Real Lease Cost™ (everything you pay, each month): $915 a month, estimate (payment, tax, miles, insurance and charging, added up) at 12,000 miles a year at U.S. average prices. The listed payment is $558. The receipt adds every cost.
An estimate, not a quote. The payment, fees and tax come from the listing and the state’s rules; insurance and gas or charging are our estimates. Your dealer, insurer and driving set the real figures. How we estimate
Read from SwapALease on Oct 31, 2026. Tax status not recorded, so tax is added here (tax assumed).
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The listed paymentSource: the SwapALease listing, read Oct 31.$558
Transfer fee we assumed ($500), spread over 20 monthsSource: the SwapALease listing, read Oct 31. Where the ad gives no fees, we assume a $500 transfer fee, or the typical money due at signing.+ $25
Tax, our estimate, because the ad gives no tax rate (6.1% national estimate, until you pick your state. Type your own rate in Your numbers.)Source: State revenue department pages, 50 of 51 states sourced. Read Oct 30.+ $34
Miles: you drive 12,000 a year, the lease covers 10,158You drive 1,842 miles a year more than the lease allows. At $0.25 a mile (as the ad states) that is $38 a month.Source: the SwapALease listing, read Oct 31. Where the ad gives no per-mile rate, we use $0.25 a mile.+ $38
Insurance, our estimate for the U.S. average: $190 (range $152 to $228). Your own quote may differ. Type yours.No quotes for this exact model, so we use AAA’s 2026 full-coverage average for a Compact SUV (electric) ($2,277 a year, five top-selling models, a driver under 65 with 6+ years and no accidents) → × 1.00 (U.S. average) = $190 a month. Range $152 to $228. Full coverage, a typical driver with a clean record.Source: AAA Your Driving Costs 2026 full-coverage class average and MoneyGeek 2025 state averages. Class average read Oct 31, state table read Oct 30.+ $190
Electric: charging at home, our estimate12,000 mi a year÷about 2.6 mi/kWh(middle of the EPA figures for the 2026 Lyriq)=4,615 kWh×$0.1816 a kWh(EIA U.S. home electricity, August 2026)=$838 a year=$70 a monthcity 2.8 to highway 2.3 mi/kWhSource: U.S. Energy Information Administration (gas, week of Oct 26; electricity, August 2026). Read Oct 31.+ $70
You take over someone’s lease. You pay their last 20 months. The months and the miles are theirs, not new ones.
The leasing company must approve you.
Model year: 2026.
Miles left on the lease: about 16,900, as the listing states them.
Transfer fee: $500 (assumed: the listing states none). Ask the leasing company (the bank that owns the car), not the seller.
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How this price compares
One of the lowest costs for this kind of car
At 12,000 miles a year and U.S. average costs, 419 of the 441 similar luxury SUVs we price today cost more than this one.
vs 441 luxury SUV deals today, at 12,000 miles and U.S. average costs
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The math behind this
About 95 of every 100 similar luxury SUVs we price today cost more than this one. Pool: the live ranked luxury SUV deals we read, luxury makes with luxury makes only, each priced at the same miles and costs. A car we could not check counts at its worse number.
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Where these prices come from
Beignets, 3 pieces, Café du Monde, New Orleans: Café du Monde shop page, read Oct 31 2026. Photo of beignets at Café du Monde, 2014. Photo: Sunnya343, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cut out and placed on a tile by us, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
About a Yemeni latte, Qahwah House, based in Dearborn: listed from $8.47 (Little Ox list, Oct 2026), read Oct 31 2026. The tip is $7.86; the source lists $8.47. Qahwah House contact page (the Dearborn address): source. Photo of Arabic coffee, not Qahwah House's latte. Photo: Slywire, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cut out and placed on a tile by us, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
OG sourdough loaf, Rize Up Sourdough, San Francisco: Rize Up Sourdough product list, read Oct 31 2026. Photo of a sourdough loaf, not Rize Up's own. Photo: Nutrition, Food Safety & Health, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rye loaf, whole, RYE by Martin Auer, SoHo, New York: The Guardian, Sep 28 2026, read Oct 31 2026. Photo of a 100% rye loaf, not RYE's own. Photo: Veganbaking.net, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cut out and placed on a tile by us, shared under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Facts stated by the source on Oct 31, 2026.
The cheapest live car outside this brand is the 2026 Toyota Corolla with a Real Lease Cost of $531 a month. This car is $384 a month more than that.
The full math, line by line
This table is priced at 12,000 miles a year and U.S. average prices.
The math for 2026 Cadillac Lyriq Sport
Monthly payment in the ad
$558 plus tax
Months on the lease
20
Sticker price
not in the listing
Tax rate used
6.10% (our estimate, the source stated none)
Monthly cost before tax, money due at signing spread out
$583
Tax, each month
$34
Monthly cost after tax
$617
Lease cost over all the months, before tax
$11,653
Transfer fee, our estimate
$500 spread over the months. The source did not state one; confirm with the leasing company.
Cash the seller says they will pay you
$0
Money you pay up front
not stated by the source, counted as $0 until you confirm
Miles a year the lease allows
10,158
Extra miles to reach your 12,000 a year
You drive 1,842 miles a year more than the lease allows. At $0.25 a mile (as the ad states) that is $38 a month.
Insurance, our estimate
$190 a month for the U.S. average (range $152 to $228). We use the middle of the range. Source: AAA Your Driving Costs 2026, full-coverage class average, read Oct 31, 2026. Full coverage, a typical driver with a clean record. Source and date
Electricity, our estimate
$70 a month (about 2.6 mi/kWh, middle of the EPA figures for the 2026 Lyriq; EIA U.S. home electricity, August 2026) kWh: a unit of electricity, like a gallon for gas.
Real Lease Cost, each month
$915
Real Lease Cost, over all the months, our estimate
$18,300
Listing status
live
Source read
Oct 31, 2026
For the experts: the exact lease terms
Lease terms for experts
When it ends
Lease ends about Jun 2028 (20 months left)
MSRP
not in the listing
Cap reduction
not stated
Effective monthly, before tax
$583
Effective monthly, after tax
$617
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Real$594
Grey is the ad. Blue is what we add. Yellow stripes are our estimates. The dashed box is the seller's cash.
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The listed payment$359
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Tax, our estimate, because the ad gives no tax rate (6.1% national estimate, until you pick your state. Type your own rate in Your numbers.)+ $22
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Tax, our estimate, because the ad gives no tax rate (6.1% national estimate, until you pick your state. Type your own rate in Your numbers.)+ $27
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Tax, our estimate, because the ad gives no tax rate (6.1% national estimate, until you pick your state. Type your own rate in Your numbers.)+ $27
Miles: you drive 12,000 a year, the lease covers 12,000+ $0
Insurance, our estimate for the U.S. average (range $152 to $228). Type yours.+ $190
Electric: charging at home, our estimate+ $50
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Money due at signing: the ad does not say. We added $93 a month, the typical amount (median of 165 ads that state it in the same price band, read Oct 30 to Oct 31).+ $93
Tax, our estimate, because the ad gives no tax rate (6.1% national estimate, until you pick your state. Type your own rate in Your numbers.)+ $20
Miles: you drive 12,000 a year, the lease covers 7,500+ $38
Insurance, our estimate for the U.S. average (range $146 to $218). Type yours.+ $182
Gas, our estimate+ $164
Real Lease Cost, each month$816
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SwapALease, read Oct 30. Insurance and gas are estimates, not quotes.
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