Lease Compare Vehicles to Lease — Fuel Efficient and Hybrid Models Dominate, Prius up 500%

Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS), the leader in online direct-to-consumer auto leasing, released a list of the top 10 most requested vehicles from its popular auto leasing
website http://www.LeaseCompare.com . Information was collected during the first
half of 2008 from more than three million lease quote requests.

“We have seen a huge increase in requests for hybrid models with the
Toyota Prius up over 500% from the last half of 2007,” says Tarry Shebesta,
President of ACS and a certified lease consultant. “And, for the first
time, used hybrid demand is increasing because of the waiting list for many
of the new models.”

The Top 10 Most Requested Models

New Car Rankings

1st Half 2nd Half
2008 2007 Make & Model
1 10 Mini Cooper
2 4 Honda Accord (h)
3 1 Chevrolet Corvette
4 4 Toyota Camry (h)
5 6 Honda Civic (h)
6 nl* BMW M3
7 7 BMW 328
8 nl* Toyota Prius Hybrid
9 10 Nissan Altima (h)
10 nl* Honda CR-V

Used Car Rankings

1st Half 2nd Half
2008 2007 Make & Model
1 1 Chevrolet Corvette
2 2 Porsche 911
3 7 Infiniti G35
4 5 Honda Civic (h)
5 4 Audi A4
6 nl* Mini Cooper
7 9 Honda Accord (h)
8 3 BMW M3
9 nl* BMW 328
10 nl* Nissan Altima (h)

nl* = not previously listed
(h) = hybrid available for this model

A complete list of how every vehicle ranks can be found at
http://www.LeaseCompare.com .

“High fuel prices are helping to drive demand in hybrid vehicles,”
comments Shebesta. “Additionally, smart people realize that leasing, not
buying, hybrids make sense, especially right now. With the improvements in
technology coming out every year, they know that they can turn in the
hybrid at lease-end, and not have to worry about selling a car with
out-dated technology.”

Shebesta also notes that, “Leasing protects consumers from fluctuating
fuel prices as witnessed by the current drop in values of the pre-owned SUV
market. Those who leased are simply walking away at the end of their term
and leasing a more fuel efficient vehicle.”

A comparison of all hybrid models and lease payments are available
here: http://www.leasecompare.com/hybrid_car_lease_quotes.php