Looking at how much xfires have depreciated, I'm actually glad of my lease payments now... I was one of the first to have a Crossfire because my neighbor is a dealer and gave me a good deal (at the time)....

$370 a month for 39 months = about $14,000 paid in total by lease end.. in exchange I get 15k miles a year + bonus 500 = 49,500 miles. Residual = $18,000 (and I won't buy it at the end).

The reason I'm glad for this is because the price they are going at now.. 21-22k or whatever... geez.. sure lease payments on that would be a lot cheaper, but thank god I didn't FINANCE one at 30-35k, cuz with the 15k miles I already have on it, I'd already have lost $14,000+ in value, which you buyers have, regardless of whether or not you sold it already...

Buyers have been screwed.. and imo its because of lack of publicity or advertising.. These cars are HOT.. and if they actually had some TV commercials and what not, these cars would be selling like hot cakes.. As it is, nobody knows our cars even exist! Which is why there are no buyers... I think its a simple matter that nobody realizes our cars are even for sale. If I didn't own one, I'd just think they were some expensive limited production run car that I could never afford.. I'm sure it would blow a lot of non-owners minds to know they can have one for under 25k. But of course DCX doesn't even advertise that fact...

I just don't get it. Why make such a great car and have such little publicity coverage? Put the Crossfire in one of those ads with the 300C damnit. I swear I'd be a better CEO of DCX than whoever that German dude is.