Lease deal - $229/month 39 months, $3,999 down - legit?

[Homeslice]

Hi everyone! Been thinking about getting a Gladiator for a long time. Anyways, just curious, I googled best lease deals February 2026, and a few sites, like carfax and Edmunds, lists a lease deal for a 2025 Jeep Gladiator Sport for $229 a month for 39 months and $3,999 due at signing. I've called several Jeep dealers in my area to see if they have it, and while some acknowledged it was out there, no one says they can do it. One offered me like $7500 or something down and $244 a month for 39 months. Didn't seem too bad, but a far cry from the deal I saw offered.

Anyone know whether this might be a legit deal? Or something Jeep just promotes to throw it out there, as like a "bait and switch", but dealers will never follow it?

I've never leased a car in my life so I am completely clueless.

Thanks for any help!

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[YGBSM]

I can only pass along what my salesman told me. I made the statement that it would be great if Jeep would make a base model with a mid 30s MSRP. He told me that they sell more Sport S than Sports and rarely buy them. He said that most Jeep buyers want some extras and most car buyers will step up from a base model. He went on to say that base models are what all of the low cost lease agreements are based on and that dealerships rarely have a base Sport in stock unless they are a high volume dealership group and can advertise it across many sites. So I guess that translates into yes, they do have the deal but good luck finding the true base Jeep Sport. Are you Pearland, TX? If so, check with Autonation on 45N. They may not have it but their DFW dealerships might. That's where their deals come from. That being said, they're a moderate pressure dealership. They do the idiot check (MSRP+) and then send a "sales manager" to finalize the deal.