Summary
Auto manufacturers are pulling the plug on lease programs to avoid steep losses on returned sports utility vehicles and other fuel-inefficient cars that have lost significant value because of record-high gas prices.
The carmakers are also getting hit for using overzealous lease terms to win customers. Chrysler, for one, offered lower monthly terms on a lease, with a higher buyout figure at the end. But that did the company little good when drivers returned the car, now worth less than expected because of its poor miles-per-gallon performance.See the full content of this document
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Bad Loans Drive Down Leasing Biz in Li
But a Long Island company says it sees a lot of opportunity in all that pain.
Hauppauge's Groovecar said it plans to ramp up its le...See the full content of this document
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