I have purchased and leased before. You are right more people lease expensive cars than cheaper car, yet the math never works in the favor of leasing (unless you can claim business expenses). If you look at the math of leasing, you will see you are always paying more in interest. A typical car loan is 0-3% right now, while leases are between 2-5% even for the great ones.
There is no value added by adding stuff to car, you only make it worse. You find value by buying the least amount of options with the right incentives. Anyway whatever makes you happy and glad you got what you are looking for. I was close with my numbers at least.
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