Hello everyone. I'm looking to lease a new car for 3 years and looking for something in the 25k range (preferably a sedan) with a decent size back seat and trunk space. I was thinking the TSX, accord, A3, camry. I'm just wondering if you guys have any other suggestions or have any experience with these cars. Thanks!

 

Legacy GT

 

Tsx

 

07 2.5 Altima

 

don't lease a new car, instead buy a slightly used car 02-05, in the 25k range. Your choices would include:

audi s4
acura tl
infiniti G35
e46 bmw 330I, 330X
nissan maxima
subaru wrx,
and the list goes on.

 

Skip the A3 if you're looking for decent size back seats.

I would say the TSX, the Accord, and the Camry are your best bets in the segment. With a lease, you want a car that has excellent residuals (which unfortunately, the LGT does not have).

 

u may be able to get a new mazda 6 mazdaspeed for that price

 

Not if he leases. The residual on the Mazdaspeed 6 is total crap. Something like 36% after 48 months. At that kind of a residual, he might as well buy the damn thing because his lease payments will suck.

 

Thanks for the advice guys. Does anyone have any experience/knowledge about the new Saab 9-3? this is another consideration...though i'm pretty heavily leaning toward the TSX

 

9-3 is another good car with absolutely horrid reisduals. Not a good car to lease unless GM is running one of its crazy lease deals using inflated residuals. For a while, I recall GM runnin a 0 drive-off, $299/month lease for 36 months with free scheduled maintenance on the 9-3, but I don't think they are running anything quite that good at this point.

The current GM lease offer on the 9-3 is $2500 drive-off and $299 a month for 27 months on a low pressure turbo model with the auto tranny and metallic paint. Not a bad lease deal, but I don't think Saab includes free maintenance anymore (and Saab reliability is pretty hit or miss).

 

HORRIBLE residual,....drops like a stone.



I vote TSX.