Ballistic
Drop me an email, and I will forward you the contact. Chris you have a email.
I also looked at the RX-8. Using Lombard as a reference, they see the residual values % wise as lower on the RX-8 than the 350Z. I personally feel that Mazda want to sell too many of them, and in a couple of years, there will be large discounts and insentives to buy. Mazda have stated 6000 cars in 2004 alone. One of the guys on the RX-8 forum is struggling to sell his car now for decent money.
Lombard see the 350 at 60% and the RX-8 at 50% in 3yrs.
Going for a realistic finance deal on the 350Z, would look like this IMHO.
Car 24,000
Deposit 4000
48 months @ £320
Settlement £8,500
This would still leave a degree of equity.
For an RX8. My deal looked something like this.
£23,500
Dep 2,500
48 @ £334
Settlement £8500
Hope this helps. Bearing in mind the number of cars I buy from them, it might be hard to meet these numbers, but you shouldnt be far off.
Jonathan