Unless there’s evidence to the contrary, no reason to assume it will get meaningfully better.
Most cars do not lease well. They do not have the programs (RV, MF and incentives) to be good candidates for lease-hacking, regardless of what dealer discount you can negotiate. This is truer now than it has ever been. Which means you cannot start your search with a particular car or cars in mind, and then find a way to make them lease well.
It will be like pushing a boulder uphill while pulling teeth, and you’ll still probably have a bad deal in the end. You need to start your search by filtering only the vehicles that are leasing well right now and offer good value per dollar.
Check out the “Share a Deal” and “Marketplace” sections of LH forums to decide what’s leasing well and pick a vehicle that is already proven to offer good value.
Remember, there are no magic wands that can save a deal from poor programs (RV, MF, and incentives) and/or poor discounts.
Thank you. It’s a little difficult because I have a small parking space and no additional areas to park. I can only go with a car that’s up to 71" wide, otherwise I literally won’t be able to get out of my car (and 71" is pushing it).
But I’ll take a look at what’s leasing well and see if there’s something that’ll fit and budget better.
Good luck w/ that (I mean that genuinely). I have a similar issue, and it was a motivating force behind my decision to get a Golf. Cars have gotten exponentially wider over time, so finding a narrow car is really tough nowadays (as I’m sure you know).
I was also going to post that as a suggestion and then looked up the specs. SUV (or SUV-like things) can be unnecessarily large. The VW Taos is actually wider a Tiguan (!!!).
But even a Civic is nearly 71"! And the new Golf and A3 are also about the width.
Oh, I hadn’t thought about the Soul. But perhaps OP really likes the Mazda.
