Yes, but it’s a little different than for a loan. You always pay a finance fee, called money factor, on a car lease just as you pay a finance fee, called interest, on a car loan. Money factor is expressed as a very small number such as .00175 but can be converted to APR interest rate by multiplying by 2400. For example, a lease money factor of .00175 is equivalent to 4.2% APR interest rate.

You pay finance fees on a car lease because leasing is a form of financing and the finance company wants to be paid for the use of their money. Leasing is not renting. The lease finance company uses their money to buy a vehicle from a dealer and leases it to you. By leasing, you essentially borrow the finance company’s money that was used to buy the car.

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