Range Rover Sport Debuts on LeaseCompare.com's Top 10 List, Mercedes Disappears
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CINCINNATI - Feb. 28, 2006: Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS), a leader in online direct-to-consumer auto leasing, released a list of the top 10 most requested vehicles from its popular auto leasing website www.LeaseCompare.com for the fourth quarter of 2005. For the first time ever Land Rover hit the top 10 with its hot Range Rover Sport model, and Mercedes makes a first by not having a single model represented on the New Car List.
The Top 10 Most Requested Models New Car Rankings 4th Qtr 3rd Qtr 2005 2005 Make & Model ---- ---- ------------ 1 2 BMW 330 2 4 BMW 5 Series 3 1 BMW 325 4 3 Chevrolet Corvette 5 nl(a) Audi A4 6 7 Honda Accord 7 5 Infiniti G35 8 6 Acura TL 9 nl(a) Land Rover Range Rover Sport 10 nl(a) Honda Civic Used Car Rankings 4th Qtr 3rd Qtr 2005 2005 Make & Model ---- ---- ------------ 1 nl(a) Porsche Cayenne 2 2 BMW 330 3 nl(a) Mercedes Benz SL Class 4 7 Mercedes Benz E Class 5 4 BMW 7 Series 6 8 Land Rover Range Rover 7 3 BMW 5 Series 8 1 Porsche 911 Carrera 9 6 Mercedes Benz CLK Class 10 nl(a) BMW 325 nl(a) = not previously listed
A complete list of how every vehicle ranks can be found at http://www.LeaseCompare.com. BMW continues to dominate both new and used listings while the red hot Range Rover Sport makes its debut on the New Car List. Also back on the top 10 New Car List is the Honda Civic. Thanks to its all new design and high fuel prices, the Civic is another hot seller. The biggest surprise is Mercedes. It has completely fallen off the New Car List and only three remain on the Used Car List. This is probably due to its recent reliability problems.
"With the volatility of gasoline prices, leasing a car makes sense," says Tarry Shebesta, President of ACS and a certified lease consultant. "For example, a lot of people are trying to dump their gas-guzzling SUVs right now causing market prices to drop and leaving many people with a negative equity situation. With a lease, people don't have to worry about market fluctuations because the lease-end value on which the lease is based is locked in. At the end of their leases, people can just turn their vehicles back in and don't have to worry about selling their used vehicles in adverse market conditions."
