Lease Comparison: BMW i4 at €590 or Tesla Model 3 at €726 per month?
- Published on 17/04/2024 21:51
- Modified on 26/09/2025 1:26
BMW continues to push its dominance in the electric sedan segment with a Long-Term Rental offer that challenges Tesla. Interesting?
Sometimes we wonder how BMW manages to offer such rates on Long-Term Rentals when we know the catalog price of its cars. In the case of the offer here, we are talking about the BMW i4 in eDrive35 M Sport trim with a very stylish aesthetic kit and large alloy wheels.
If you want to purchase this model, you will need to pay €61,200. So, how can this electric sedan be cheaper to rent than a Tesla Model 3 Propulsion, currently discounted to €38,990? BMW provides the answer: produced in Europe, the BMW i4 is heavily discounted by BMW… to BMW. The car’s owner isn’t the customer but the manufacturer, which sells the car to itself and benefits from the €4,000 bonus by artificially dropping the price below €47,000. At the end of the lease, BMW will retrieve the vehicle and give it a second, highly lucrative commercial life.
€590 versus €726/month
BMW offers a 36-month lease with 30,000 kilometers for a fixed monthly rent of €590. The same terms apply to Tesla, but with a monthly rate of €726. Over the duration of the lease, the BMW will cost €21,240, while the Tesla will amount to €26,136. That’s a significant difference of €4,896, or +23%!
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
| BMW i4 eDrive35 M Sport | Tesla Model 3 Propulsion | |
| Price (after bonus) | From €61,200 | From €38,990 |
| Lease LLD* | €590 / month | €726 / month |
| Battery | 67 kWh | 66 kWh |
| Power | 210 kW (286 hp) | 208 kW (282 hp) |
| Drive wheels | Rear | Rear |
| Length | 4783 mm | 4720 mm |
| Width | 1852 mm | 1933 mm |
| Height | 1448 mm | 1441 mm |
| Boot capacity | 470 liters | 682 liters |
| Weight | 2065 kg | 1765 kg |
| Max speed | 190 km/h | 201 km/h |
| 0 to 100 km/h | 6 seconds | 6.1 seconds |
| Range | 483 km | 513 km |
| Consumption | 16.1 kWh/100 km | 13.2 kWh/100 km |
| AC charging | 11 kW | 11 kW |
| DC charging | 180 kW | 170 kW |
| *36 months / 30,000 km |
BMW: Free Charging for 1 Year!
Today, it’s difficult to find a more sophisticated electric sedan than the Tesla Model 3 Propulsion. Older but still very relevant, the BMW i4 offers comparable power and charging speeds, but energy management is more refined in Tesla.
Precisely, energy is at the heart of the game: BMW provides unlimited recharging on the IONITY network (metropolitan France only) for 12 months. With a “real” consumption of 18 kWh per 100 km and a cost of €0.39 per kW, the savings over 10,000 kilometers annually can reach up to €702 if the customer never charges elsewhere.
Ultimately, the BMW offer is the most attractive thanks to its higher-end finish and consistently better prices for the customer. However, the customer will still need to return the vehicle at the end of the lease. The same applies to Tesla, which also offers a more modern driving experience.
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This page is translated from the original post "Comparatif LLD : BMW i4 à 590 € ou Tesla Model 3 à 726 € / mois ?" in French.
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