My Take: The 09 RL seems to have gotten the TSX/TL nose job as well. Eww. If you are looking to lease this car, it seems to be a much better lease at the base level trim. If you haven’t noticed yet, Honda/Acura tends to give much lower residual values for the cars containing the Tech package. The logic, at least on my part, is that technology depreciates fast and that lowers the residual value for tech packages found accross all of Honda/Acura’s cars seems to reflect that. This isn’t exactly the explanation Honda/Acura will give you, but at the very least, it seems to make sense. With that said, the RL has lease support for the 09 model, so it may be worth a look. Check THE LIST to compare it’s payments with other models.

• Standard inception fees + tax not included
• Residuals posted are for 15K miles/year.

2009 Acura RL Sedan
24 Month – Residual 60% of MSRP – .00119 Base Rate
36 Month – Residual 51% of MSRP – .00119 Base Rate
48 Month – Residual 42% of MSRP – .00255 Base Rate
60 Month – Residual 32% of MSRP – .00270 Base Rate

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2009 Acura RL Sedan Tech Package
24 Month – Residual 57% of MSRP – .00119 Base Rate
36 Month – Residual 49% of MSRP – .00119 Base Rate
48 Month – Residual 40% of MSRP – .00255 Base Rate
60 Month – Residual 30% of MSRP – .00270 Base Rate

2009 Acura RL Sedan Tech/CMBS/PAX
24 Month – Residual 53% of MSRP – .00119 Base Rate
36 Month – Residual 47% of MSRP – .00119 Base Rate
48 Month – Residual 38% of MSRP – .00255 Base Rate
60 Month – Residual 28% of MSRP – .00270 Base Rate

Rates provided by Tarry Shebesta from Leasecompare.com