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Best Car Lease Deals: February 2010
Last Updated: Feb. 02, 2010
If you’re looking for a new car but can’t seem to commit for the long haul, then leasing makes perfect sense for you. To help you shop, we’ve compiled some of the best lease deals for February. If you don’t see one that works for you, contact a dealer to see what leases they can offer you. At this time of year, they should be flexible to win your business.
Now is a smart time to consider buying or leasing a car. Winter is a slow period for car sales, and dealers are looking to move cars any way they can. In addition to reviewing the best lease deals that carmakers are offering, you may want to check out this month’s best car deals for cash back and financing offers. Here are the top lease offers:
Toyota. Toyota runs all specials by region, and it gets quirky. We recommend that you contact local Toyota dealers to see what incentives are available in your area. Editor’s note: Toyota has suspended selling several models, including the popular Camry and Corolla, until it has solved the gas pedal safety concern with these vehicles. We will update our lease deals information once these vehicles are again safe to purchase and drive.
Honda. If your budget caps at $200 per month, Honda has several good options right now. These include a $179 per month lease on the popular Civic LX model and $199 for either the Insight hybrid or the Accord sedan. As with last month, a bare-bones Civic DX-VP model is yours for only $159 per month (details below).
BMW. BMW is offering 2010 3-Series and 1-Series leases for under $400.
GM: General Motors is offering a number of low-mileage leases on its up-market Buick and Cadillac brands. While mileage is limited to about 1,000 miles per month on these leases, the payments are pretty limited as well. The well-reviewed Cadillac SRX is available for $479 a month for 39 months. Also, if you’re a current Toyota lessee, GM is offering up to $1,000 to help you end that lease early and take a new GM lease.
Wednesday, 17th June, 2009
The Honda Insight, a new family-sized hybrid that is already providing stiff competition for the ubiquitous Toyota Prius, has been named Green Car of the Year 2009 by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA).
The least green car was found to be the 8-litre Dodge SRT-10 sports car. A year’s driving in the Dodge emits the same amount of CO2 as is absorbed by 322 mature trees – the equivalent of an acre of oak forest. *
The ETA examined over 1300 models of car currently on sale in Britain and compared their power, emissions, fuel efficiency and even the amount of noise they produce to create a definitive guide to buying the greenest vehicle.
A fully searchable database of the results will be published at www.greencarawards.co.uk on Wednesday 17th June 2009.
Green Transport Week is (13th – 21st June 2009)