I don't think leasing is very favorable.
When I was looking, I thought I'd ask just for fun. (The car really IS affordable as is, after all.) But I was told the residual value is really not very good on the car and that there are no attractive lease rates.
I suspect the lease residuals is based on the Neon. The reality is that the bean-counters at the bank only see it as a "Neon" instead of a "SRT-4" and the enthusiast following these cars have.
Bob K.