Best SUV Lease Deals September 2026: Hyundai IONIQ 9
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The 2026 Hyundai IONIQ 9 is the best SUV lease deal in September 2026 at 0.91% LVR, $399 a month with $4,999 due at signing. It is the only SUV of the 76 we track that earns a Good rating.
Electrified SUVs take eight of the top ten spots. The Subaru Ascent at 1.12% is the best gas SUV lease, and the Ford Expedition swung the other way, from 0.84% in July to 1.77% now after Ford raised the cash due at signing by more than $6,500.
We ranked every advertised SUV lease offer this month by Lease Value Ratio: your monthly payment plus due at signing spread evenly across the term, divided by the sticker price.
Best SUV Lease Deals for September 2026 [Video]
- The Hyundai IONIQ 9 leads all SUVs at 0.91% LVR and is the only one rated Good, down from two last month
- Eight of the top ten SUV leases are electric or plug-in hybrid. The Subaru Ascent at 1.12% is the best gas option
- The Ford Expedition collapsed from 0.84% in July to 1.77% now, after Ford raised the due at signing from $997 to $7,519
- The tracked field shrank to 76 SUV deals from 82, and 12 of them land in walk-away territory above 1.50%
Best SUV lease deals right now
Top 10 SUV picks for September 2026, ranked by Lease Value Ratio.
Hyundai raised the payment $30 to $399 and the ratio slipped from 0.81% to 0.91%. It is still the only SUV on this page rated Good.
Three rows, full electric, $58,955 sticker. Nothing else in the SUV field is close on value this month.
The EV9 lands exactly on 1.00%, a hundredth of a point outside Good tier, on terms Kia left alone from August.
At $439 a month it is the second three-row electric SUV in this top ten, and the cheaper of the two to get into.
The Sportage Plug-in Hybrid holds 1.04% on unchanged terms, $309 a month with $3,999 at signing.
It is the best value of any SUV under $45,000 this month, electrified or not.
The CX-70 PHEV advertises the lowest payment in this top ten at $239, but asks $7,919 at signing.
Spread over 33 months that adds $240 a month. True cost is $479, which is what the 1.08% ratio reflects.
The three-row CX-90 PHEV runs $299 a month with $9,109 at signing, the largest upfront figure in this top ten.
At 1.09% the value holds up, but only if you can put down nine thousand dollars.
The Tucson Plug-in Hybrid is unchanged at 1.10%, $329 a month with $3,999 at signing on a $40,075 crossover.
It asks less than half the CX-90 PHEV’s upfront cash for a near-identical ratio.
The Sorento Plug-in Hybrid is the second Kia plug-in here at 1.12%, $429 a month on a $48,290 three-row.
Kia takes four of the top ten spots this month. No other brand has more than three.
The Ascent is the best non-electrified SUV lease this month at 1.12%, $335 a month with $4,434 at signing.
Every SUV above it on this list is an EV or a plug-in hybrid. If you want a gas three-row, this is the one.
The 2027 Sportage Plug-in Hybrid arrives at 1.13%, nine hundredths behind the 2026 car on an almost identical deal.
Kia wants $40 more a month for the newer model year. If you can still find the 2026, take it.
The gas CX-90 lands at 1.16% with the lowest payment of any three-row here at $269 a month.
The catch is $7,119 due at signing. Mazda structures nearly all its leases this way, low monthly and high upfront.
All SUV lease deals ranked
Every advertised SUV lease offer reviewed this September, sorted by value ratio. Click any column header to sort.
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Sourced from manufacturer websites September 10, 2026. Luxury SUVs are ranked separately. Offers vary by region and credit score. Value ratio = (monthly + at signing / term) / sticker x 100.
SUV deals we evaluated but did not recommend
Notable SUV offers that did not make the cut this month
- 2026 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross (ratio: 1.95%) The worst SUV lease we track. $426 a month with $4,425 at signing on a $27,655 crossover works out to $539 in true monthly cost.
- 2027 Nissan Kicks (ratio: 1.82%) $329 a month with $3,069 at signing on a $22,790 sticker. The cheapest SUV on the page by sticker price and one of the worst by value.
- 2026 Ford Expedition (ratio: 1.77%) A dramatic reversal. In July the Expedition paired a strong payment with just $997 down for a 0.84% ratio. It now asks $899 a month with $7,519 at signing.
- 2026 GMC Yukon (ratio: 1.69%) $899 a month with $9,869 at signing on a $69,600 SUV. The largest upfront figure of any SUV we track this month.
- 2026 Chevrolet Trax (ratio: 1.69%) $299 a month looks affordable until you spread $2,969 at signing across a 24-month term. True cost is $423 on a $24,995 crossover.
How to evaluate any SUV lease deal
The 30-second deal check
The monthly payment on its own tells you very little. A $239 offer on a $44,250 Mazda and a $399 offer on a $58,955 Hyundai are not comparable until you fold in the cash due at signing and the sticker price.
Take your monthly payment, add the amount due at signing divided by the number of months, then divide by the sticker price and multiply by 100.
Value ratio = adjusted monthly / sticker x 100
Real example from this list: the Mazda CX-70 PHEV at rank 4 advertises $239 a month, the lowest payment in the top ten.
Add $7,919 / 33 months = $240.
True comparison cost is $479 per month on a $44,250 SUV.
Ratio is 1.08%.
The Kia Sportage Plug-in Hybrid at $309 + ($3,999 / 36) = $420 on a $40,490 sticker comes to 1.04%.
The higher advertised payment is the better deal.
What the ratings mean
Every deal on this page gets a rating based on its Lease Value Ratio. Luxury SUVs are ranked on their own page under the same thresholds.
What makes a good SUV lease deal in 2026?
There are four things that determine whether an SUV lease is genuinely good value or just looks good in the advertisement.
1. The Lease Value Ratio. This is the number we rank every deal by. Divide your true monthly cost, meaning payment plus due at signing spread across the term, by the sticker price. In September 2026 only one of the 76 tracked SUV deals reaches Good tier under 1.00%, down from two in August.
2. The amount due at signing. A low monthly paired with a large due-at-signing is the most common way a mediocre deal gets dressed up. The Ford Expedition is this month’s cautionary example. In July it paired a strong payment with $997 down for a 0.84% ratio. It now shows $899 a month and $7,519 down, a 1.77% ratio on the same nameplate.
3. The lease term. A 24-month term spreads the upfront amount across fewer months, raising the effective comparison cost. The ratio normalises this automatically, which is why we use it instead of sorting by payment. The 33-month Mazda CX-70 PHEV and the 36-month Kia Sportage Plug-in Hybrid land four hundredths apart despite different structures.
4. Whether the deal is electrified. Eight of this month’s top ten are electric or plug-in hybrid, and manufacturers are still discounting them harder than gas models. The federal clean vehicle credit ended on 30 September 2025, so none of these offers include it. What you see advertised is the whole deal.
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