Also in some cases with cars by my understanding leasing makes lot more sense than buying. Like Rolls Royces where lease payments might be lower than depreciation. So do you actually buy this thing, or just the use of it. When later might overall be cheaper. It's get bit weird with some commodities.
Good point. Cars are not really a good asset except in very special cases. I should have probably picked a better example. They will many times borrow against an existing asset to basically buy/grow another asset. The 'fluff' is usually for tax writeoff if they can.