Hello Minigemeinde, after 2 years I drove my leased countryman John Cooper Works to and wanted to exchange for a economical BMW (530xdrive diesel). Basically this then goes as follows: the MINI is evaluated and bought out from the BMW/MINI used car center at the BMW Leasing Bank. The residual value at the bank new price minus leasing rates must of course be as close to the rating as possible otherwise it will be expensive. It is possible that after 2 (instead of 3) years of one However, there was already positive experience, since the running line was lower and the residual value better. However, that was a Mercedes E-Class. Back to the CM: The offer then calculates as follows: New price 46,000€ 35,000km per anno makes after 2 years 70,000km. (contract over 3 years therefore total after expiry 105,000km) Leasing rate so far 24 x 620€ (640 inclusive service) makes around 21,000€. The bank wanted 2 8,000€ so a difference of 3,000€ between rate and trigger sum. As far as can still be done to get out of the contract after 2 years. Funny was then the rating by MINI used cars: 18.00€ Exactly! The residual value is 10,000€ below the book value. For this I like to drive another year 😉 so who buys a JCW makes new after 2 years directly 60% loss. Since my after 3 years has over 105Tkm on the clock it probably becomes unfor saleable for over 15,000€. I know a few others who have got rid of a brought MINI very hard at a good price. So the supposedly very good value preservation is not so good depending on what it is. To get rid of the risk of loss of value is worth leasing or these 3 because of financing also for private. Then I can still think about what I do. would I be interested in how your experiences with the used value are?