What lease costs have you all been able to negotiate at the Mitsu dealers? Better or worse than the "Calculate your payments" lease cost calculator on the Mitsubishi website?
I asked for the lease cost for a GT PHEV with an MSRP of $41,700. The lease cost quoted was $571/month for 36 months...
I agree Mitsubishi can't afford premature failure. I'd also argue neither can Nissan. I won't buy another Nissan EV until the battery problem is solved, there is no evidence I'm aware of that they have addressed the issue adequately.
Yeah, the problem of rebates or credits going to the dealer...
I test drove the 2018 Outlander this weekend at Hallmark near Nashville TN. Sales folk were reasonably knowledgeable about the car and were very helpful while I was trying figure out the cars features as we drove along. Most of my questions were answered quickly and correctly. No crazy high...
Nissan have fitted 40kWh in the same box as the original 24kWh and the MSRP is the same.
Additionally the tax credit is available to everyone. If you don't have the tax liability to be able to claim against an outright purchase, the tax credit gets applied as part of a lease.
Took a test drive of the Outlander PHEV this weekend. Very nice car. I was running the numbers to figure out if I'm going to purchase or not and it occured to me that Mitsubishi only get $5800 or so in Federal tax credit due to the 12kWh battery. A 16kWh battery would get the full $7,500 credit...