I personally will never lease a car. At my last job, we used to lease office equipment to companies, and we got ALOT of profit through leases. In my opinion, its a win/win situation for the leasing company, and a total loss for the leaser. The leasing company gets the $ from the item sold, AND gets it back to resell at the end of term (many times in brand new/slightly used condition). If there is any damage or any repairs, the leaser paid for that as well. If at the end of the term, the person decided to keep the equipment, then they had to pay fair market value to keep it, basically paying for it twice.

You would be paying for a brand new car, and at the end of the terms, you don't own an almost-brand-new car to either keep driving or to sell. You have lost the investment.