My Take: The last time I posted lease rates from Ford was back in March 2009 and they didn’t look anywhere near as good as what these look like now. I’m actually quite impressed with the 2011 Ford Edge. The auto magazines have given it pretty decent reviews so it seems promising. The lease rates are not too horrible, but certainly not as good as other luxury brands. I am a bit baffled as to why Ford would price the Edge around the same price as other Luxury crossovers. A Ford SEL FWD with all the bells and whistles costs just as much as an Acura RDX Tech. Which one would you take? I would take the RDX since Acura has arguably the best lease program around and has a longer warranty. Here’s some food for thought, if a “middle-of-the-road” Edge costs approximately $36k, how much is do you think the Lincoln MKX is gonna run? A heck more than it should.
2011 Ford Edge SEL AWD
36-month | 15k miles | residual 55% | 0.00156 base money factor
2011 Ford Edge Limited AWD
36-month | 15k miles | residual 55% | 0.00156 base money factor
2010 Ford Flex SEL 2WD
36-month | 15k miles | residual 46% | 0.00135 base money factor