Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:02 pm
If your car is worth more than the current payoff, and if your dealer wants to sell (lease) a car, they can and sometimes will take the old car off your hands and even give you money.
My wife returned an Acura with six months left to go on its lease to a Chevy dealer and they gave her about $1000 credit toward the lease on a Volt.
It all depends on your exact circumstances. If you are running under the lease miles, there's a better chance of making this work. It also depends on how smart is your dealer.
The Ford dealer where I got my FFE offered to try to do the same on the Focus ICE I was returning, but the numbers didn't make sense since it was right at mileage.
2013 FFE Returned after 3 years with 52,000 miles and battery down to 15.2 kWh
2014 Volt returned with 43,000 miles
2014 Volt 26,000 miles
1967 Corvette 427
1962 Corvette 327
Awaiting a Bolt