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A lot of of the early electric vehicles were on two year leases. Especially those in the luxury brand class. Acura, MB, and Cadillac all pushed them.

As much as I like the Lyric, I can’t justify a 40k vehicle… The only one here that I’d consider price-wise is the ZDX. I’d really prefer sub-30k, which is why the Prologue piqued my interest in the first place. I don’t want black, but if it had to be, I’d want a red interior. This is one of the “close” ones to me and still 206 miles away. I thought you would like this Used 2024 Acura ZDX A-Spec for $32500 on Autotrader http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/2E481ABF.

But why is it so ugly?

I did the rarest of leases, 3yrs at 15,000 miles a year. Most especially for the Cadillac Lyriq were 2 year leases at 10,000 miles a year. Of the 1.2 million EVs being returned this year, pretty much all of them are low mile 2 year leases so you should be able to find a number of good low cost deals to buy on an EV. 4,813 were ZDX with the bulk on low mileage 2yr leases. There are 28,402 Lyriq's low mileage lease returns coming back this year. https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/cadillac/lyriq/cadillac-lyriq-sales/ Q1-2025-Kelley-Blue-Book-EV-Sales-Report-04-11-25.pdf Acura ZDX AWD Used 2024 Acura ZDX A-Spec for sale in Renton, WA 98057: Sport Utility Details - 776625051 - Autotrader Cadillac Lyriq RWD Used 2024 Cadillac Lyriq Luxury for sale in Enumclaw, WA 98022: Sport Utility Details - 772214602 - Autotrader AWD Used 2024 Cadillac Lyriq Sport for sale in Seattle, WA 98133: Sport Utility Details - 775845739 - Autotrader Kia EV9 RWD No used yet, just new New 2026 Kia EV9 Light for sale in Renton, WA 98057: Sport Utility Details - 761201098 - Autotrader AWD Used 2024 Kia EV9 Wind for sale in Tacoma, WA 98409: Sport Utility Details - 772435775 - Autotrader Kia EV6 RWD Used 2023 Kia EV6 Light for sale in North Bend, WA 98045: Sport Utility Details - 760380155 - Autotrader AWD Used 2024 Kia EV6 Light for sale in Tacoma, WA 98409: Sport Utility Details - 772435774 - Autotrader

Because that's when new model year vehicles tend to get released and the first large batch of 2yo ZDXes and 3yo Lyriqs should be coming off lease. Plus... there were a bunch of EVs that came out in that same time frame and there have been more than a few reports that there is a wave of EV lease turn-ins due to hit the market late summer.

OMG this! Everyone is doing it now. Tesla too. It's like 1986 Mercury Sable all over again.