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Via risk miscalculation or bad luck on the side of the manufacturer. The lease conditions are usually fixed at the start; if the car ends up requiring a lot of
by Sebb767 5y ago
Via risk miscalculation or bad luck on the side of the manufacturer. The lease conditions are usually fixed at the start; if the car ends up requiring a lot of warranty covered repairs or deprecates faster than anticipated (for example because they cheated on emissions), the manufacturer ends up with a bad deal.
- rdtwo 5y agoThe miscalculation is often intentional. Manufacturers for example know that Low end EVs depreciate faster than equivalent ic cars but still assign similar depreciation tables because otherwise they couldn’t get rid of the cars or would have to sell em at steep discounts and take immediate losses