In a cool attempt to thwart speculators and ensure that only real (rich) fans get their hands on the much anticipated Toyota supercar, Lexus is offering it as lease only. Yup—lease only!

You know those adverts for Jags, Bimmers, etc. that say you can lease one for like $399 per month? And you always say to yourself, ”Wow, my fucking Hyundai Santa Fe payment is nearly that much. I should get one of those.”

This isn’t like that. Lexus lays out a 9 step lease process that begins with “maybe” getting on a list. If your credit’s up to snuff, you place a $10K deposit, then a $50K deposit, then start making your 24 monthly payments of $12,400. Easy huh?

If only it were. Lexus wants all 24 payments up front, yeah, up front. So, you drop $298K for the privilege of undergoing a second credit check.  Next, present proof of insurance and take delivery. And at the end of 2 years, if you wanna keep it, just fork over another $93K and it’s yours.

I wonder if they’ll take that Santa Fe as a trade in…?

Source: Jalopnik