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IntelliChoice Announces February Gold Star Lease Winners

12 February 1999

IntelliChoice Announces February Gold Star Lease Winners

    CAMPBELL, Calif.--Feb. 12, 1999--Love is in the air and so are low lease rates. Manufacturers are offering effective rates as low as 2.27% to help make this month an ideal time to lease a new car for your Valentine.
    Heading IntelliChoice(R)'s list of the best automotive lease values for the eighth consecutive month is the 1999 Saab 9-3 5 Door available at an effective net interest rate under 2 1/2 percent when all leasing costs are considered. These costs include lease term, monthly payment, down payment, end of lease purchase price, net capitalized cost, vehicle price, residual discount, fees and deposits, mileage penalty and maintenance discount.
    Every month, IntelliChoice announces the best deals (Gold Star Leases) across the U.S. for leased cars and trucks. Lease evaluations and reports are based upon information supplied by manufacturers and secured from nationally advertised lease offers.
    Each lease must meet two standards to receive designation as a Gold Star Lease recipient: it must be in the lowest 25th percentile of the lowest net interest rates of all evaluated leases; and the net interest rates must be at least two percentage points less than the average bank loan interest rate or average credit union loan interest rate, whichever is lower. This month, eight vehicles made the list.

               The February Gold Star Lease winners are:

                  Ttl Net    Ad           Up  
                   Int      Rate         Front   Expiration    Avail-   
Model              Rate     Month  Term  Costs(a)   Date      ability

1999 Saab 9-3
 5 Door             2.27%    $299   39    $2,048   03.31.99   National
1999 Isuzu
 Trooper S          4.02%    $299   48    $1,193   02.28.99   National
1999 Isuzu
 Rodeo LS 4WD       4.77%    $289   48    $1,483   02.28.99   National
1999 Isuzu
 Rodeo S            5.24%    $199   48    $1,293   02.28.99   National
1999 Saturn SL      5.40%    $149   39      $995   03.31.99   National
1999 BMW 740i       5.58%    $699   36    $4,899   03.01.99  Tri-State
                                                               Region
                                                            (NY/NJ/CT)
1999 Isuzu
 Rodeo LS           5.87%    $269   48    $1,463   02.28.99   National
1999 Saab 9-5       6.05%    $399   39    $1,249   03.31.99   National

(a) Does not include tax, license or registration. Totals may be
higher in some areas. Please see Gold Star Lease Evaluation for
details.

    Founded in 1986, IntelliChoice is the only company that develops and distributes consumer automobile ownership and leasing cost data. Gold Star Lease evaluations and AutoLease evaluations are available at no charge in an easy-to-read format on the IntelliChoice web site (www.intellichoice.com).
    Ownership information can be found in the annual editions of The Complete Car Cost Guide and The Complete Small Truck Cost Guide and are available (at a suggested retail price of $49 each, plus shipping and handling) by calling 1-800-CARBOOK (227-2665). IntelliChoice also publishes Just the Facts(TM) reports which are new and used vehicle purchasing summaries available on paper or at IntelliChoice's web site. IntelliChoice is a Primedia company.