Today, BMW Financial Services has released the 2008 residual values for the upcoming BMW 128i coupe and convertible, 135i coupe, M3 sedan and coupe, and the all new X6 xDrive35i. Also, yesterday, BMW released the pricing for the X6 models, so now, everyone can start calculating lease payment. I know, we're missing the Money Factor, but you can use the one from the other models to get an idea on what to expect to pay.

2008MY  24   30   36   42   48   54   60 
128i Coupe 76 69 62 56 50 45 41
128i Conver 74 68 61 55 48 44 39
135i Coupe 71 64 58 52 47 43 39
M3 Sedan 66 61 55 50 44 40 35
M3 Coupe 64 59 53 48 43 39 35
X6 35i 62 57 51 46 41 38 35

These values are vald until April 30, 2008.

What I can tell you from these numbers is the fact that the M3 lease rates will be extremely high. Now for the 1-series fans, obviously the 128i Coupe will be quite affordable but the 135i is not that far away.

If you would like to play around with numbers, you can use this lease calculator, it's pretty good and accurate.

http://www.autoleaseadvisers.com/calc/calc.php