BRZ: What would you guys do?
 

Hey Guys,

I'm planning to pick up a BRZ this August but have given the opportunity to pick up a pre-production BRZ from Subaru Canada at a pretty decent discount.

Option 1: Buy a new 2013 Subaru BRZ SWP Sport-Tech AT (my choice of colour) for MSRP straight from the dealer. $20K down and $380/month for 48 months.

Option 2: Lease a pre-production 2013 Subaru BRZ Premium AT in Silver (NOT my choice of colour) for 2 years at $380/month after taxes with $0 down.

What would you guys do? I'm not a big fan of the silver, but I also want to wait for next years model to work out all the 1st year problems.

I would sit on that $20k you have for the down-payment, and wait for next year.

That's interesting. I was under the impression that manufacturers would not allow a member of the general public to even test drive a pre-production vehicle, never mind lease one. Liability concerns etc.

Hmm...this is a bit of a no-brainer to me. I would take the pre-production one (assuming it has a warranty) for 2 years and $0 down over putting a massive $20K down to get the same payment terms and have to hold a car for 48 months.

Color - yes it's important but at that price and less of a wait - $380/month is perfect. There are only 3 other colors in Canada anyway.

1) I would never lease
2) You aren't a fan of silver

I'm a direct family member of the employee.

Myself, I'd never lease a car as well. But given the current circumstances, I want to wait for the next year to fix all the problems and I'm getting an amazing lease rate.

The silver, I can maybe bare with for 1 year and sell off the lease to actually buy the colour/trim I like..

I see where your getting at, from what I see you seem to be attracted towards the lease and getting a less buggy car, if thats the case go for it. It seems like your getting the good from both worlds (get to drive one now, and get to have a less buggy one later)

But for me, I'm the type of person who likes to have the first model of the first generation.. gives me a special feeling and I tend to treat my car as something I can't replace. But that's just the type of person I am.

SWP sport tech for sure.

I cannot tell you how much nicer the interior on the sport tech is.

Thanks for your opinion! I'm kinda of in a situation now where I need a car right ASAP, but also want to wait for a less buggy car.

At the same time.. I can't picture myself driving a silver car for a year..

Go with option # 2 and give me option # 1

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Get the color you want.

Silver is beautiful ^_^

I would keep your 20k get the silver one for now it's only two years you never know in 2 years there will probably be a new model out with more features more horsepower I'm only leasing my frs too I have no intention of keeping it after the lease is up not because I don't like the car but I like to have a new car lol

Re-read it;

Option 2: Lease a pre-production 2013 Subaru BRZ Premium AT in Silver
2 years at $380/month after taxes with $0 down.

Total Spent: $4560 for two years.

After 2 years, you can get into any new car you want.

Eat the silver, it'll grow on you.

I would personally purchase the vehicle, put less than $20k down and pay more per month if possible. $20,000 down is a lot.

If you can't write it off I wouldn't lease the car. Sure, you get to drive a nice car for 2 years but it's not the colour you want and after 2 years you have nothing left to show for it other than the time you had with it.

20k down and still have $380 payments for 48 months? super high interest rate?

If you don't take the lease deal, I will ... please give me their number :)

I thought the same... this car is going to run you almost $40k to own :/

Purchase. You will regret if not.

Option 1 sounds horrible.... 40k for ownership on a BR-Z. Lease that bad boy because the car depreciate by that much anyway! Silver will catch on!

**Correction!** lease is 280/month!, i think i made up my mind with the lease

Thats a damn good deal. If you really end up not liking the auto, I'm sure it won't be too hard to find someone to take it over.

Canadian prices (MSRP) + 5.9% APR :(

Wow yeah that's awesome haha snatch that up! I'm big on making sure I drive a car the right color now and silver is my least favorite...but for 280 I could live with it!

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take advantage of the lease.. There were 2 pre-production models available and they were snatched up by employees at Subaru.. They take priority over family members and friends :(

Looks like I'll be sticking with my SWP Sport-Tech..

I'm sure you won't regret either.

It's a brand new BRZ! :bonk:

At MSRP :(

I could wait until next year to get employee pricing.. but I can't wait any longer!!!! :mad0259:

It's a hot seller.. I'm sure there are some people who would pay over MSRP for it :P

Edit: to beat the 2014 wait time.

Use the money that you saved to get it wrapped. Then you can have any color you want!