've spent 19K. Even if we get 10K (which is very unlikely for a 100k+ mile car) we break even with leasing. And then it's the hassle of selling. Lease we just hand it back and get a shiny new one. Ok you could argue that the sale of the existing car off-sets the price of the new.
For me, I wanted a MY17 car so getting ex demo or nearly new was out of the question. In fact I wouldn't have had a 6 before the MY15 facelift that added the better navi system and the one reason I went to VX. The tomtom system was appauling IMHO.
Oh forgot to say, they don't service the car with that money
. Here's the final thing, as a company car, I'm paying company car tax, so I expect a brand spanking new car. Well plus I'm the Director so I'll get what I want
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I could have had the SE-L Auto, but too many toys to loose
. Just waiting for delivery date now and find out where I've got to go to collect it (I'm not having their idiots drive it to me). Did that with the Missus's car and they warped the break discs.