Many manufacturers operate their own lease. For BMW, you are likely to come out ahead than purchasing the car and selling it yourself after 3 years. Their resid

Many manufacturers operate their own lease. For BMW, you are likely to come out ahead than purchasing the car and selling it yourself after 3 years. Their residual value for lease is artificially high. For Maserati, some of their models actually carry a negative money factor, so you are being PAID to lease. You can lease an $80k Ghibli for $600/month for 3 years, that's way less depreciation than if you bought and sold the car after 3 years.