07.30.08
Posted in General, Car Leasing, Transfer a car lease, Take over a car lease, Buying versus Leasing, Financing, Swap a lease, Auto lease, Auto lease swap, Auto lease termination at 4:22 pm by LeasingRus
If you want to lease one of Detroit’s big vehicles, things just got a lot more complicated. Is it worth it anymore
With so many auto financing companies getting out of the leasing business, you might think they don’t want you to lease anymore.
Leasing really makes sense if you’re absolutely sure you don’t want to keep a vehicle longer than the term of the lease (leasing terminology). It’s sometimes even sold as a way to “try out” a car before buying it (bad idea).
But if you want to hold on to a vehicle for a while, it makes more sense to buy one with traditional financing. That’s because the total cost of purchasing a vehicle after you’ve leased it will be a lot higher. Read the rest of this entry »
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07.27.08
Posted in General, Articles, Car Leasing at 4:00 pm by LeasingRus
The “adjustment” in the American economy we’ve heard the president mutter about will have plenty of people adjusting their way from houses into rental properties, from organic frisée to iceberg lettuce, and from mid-priced sedans into whatever box with four wheels and a warranty the dealer will put them in. The cheapest new cars money can buy are no longer only for people failing their drivers’ tests for lack of experience or lack of eyesight.
The good news is that the vehicles at the bottom of the new-car barrel are better, safer, and more reliable than ever. There are even a couple of remarkably good cars on this list, so good we’d drive them even if the balance in our checking accounts didn’t mime a change jar. Chevy gets the party started with the $13,270 Aveo; Mazda serves up the champagne with the Mazda 3 for $16,895. Read the rest of this entry »
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07.20.08
Posted in General, General Leasing, Car Leasing at 4:51 pm by LeasingRus
Car quality has reached such a high level industry-wide that few, if any, “bad” new cars are for sale anymore. As a result, the subjective or intangible aspects of vehicles — the trust and loyalty a brand engenders, the pride of ownership, satisfaction and exhilaration a model gives — play a critical role in helping consumers choose one vehicle over another.
“Simply counting problems does not distinguish one vehicle from another the way it used to,” says Christopher Chaney, director of business development for Strategic Vision, in San Diego. “The industry as a whole is creating a greater product, so there is more parity between vehicles than ever before. We now distinguish quality based on the whole experience. Our total quality index is a complete measure.”
In addition to counting the physical defects consumers report for each model, Strategic Vision uses surveys to measure how a vehicle touches an owner’s Read the rest of this entry »
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