First, don't tell the sales person what you said here!I think Yahoo had a headline in the past month about how to buy/lease a car. Try searching Yahoo.I would be wary of a lease because and the end of the lease you've got nothing!

Go for what yo want first, they may be able to swing it for you. If not then talk t the 2nd best. You never know till you ask. Take care.

Accord or Camry are my picks. Reliable decent performers and reliable. I really like the reliable part. Great resale so that makes it a great lease vehicle. Both of these are perfect candididates for Lease/PurchaseLow resale means not even recommended in a lease or even a purchase. Lots of cars out there that bite in all places No need to get the XLE or Hybrid the LE works fine they all have the same look. Same goes for the Accord. No EX-L V6 just the LX. They come up with great leases and you can trade out better than most cars. If you get the right deal from the get go and don't put a million miles you will Not have mountains of negative equity, allowing you to change cars. One point if you do lease try not to do a long term lease That will defeat the purpose of a lease and usually cost you more. 36 months is good enough. If you can go shorter than do that too.Toyota Financial Services is a tad Better as a Lessor Honda bot bad either but they have some differences. Man I can go on and on