Sure they buy em on lease end...ill let boss know something else, my mom leases a Honda, and Accord to be exact, leased under a negotiated term by me. She only drives about 7500 miles a year, so way under average, but loves a new car (like you say, who doesn't), but I pay cash for it for her at lease term and resale it myself for an easy $3k. She is a dealers dream of turning it in, but I don't let her.
Truth comes out. So leasing works out well for your mom huh. Salesman dont make anything but a minimum commish on a lease but the reason they even bring it up is because it is the lowest you can get a payment and the least amount down. Go try to get that accord for 200 hundred a month with what you would like to put down. Gonna get laughed out of the place.