Leasing is very appealing on 6 figure cars.
Here is an example of a 36 month closed end or walk away lease
Selling price of car...............100,000
Down Payment.....................15,000
Net Capital Cost.....................85,000
Residual Value at 50%............50,000 (responsability of lessor)
Depreciation.........................35,000.....divided by 36 months......972.22 / month
Interest at say 7% 0.00292
85,000 + 35,000 = 120,000 x 0.00292 = 350.40 / month
972.22 + 350.40 = 1,322.62 / month plus applicable taxes
At the end of the lease if the car is worth more than 50,000 the lessee gets the equity, if its worth less than 50,000 he simply returns the car. The lessee never owns the car, and never paid for the entire car either. The lessee is responsible for the mileage and condition of the car.
On an electric car the battery pack is a wear and tear item which can or would become an appreciable expense to replace, a lease makes good sense.
A Whitestar at 50,000 on a 36 month lease with a 50% residual (25,000) and a down payment of 7,000 would be 698.56 / month plus taxes.
This is an example of Car Sharing, where member pay a fee get credits, with the cars requiring a certain number of credits to use. Take a look
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