Best Vehicle to Lease?

Going into my Senior year of college and have enough cash to lease a new vehicle and was wondering if anyone had any opinions. It'll be my first car so I want it to be reasonable but something I am excited about, I like mid-size SUVs and I have been reading that a lot of mid-size trucks are good leases (high residual). If anyone has any opinions I am happy to hear, probably looking in the range of a $250-350 a month payment.

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Honestly if you don’t need one immediately, I would wait. This is probably the worst time in decades to buy a car. There’s a ton of demand and no inventory. In recent months they have cut incentives, dropped residuals and raised money factors. 
 

if you need one now and want a small suv I’d look at the Mazda CX-5, Cox-3, or Honda CR-V. These cars don’t aren’t heavily discounted even in the best of times so they haven’t been affected as much. 

 

Yeah this wouldn't be immediate, I am holding out for that exact reason. Just wanted to start to getting an idea, if anyone had strong opinions one way or another.

 

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