Right, but why isn't the payments lower on these vehicles? The way leases were designed, you are making monthly payments on the difference of the selling price, minus the residual. If a car has a high residual percentage, the car should be cheaper to lease, but with high end cars, that is not the case. I used to sell cars back in 1993. Leases were the highest money maker for the dealers. Usually $2-2.5k profit per lease. What most people don't realize is that you can negotiate a lease payment. Always ask what is the selling price of the vehicle that determined the lease payment. They do have to tell you, but most will try to give you some bs story. Since the residual value is already determined, if you negotiate a lower selling price, it will lower the lease payment. Plus, most dealers require $2-4K down, which also needs to be deducted from the selling price.