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Originally Posted by ibeam81
I think the point is that the car's residual (it's value at the end of the lease) will be based on a percentage of the US MSRP and will therefore be higher than if it was based upon the EU MSRP. Lease payments are based on the depreciation cost during the term of the lease, plus interest. So if the residual value is closer to the initial price of the car then your lease payment will be lower. The initial price will be negotiated from the EU price and therefore the delta between initial price and residual is less, thus resulting in a lower lease payment.
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OK. I think I get it now.
I wonder what kind of difference in payment we'd be talking about.