Try again.

<http://www.carspace.com/guides/Car-Buying-Tips-Lease-vs-Purchase-on-a-New-Car>

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0193143.html

<http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/featured-auto-expert-advice3.htm>

http://www.mymoney.gov/credit.shtml

It can be better to lease than to buy. Usually, it isn't. For me, I
would never lease, because I keep my cars longer than 4 years and I tend
to put on too many miles.

The bottom line is that when purchase or lease a car, you need to read
and understand the fine print in the contract, understand what things
are not in the contract (e.g., things that are in the leasing and
finance laws), do comparison shopping and carefully compare the cost of
leasing vs. buying a particular vehicle with the tools that are all over
 the internet, like in finance.yahoo.com. (You also should compare the
price of buying the car and getting a higher rebate vs. buying the car
with a lower rebate, but getting a low-interest rate loan.)

And regardless of what you are doing, you really need to make sure you
understand *all* the terms in the contract, run the numbers through
calculators. you need to find all the rebates for which you are
eligible, In other words, be an informed consumer.

But, there are times when leasing is cheaper than buying, though rarely.

Finally, I would add, if you already have a car, there are usually three
transactions: 1) buying a new car, 2) financing the car (leasing is one
way to finance the car), 3) selling the old car. Keep the three
transactions separate, so you can understand what is happening and be
able to use all your options (like bank or credit union financing rather
than dealer financing, which can be more or less expensive). Otherwise,
the car salesperson can really take advantage of you.

Jeff