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The Best Cars to Lease if You Want a Great Deal

When it comes to car leasing, it's important to choose a vehicle with a high resale value if you want to maximize savings.

During a lease, the majority of your payment goes toward the depreciation of the vehicle, so it only makes sense to lease a vehicle that retains its value well. Many consumers don't realize how important this is.

Generally speaking, foreign cars tend to have higher residual values than domestics. Cars that are popular with consumers now should remain popular as used vehicles, and thus their residual values should be higher.

Below is a list of 22 vehicles with the best residual values (for model year 2015). These are the cars that make the best candidates for leasing.

Honda Fit
Subaru Impreza
Subaru WRX
Subaru Legacy
Dodge Charger
Lexus RC 350
Lexus GS 350
Lexus LS 460
Chevrolet Camaro V6
Chevrolet Corvette
Toyota Camry
Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid
Jeep Wrangler
Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
Chevrolet Suburban
Mercedes-Benz GLK Class
Lexus GX 460
Lexus LX 570
Lexus RX 450h
Toyota Tacoma
Toyota Tundra
Toyota Sienna

3 Steps Every Car Buyer Needs to Take to Save Maximum Money

The key to getting the best deal is to gather price or lease bids from as many local dealers as possible. Then shop that best price around until no one can beat it. Here are the steps:

Step 1 Get Prices From My Trusted Network

Select the vehicle you're interested in to see if there are local dealers in my network who will provide you with their best upfront price. You will get direct access to an internet sales manager who you can further negotiate with online (no need to visit dealership).

Select Vehicle to Get Local Pricing

Step 2 Get Prices From TrueCar / CarsDirect

TrueCar, and CarsDirect are my top 2 online price quote recommendations. These services show you pre-negotiated prices from dealers closest to you - and the deals are usually pretty decent. But remember, you can still negotiate further.

Step 3 Complete my Checklist

Follow this up with my checklist to make sure you squeeze out every last bit of savings.
- Gregg Fidan

Each week, I'll keep you up-to-date on the latest car deals and news that might affect your purchase. This includes...

Best Rebates, Incentives, and Lease Deals
Latest Car Buying Scams and Tricks
The Best & Worst Time to Buy a Car
Which Cars You Should Avoid

About The Author

Gregg Fidan is the founder of RealCarTips. After being ripped off on his first car purchase, he devoted several years to figuring out the best ways to avoid scams and negotiate the best car deals. He has written hundreds of articles on the subject of car buying and taught thousands of car shoppers how to get the best deals.

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