My Take: A8 is really a bad lease right now. Residual is insanely low plus the money factor isn’t low enough to recommend a lease-to-buy. MAYBE on the A8 Quattro, but definitely not on any of the other trims.

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2009 Audi A8

2009 Audi A8 quattro
24-month | 15k miles | residual 43% | .00077 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 36% | .00077 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 29% | .00315 base money factor

2009 Audi A8 L quattro
24-month | 15k miles | residual 44% | .00126 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 37% | .00126 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 30% | .00351 base money factor

2009 Audi A8 L W12 quattro
24-month | 15k miles | residual 37% | .00488 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 30% | .00488 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 23% | .00508 base money factor

2009 Audi S8 Sedan
24-month | 15k miles | residual 49% | .00295 base money factor
36-month | 15k miles | residual 42% | .00295 base money factor
48-month | 15k miles | residual 35% | .00315 base money factor