It would be interesting to see the numbers they used to reach that conclusion. My sense is they just want to blame it on the economy, but not being an accountant, I sure could be wrong.

I know lots of people like the option, so of course it's good for them.

But except for the lower payment for the leasee, I always thought leasing was more expensive...

At the end you end up with two choices:

• buy at a higher than used price, OR
• walk away empty handed

I could never find a way to justify it.

Also I could never stay under the mileage restriction - I put nearly 5000 miles per month on my cars, it just wouldn't work for me no matter how I cut it.