Correct, word is out and they are not selling. The Dad is right, wait till Christmas and dealers will be giving them away if you have a decent trade-in.

Leasing is a reasonable financing option, you are paying for the portion of the car you are "using", just as if you had bought it new and then sold it a few years later. To see if it's a good deal or not, you'd need to look at the residual value of the car that is entering into the equation, as well as the money factor.

With Scion's pure pricing, a dealer may not be able to give you a "good deal" on the price of the new car, but they can certainly play games with the value of your trade-in to entice you to buy!

If you are not interested in the 10-series, it probably is in your interest to wait a few months until the 2014's start appearing on lots. It's doubtful that the 2014 will be "higher-performing" as you say, but if it is you could still pick up a new 2013 for a better deal comparatively.


Question: why not find a quality used FR-S right now? Being a year old, you can let someone else pay for the initial depreciation.

You're going to get better deals when the '14s get on the lots in the Fall, and the dealerships will be more desperate in moving '13 inventory.

Just went into the dealership yesterday to talk about leasing...they were actually offering me a worse deal than 2 months ago when i had 2 extra car payments left on my current tc lease. Definitely gonna wait until Oct. 1 (which is when the next 'pure lease' promotion starts) and take another shot at it

So if we're not trying to trade anything in, it would probably make more sense to try and get a BRZ on discount rather than an FRS, since Scion isn't going to lower their prices because of their pure pricing? Or do they make an exception and lower the prices when they are trying to push old models out the door?

What they do is give you more than your trade-in is worth, that's how they get around the pure pricing when things aren't selling.