You know what's amazing? Hyundai, Subaru, Nissan and Mazda rated at the top of the ALG Residual Value Awards, yet none of their cars finished near the top in overall lease value ratings for the 2011 year. How can that be?  Well, as usual, I will give you my own two cents:  As I explained after writing this article, Residual Values are only a forecast and don't actually determine what a particular car's real market value on the street is going to be after 3, 4 or 10 years. These ALG Residual values are based on 2012 car models, so this is pure speculation. However, there is something to be said for speculation in this industry. ALG has a lot of weight when it comes to valuating cars, both psychologically and financially. Having a high ALG residual value is definitely a blessing for the car maker and for the consumer wishing to lease there cars. One can only wonder if these automobiles winning these ALG awards will now start rising in the monthly car lease deals we publish for 2012. When push comes to shove for 2011, however, the banks still bet heavily on the tried and true best valued cars like Honda.

 
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Exploring the Range Rover Lease vs Purchase

Why have Range Rover Lease deals been conspicuously absent from our monthly car lease ratings? Well, for lack of a better word, they haven't been very good. There is one possible explanation as to why a Range Rover does not lease well, but before we get to that, let's see what Land Rover has to offer in the way of leasing for the month of December
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I can't believe it's already time to tabulate the best lease deals of 2011 for our annual Monthly Car Lease feature. What a change in the lease ratings for this year. The best lease deals of 2010 were only slightly similar with a few late-comers stealing some of the attention from Honda and Toyota. For 2010, Toyota had some breath-taking lease deals that blew us away. For example, the May 2010, Toyota Corolla LE leased for just $129.00 a month and $899.00 down. The .82 LVR is the lowest Lease Value Ratio ever recorded since the inception of Monthly Car Lease ratings over 2 years ago. It was just over a year ago that American cars started leasing again and it didn't take General Motors long to start winning some of the best lease deals of 2011 with the Chevrolet Traverse, Volt and Cadillac.  We also saw Infiniti rise to the top with some great Lease Offers on the G37 and G25. Despite Toyota slippoing in the 2011 Lease Ratings, the Toyota RAV4 Lease remained strong.  We saw some improved SUV Lease specials and some excellent, no-money-down lease specials from Honda.  For the first time ever, one of those new-fangled cross-over vehicles topped the monthly lease offers: The Honda Cross Tour EX V6 in June.
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These exciting Cadillac lease specials didn't make the December Car Lease feature, but not for lack of quality. These four, compelling lease offers from Cadillac are all rated as very good. Each of these featured Cadillacs can be leased with no money due at lease signing. At the top of the list is the popular Cadillac CTS Sedan which leases for just $399.00 a month for 36 months. With no money down, the actual payment of $399.00 per month equals the average payment giving you a very low lease value ratio (LVR)of 1.05% ($399/$38,1650) The Lease Value ratio is your average monthly payment divided by the MSRP of the car. The lower the better. For a full explain, visit the link, here:  Lease Value Ratio Explained. Right behind the Sedan is the CTS Coupe for $20.00 more. If you're in need of a luxury SUV, you will not be disappointed. Both the Escalade and SRX Crossover have very attractive,  lease offers for SUVs and are as good or better than most of the competition from BMW, Mercedes, Audi and others.  These are great incentives for anyone who loves the luxury and sportiness of these Cadillacs. Unfortunately, there are only four to choose from.
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