I did lease my 24 Badlands SAS for like 550 a month, BUT it was made in June of 2024, and it was still for sale in September of 2025, (luckily they put a lift kit on it and it looks like it had been in the showroom for a giant portion of that time).
Main point I'm making hereabout leasing, is it was basically on clearance. Ford was discounting the 24s like 15-20K(ish) and I had an email retention offer from Ford for like 3-4K.
The salesman did try the 700 dollar payment on me but I did my homework, and saw lease examples for the car in the 500's with like 5 down. I told the younger man, that I did not drive for 2 hours to lease a car for the same price as I could get one near my House. I then whipped out the Mac and showed him his own website, and like Magic the payment dropped to like 550 even though he told me 580.
Also I never "return" a lease. When it comes to buyout time, dealers get a "Little better deal" than you do if you buy it out. I believe this is mainly because there is no extra labor involved transporting the car to auction and prep etc. So I usually trade them in, and have been lucky enough in the past to even get a little equity out of them. However, by trading in a lease, you are not upside down ever.
I might keep mine but I'll think about it in 2 years.
Main point I'm making hereabout leasing, is it was basically on clearance. Ford was discounting the 24s like 15-20K(ish) and I had an email retention offer from Ford for like 3-4K.
The salesman did try the 700 dollar payment on me but I did my homework, and saw lease examples for the car in the 500's with like 5 down. I told the younger man, that I did not drive for 2 hours to lease a car for the same price as I could get one near my House. I then whipped out the Mac and showed him his own website, and like Magic the payment dropped to like 550 even though he told me 580.
Also I never "return" a lease. When it comes to buyout time, dealers get a "Little better deal" than you do if you buy it out. I believe this is mainly because there is no extra labor involved transporting the car to auction and prep etc. So I usually trade them in, and have been lucky enough in the past to even get a little equity out of them. However, by trading in a lease, you are not upside down ever.
I might keep mine but I'll think about it in 2 years.
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