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This was in the news. I haven't contacted the dealer yet but it looks like $2210 pay down and $125 a month. My simple math says about $185 a month.
This excludes any dealer discounts. But may exclude some other fees. I have never leased so no clue.
Great as a third car. Note that this model didn't get very good reviews - hence it being priced accordingly.
https://www.toyota.com/midwest/de...icles=bz4x
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Toyota built this as a compliance car to fill a gap in the lineup and has zero focus on it or care. If anything, it is the 'look we built an EV, it sucks!'. The first production run had WHEELS FALLING OFF. They recalled every single one! The car is slow and just utterly wild in it's idiocy.
We test drove the badge engineered Subaru version - the Solterra. Same car, different logo.
The list of infuriating choices piled fast. Want to move the driver's seat? BEEPS. CONSTANT BEEPS.
Want to back up? It beeps on the inside and inside only. Who are they warning?! Me? I"M DRIVING THE CAR.
The performance is just bad. It has a quick little bit of torque and then falls on it's face.
Did I mention the range sucks and that the car does not support fast charging so you literally cannot roadtrip it without hour-long-stops?
All in all, it just felt like Toyota was completely uninterested in building it as it is lower margin than gas/hybrid.
Then you have the ioniq 5. Hyundai's focus is straight up on on beating the Tesla Model Y. They are serious and in it. The car is shockingly better looking in person than the BZ4X. The interior feels like tomorrow and has innovative ideas, way more range, way better software, etc.
Korea is currently having the same moment that Japan had in the 90s, Hyundai should be taken seriously, esp in the EV space.
TX offer is $4k down $219 a month plus TTL
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Often times, you can do a bit of research at the end of the lease to figure out if that buyout price is a good deal or not. If it is lower than market value, you now have it discounted and can potentially even resell it, otherwise, it is their car.
In any case, the car is yours for that price at the end if you went over mile or damaged it.
A wife can help you with that
Reviews across-the-board also say so:
https://www.caranddrive
You don't see many 10-20 year old Hyundais on the road, but you do see lots of Toyotas that old.
As always, Consumer Reports is the best place for reliability data. Hyundai is better than it used to be for reliability, but still not near Toyota levels
Toyota built this as a compliance car to fill a gap in the lineup and has zero focus on it or care. If anything, it is the 'look we built an EV, it sucks!'. The first production run had WHEELS FALLING OFF. They recalled every single one! The car is slow and just utterly wild in it's idiocy.
We test drove the badge engineered Subaru version - the Solterra. Same car, different logo.
The list of infuriating choices piled fast. Want to move the driver's seat? BEEPS. CONSTANT BEEPS.
Want to back up? It beeps on the inside and inside only. Who are they warning?! Me? I"M DRIVING THE CAR.
The performance is just bad. It has a quick little bit of torque and then falls on it's face.
Did I mention the range sucks and that the car does not support fast charging so you literally cannot roadtrip it without hour-long-stops?
All in all, it just felt like Toyota was completely uninterested in building it as it is lower margin than gas/hybrid.
Then you have the ioniq 5. Hyundai's focus is straight up on on beating the Tesla Model Y. They are serious and in it. The car is shockingly better looking in person than the BZ4X. The interior feels like tomorrow and has innovative ideas, way more range, way better software, etc.
Korea is currently having the same moment that Japan had in the 90s, Hyundai should be taken seriously, esp in the EV space.
Just want to add that model Y beats the crap out of the ionic 5. Its now cheaper for a long range model Y than a Ionic 5 and the Tesla has far better specs, features, interior, and performance
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Stay away from this model. We bought it last year and regret it so much. FAST charging took about 90 minutes from 0-80%. 80-100% took another 30-40 minutes. At 100% battery, maximum range is 170 miles during summer, 150 miles during winter after a year of usage, but they recommended 80% charging. So, do the math. We hardly use fast charging station and used the car max 15 miles a day. But when there's an occasion where we had to drive 2 hours away, we had to spend at least another hour at fast charging station to get home. Unlike tesla, you will NOT know whether someone is using it or broken charger until you get there, and that's another 20 minutes waiting or looking another charger.
Overall, I DO NOT recommend this junk. Chevy BOLT deal for $150 was a lot better than this car, and it was during Covid too.
You don't see many 10-20 year old Hyundais on the road, but you do see lots of Toyotas that old.
As always, Consumer Reports is the best place for reliability data. Hyundai is better than it used to be for reliability, but still not near Toyota levels
Agreed on this, price should improve once Hyundai will start Ioniq 5 and 6 production in Georgia in October, both should be eligible for $7500 tax credit.
(And yeah, I've been to other locations around the world also, many U.S. drivers suck, but there are many places where drivers are waaaaaay worse than here)
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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/13/w...n-evs.html