they didnt change last year jan - march. also residuals typically go up at the end of the model year to advertise lower payments as manufacturers try to move old product.

 

I checked a LOT of inventories here in the last hour. Seems like there's no shortage of white Coupe R's in the states. A LOT of convertible R's though.. holy ****. In black or grey specifically as well.

Going to wait til March as dealerships get more desperate to move cars, more rebates, and maybe even better residuals!

EDIT: As ShaunPA said, I doubt they would make it harder to lease as they are in the business of selling cars. Suddenly lowering the residual, would make a tough action, much harder and are more than likely trying to swallow whatever is left of 2016's in order to make room for 2017's.

It's a buyers market boys!

 

Actually, most manufacturers do lower residuals the longer a model year has been on the ground - and they usually lower the money factor to compensate for the lower residual. Last year was a bit of an anomaly in that the incoming 2016s were better equipped, cost less and had a longer warranty. They had a lot of incentive to make sure that the 2015s were long gone... That being said; inventories are high now, so they may do the same thing this year...

 

That is makes a lot of sense! Funny thing is, in the BMW world. M3/M4 and M5 leases have gone up 2% since being introduced, while it wasn't tough to find an M5, they sure didn't add much to it to make it more wanted. :P Steering wheel and LED lights.

But you're right on that.. inventories are HIGH. I looked at 50-60 dealerships in the states. Each one had about 5-15 F-Types.. with about 20-30% of them being R's.