Quote Originally Posted by Groundbeef
Whats there not to get? Mazda is in the market to SELL cars, not lease them.

They discount sale prices, as then it is a SALE. When its paid for, it YOUR problem, not theirs. Don't have to worry about returns, cleaning, storing, re-selling, etc.

Leasing is just a way to get money out of your pocket for a car you probably can't afford anyway (not you personally). Plenty of folks "lease" because its "cheaper". In the short term. Its like renting an apartment though. After a year or so, its cheaper to have bought!
As I observed earlier in the thread, a low nominal lease rate doesn't mean too much in itself; the real interest can only be computed based on the corresponding cash price of the same vehicle. Of course, the cash price is after discounts and haggling, not usually the price on which the lease is computed using the lease rate.

I don't know about FA's instance, but it seems to me pretty common to offer a discount or a low lease rate. In general, as between to vehicles from the same maker and cash discount taken into account, the real lease rates are likely to be nearly identical.