The industry over the last 6 years has turned the corner in technology and its not slowing down. Cars park themselves, notify you about slowing down as well as who is close by in your blind spots and turning on and off you cruise control without you doing a thing. For those who trade every three to four years now is the best time I have seen over the last 28 years to look at leasing, it allows you keep a low payment and not worry about resale value and keeps you updated with the newest technology,design and fuel economy sonner than later. Now alot of the manufacturers are covering up to 1500.00 in end of term repairs to make it easy at the end and reducing that high cost of repairs. Most of the negatives were just that "end of term costs" that were not explained up front to to make the consumer aware of their responsibilities, thats changes especially if you have the right person assisting you. If your buying make sure your in full understanding what you are signing before you take delivery as I continue to state on the show there is no 36 hour buyers remorse clause. Slow you paper work process down, I have appraised hundreds of cars and looked at hundreds of contacts where buyers had no idea what extras they paid for. The wait, well this is a whole different subject. If your waiting for safer cars that can be a long wait because these cars,trucks and van are safer than ever before. If you say your waiting on engine technoolgy to get better fuel economy I get it but the technonogy people are waiting for and whats coming down the pipeline may be two different things!