[afadeev]

My lease is ending in May, and I had started shopping for MY17 replacement last month.

January 2017 brought out new lease terms, but even more interestingly, BMW lease pull-ahead program is back on.
Not only that, but i3's are now eligible for BMW lease-pull ahead (were excluded in 1H'16 together with M's and Alpina's).

BMWFS has re-named lease "pull-ahead" into 2017 "Lease Loyalty Program". In a way, it replaces the 4Q'16 $1,000 lease credit (now discontinued, along with all other "holiday" credits). Either way, details are as follows:
-3 payments waived for MY2013 to MY2015 except 7 series
-5 payments waived for MY2013 to MY2015 7 series
-M and Alpina models are not eligible

So for those of us eager to upgrade old i3's, you can now exit the old lease without penalties with up to 3 payments outstanding on the old lease.

In my case, it means I am actively shopping starting now...

Jan'17 lease terms to follow once I find out exactly what they are.

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