Also, the Deville depreciates faster than most of its competition, so if you do get one, either go for a screaming good finance deal, or lease it.

FORBES: Size XL

When a customer wants to lease a car, the financier (usually the carmaker's finance arm) estimates what the car will be worth when it comes back in three years.

FORBES: Residual Risk

One big reason to expect such a shift is that the very cheap lease finance that manufacturers have relied on to stoke demand for their more costly cars, especially in America, Germany and Britain, is probably a thing of the past.

ECONOMIST: The car industry

About 50% of the U.S. jet fleet is leased from such companies as General Electric Capital Aviation Services (nyse: GE - news - people ), International Lease Finance Corp. (a unit of AIG) and CIT Group (nyse: CIT - news - people ).

FORBES: For Sale: Used Jets

But since Bob Phillips has a five-year lease on the Wales National Ice Rink, anyone prepared to finance an ISL side would have nowhere to play.

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