residual values and leasing? puhleeze... leasing... that's funny. I buy my vehicles because if I'm paying for the maintenance and property taxes, I damn sure want to be able to drive it whenever I want without worrying about how many miles or if I scratch it. Leasing is for people to drive a car they can't normally afford and give up a lot of freedom to do so. I couldn't care less about residual value- and if they break a lot, which remains to be seen, then they will be worthless as used vehicles.
It is overpriced for what it is. The Disco was priced about right but got stupid when optioned up... So yes, it is overpriced in that it is far more than I'd pay for an LR3 but not more than what I'd pay for something I want. The old dealer speak- residual values blah blah and if you think it's not worth it then they make a comment asserting that you can't afford it. I could park a Rangie in the driveway if I wanted one, I'm just not convinced they are worth it and they depreciate like a brick... so maybe I'll get a one year old Rangie and let someone else lose the $20K.
