Lease vs. Buy: Why not Both?
The question of whether to lease or buy your next car can always be a little tricky. Of course, most experts on the subject will advise you that it depends on your financial circumstances and goals, and to “run the numbers” with a Lease vs. Buy Calculator, suggestions that you should definitely heed. But here’s a slightly different spin on the matter, a little something extra that you may want to add to the mix.
If your main purpose in leasing is to drive a new or nearly-new car year after year, then this probably won’t apply to you. But if you’re looking to own a somewhat more expensive car than you might normally be able to purchase, consider this: because of the general oversupply of cars of all kinds, from all manufacturers, it’s likely that rebates and discounts will continue to be offered for the foreseeable future. And although sticker prices continue to rise (just like prices on everything else), carmakers are offering lease deals that can’t be beaten. At the end of the lease the company financing the transaction will likely sell the vehicle on the open market if you don’t purchase it. However, it will probably sell at a loss to the company because they’ve initially inflated the car’s residual value (the amount that the car is worth at the end of the lease) unrealistically. So instead of someone else getting a great deal, why not buy the car yourself and transfer their loss into your bank account as money saved?
Lease deals usually reflect discounts by being “subsidized”. To do this, at the beginning of the lease the financing company increases the estimated residual value of the car. Calculating lease payments using a higher residual value makes the lease price more attractive than those of competitors, thus lowering the monthly lease payment.
Because of the abundance of cars available, and due to the fact that labor contracts are a huge expense for car manufacturers in the U.S., it is imperative for the car industry that they move vehicles. Increasing residual value to lower lease costs is a strategy that’s been used for years to lease (or “sell”) more cars, and it’s likely to continue. However, the market value of the off-lease vehicle has almost always been less than the contracted residual value and the vehicle was sold in the wholesale market, many times at a loss of several thousand dollars. A number of major lease financiers, including Chrysler, some New York banks, and others have each lost several million dollars in recent years due to this fact.
The labor contracts of automakers include major financial benefits, health and welfare compensation, and pension obligations for current and retired employees. Added to that is the fact that there are many more manufacturing plants worldwide that are making cars. And if China’s automobile industry enters the U.S. market in the near future, (as has been proposed) with a vehicle built using Chinese wages, the situation is likely to only get worse. At least, for the automakers; this continued trend is an advantage to the car-buying public. The glut of new cars will likely persist and subsidized leases will continue to be offered for the next few years at least.
So if you want to ultimately own your dream car, minimize its cost by leasing it first. Let the finance companies subsidize your monthly payment. Several months before the lease is up, check the used car lots and find out what your car is being offered for. Then at lease end, buy the car and save yourself several thousand dollars.
~Hope That Helps~
2007-10-01 03:08:21
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answered by fundingway_brandon 2
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OK, Here is the reality from anyone who is aware of automobile leasing within and out... Take the repayments for the vehicle (financed) and multiply them by means of your quantity of repayments - upload your down fee and write down the whole. Now, take the quantity of hire repayments - multiply them by means of the time period of the hire - minus one million - and write that quantity down. second, take the residual importance for the vehicle (finish importance from the hire) and upload income tax to that determine. Add it to the primary determine you calculated for the hire. Compare which of those figures are the shrink to possess the vehicle. You CAN possess a vehicle on the finish of the hire if you happen to pay for the residual importance plus tax. Miles DO NOT MATTER if you are going to buy the automobile from the leasing corporation on the finish of the hire (or promote it - or exchange it in). The benefits to leasing... Say you uncover your dream vehicle and upload (or subtract) a household and it not is your dream vehicle or probably the gasoline mileage or coverage (or renovation) is greater than you anticipated...with a hire, you've gotten a GUARANTEED exchange in importance. With a purchase order, it relies in the marketplace and most likely, the primary three years you could be in a poor fairness main issue so that you could come to be purchasing the historical vehicle too while you purchase your new one! You don't finance income tax with a hire when you consider that the tax is further to the per month apartment fee. Generally, the hire could also be for the equal interval because the assurance so there are not any maintenance! I will NEVER purchase one more vehicle. Make certain you do the equation I gave you within the dealership - in entrance of the salesman - to be certain you get the exceptional hire... Good success
2016-09-05 13:29:35
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answered by chappel 4
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ford red carpet lease 2 yr lease is best 5 cars in 10 years most people buy 2 cars in 10 years 2 yrs plan lets you up grade from small to lux luv dad ford
2007-10-01 03:06:40
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answered by Anonymous
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