                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, November 17, 1995              TAG: 9511170058
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY              PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: By Mary Scully
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

LEASING'S POPULARITY ON RISE

MEMO: For complete information see microfilm.

ILLUSTRATION: Color photos by Gary C. Knapp, for The Virginian-Pilot

Stephen Mansfield, interim dean of Virginian Wesleyan College, turns

heads on campus with his 1996 Ford Taurus, the family's second

Taurus lease. "We've always driven modest cars," he says.

Mark Freeman of Newport News and his son Marcus, 10, enjoy the

luxury of a 1995 Lexus ES300.

by CNB