Remove Blog Remove BMW Remove Financing
article thumbnail

BMW Offering Significant Discounts On the Polarizing XM SUV

The Truth About Cars

Despite its legitimately impressive performance, the BMW XM hasn’t been a blockbuster hit. Its price and, um, controversial styling are the most likely culprits, but BMW’s new offer (somewhat) takes care of half of those challenges. percent financing deal. percent financing deal.

BMW 105
article thumbnail

LIVE BLOG: Tesla (TSLA) Q1 2021 earnings call summary

Teslarati

Anyway, thanks for staying with us for another live blog! 14:50 PT – Zachary Kirkhorn explains the Model S and Model X delays, noting that the delays are a meaningful headwind for the company’s finances. Elon also mentions the Model 3’s victory in the premium sedan market, beating veterans like the BMW 3-Series.

Tesla 97
article thumbnail

Report: Almost Half of America's New EV Sales Are Leases

The Truth About Cars

Financed EVs declined to 34.7 TransUnion’s executive vice president and head of financial services, Jason Laky, said, “Consumers are once again returning to leasing as an attractive and affordable alternative to financing new vehicles. It shows that 48.7 percent of new EVs on America’s roads are leased, up from 33.6

article thumbnail

Used EVs – Over The Hill, Or An Absolute Steal?

My Energi

And that’s not all, while the purchase price of EVs has continued to tumble, comparable finance rates are still far higher than their internal combustion engine (ICE) counterparts. BMW i3 (33 kWh) – One of the first and one of the best, the BMW i3 has a real-world range of around 125 miles. What about the elephant in the room?

Cheap 133
article thumbnail

IIHS Praises Automatic Rear Braking While Condemning Partially Automated Driving

The Truth About Cars

The opinion was based on examining the crash data of 2017–2019 Nissan Rogues and 2013–2017 BMW vehicles , cross referencing the installed features. She compared police-reported crash rates for the same BMW and Nissan vehicles that HLDI studied in 17 U.S. states during 2013-22.

Tucson 105
article thumbnail

Greenius Weekend Update

Creative Greenius

The May 21 issue of the South Bay’s Easy Reader free weekly newspaper confirmed the good news that Creative Greenius blog readers have known for a while now – that 10 brand new all electric BMW Mini-E test vehicles will be leased to the city for just ten bucks a month per car.

Mini E 170
article thumbnail

Peugeot E-Expert walk around and first drive

Drive Electric

Leasing, on the other hand, is more affordable, you can finance the vehicle with a fixed monthly cost and also include things like service and maintenance so that’s all taken care of enabling you to plan ahead financially. BMW 330e PHEV. Renault Zoe. Hyundai IONIQ electric ‘Premium SE’ (2018). Kia Soul EV. Volkswagen Golf GTE.