UPDATE: Added the Journey Coupe. My Take: Lease rates on the G37 are practically unchanged from September. I’ve added the G37X coupe to the mix. I will update this post as I find more information for the remaining rates on the G37 coupes. The numbers on the sedan are pretty solid. The coupe looks alright as well, the MF is a tad high, but the residual offsets the MF fairly well.
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2009 Infiniti G37
2009 Infiniti G37 Base Sedan
36-month | 15k miles | residual 56% | .00109 base money factor
2009 Infiniti G37 Journey Sedan
36-month | 15k miles | residual 54% | .00109 base money factor
39-month | 15k miles | residual 53% | .00130 base money factor
2009 Infiniti G37 Sport Sedan
36-month | 15k miles | residual 54% | .00109 base money factor
39-month | 15k miles | residual 53% | .00130 base money factor
2009 Infiniti G37X Sedan
36-month | 15k miles | residual 56% | .00123 base money factor
39-month | 15k miles | residual 55% | .00141 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 47% | .00157 base money factor
2009 Infiniti G37 Journey Coupe
39-month | 15k miles | residual 59% | .00237 base money factor
2009 Infiniti G37X Coupe
36-month | 15k miles | residual 61% | .00207 base money factor
My Take: As you know, my wife was quite impressed with the Genesis Coupe at the OC Auto Show. So much that she was dissing my G37 as having a “big butt” compared to the Genesis Coupe. Booh! Anyway, The sedan numbers suck, even with $1000 cash laying around. The coupe, on the other hand, looks promising. 
My Take: Not much to say about the Odyssey. The numbers look so-so, but expect the lower end models without RES and NAV to have better residual (and a lower price tag). Personally, I’d rather drive a SUV than a mini-van. However, if I ever decided to open up an airport shuttling business, the Odyssey would be my minivan of choice.
My Take: Alright peeps. This has been both a slow month and a busy month for me. Slow meaning that a lot of the lease rates were had to find. Busy because I’ve been out of town a lot and occupied with “life” issues and finding time for some “R&R”. Nevertheless, I spend these last couple days digging and digging all over the place to find some rates and I’ve found some! So get ready for a flood of lease rates in the next 24 hrs. For those who think I’m not checking the forum’s requests page, think again. I do and I will say this. Don’t bother asking for cars like the Land Rover because their lease rates are bad probably 11 months out of 12. We’re talking 8-9% interest rates here, so don’t bother. Ditto on most brands related to American manufacturers. I do on occasion keep and eye out for some American brands that may have good lease support, but those are going to be spotty. Anyway, this post is about my take on the TL so let me get to that. The numbers remain unchanged from September, which is pretty decent. I added the SH-AWD with Tech into the mix for those shopping for the AWD model. The numbers look decent plus there is $2500 in dealer cash that you can combine with the lease rates listed below. I’m telling you. This is NOT a bad month to snag a TL if you dig the looks. 2010s are out, so this is effectively a fire sale. Shoot for invoice plus the dealer cash for a $2500 under invoice sale price. To get the best bang for the buck, shoot for the Base TL (unless you really need the navi and all the Technological goodness).
My Take: The S6 and the A8 do not look very good this month. The A6 on the other hand, looks decent. They could have improved the residual value a bit, but the money factors looks better than most. Not exactly a recommendation, but I wouldn’t spend much time discouraging you from leasing one either. It all depends on the sale price.
My Take: There are still some decent leases on leftover 2009 Mercedes Benz models, but you’ll have to be aggressive with the sale price. Take the SL550 for example. .00020 MF breaks down to about 0.48% APR, you can do a 10k mile per year lease and your residual should jump to 50%. Pretty solid if you ask me. The CLK convertibles and SLK300 and SLK350 should also be considered due to their resonable money factors. We’re nearing the end of the year, so whatever you see on the lot, is probably what you are gonna get, so if you find something you like. I recommend that you do something about it.