That's incorrect. In an auto lease, you are essentially financing the depreciation on a vehicle.
It's all a formula. A very simple one, at that. Higher residual value = more favorable (lower) cost to the buyer.
https://www.edmunds.com/calculators/car-lease.html
This thread should be a sticky. As someone who is interested in leasing an Si next June (2018), it would be nice to have a thread where we could keep track of money factor / residual percentages.
So how did that work out on a lease calculator? How much profit did the dealer see there? 400 bux...