My Take: The money factor on the 2010 RX isn’t very attractive right now, but the residual value is. You will need to do your best to knock off a decent amount off the MSRP in order to compensate for the high money factor. 10% off MSRP is generally what I recommend shooting for in these economic times. More, if the dealer has a lot of marketing/dealer/customer cash available for you. As you know, marketing, dealer and customer rebates are all provided by the manufacturer, NOT the dealer; therefore you need to get the dealer to discount you PLUS whatever the rebates the manufacturer has for you.
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2010 Lexus RX350
2010 Lexus RX350 FWD w/o RES
36-month | 15k miles | residual 60% | .00255 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 51% | .00255 base money factor
2010 Lexus RX350 AWD w/o RES
36-month | 15k miles | residual 60% | .00255 base money factor
My Take: As expected, the lease rates for the EX and FX are pretty solid. Compared to the competition (ML, Q5, Q7, X3 or X5), Infinitis are equipped and priced very reasonably. If you are shopping for a SUV this month, make sure to add the Infiniti’s into your list.
My Take: I’m only posting this as a courtesy and to remind you to avoid the S-Class like the plague.
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).