b_ack51
Active Member
The crappy thing is about the lease deal for voucher holders who signed the binding agreement. All of these details were hidden by Rivian before clicking that confirm configuration button from the shop.I'm not surprised. Part of the rationale for offering lease deals to the remaining preorder holders is to get them to split the savings, i.e. the customer saves money short term on the lease, Rivian saves $ long term by not selling as many R1s 15–20k under MSRP. The tax credit also plays into it. Since everyone gets it if they lease, Rivian doesn't need to provide as much of a discount to get to breakeven with an outright purchase (provided the purchaser doesn't qualify/doesn't have a 2022 binding agreement).
$6,250 is the lease promotion (approximately 6%)
$7,500 tax credit
$13,750 total
This is not close to the 20-21% savings plus $7500 tax credit for financing.
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