BTW, when I bought my last van, I was offered a deal on a new E-150 8-passenger van ($38,000 on X plan, down from $45K MSRP) but chose to buy a 6 month old ex-rental 12 passenger van with 19,000 miles for $22,000. Took out the back seat to make it an 8 passenger.
You will find these deals on whatever is being used by rental companies, most of whom do not title the vehicles during the short period they use them, so you become the first "owner."
I don't know about Sprinters, Transits, ProMasters in the ex-lease or ex-rental market, but the Fords and Chevys used to take huge depreciation hits in that first year, because the secondary market is small and frugal, mostly institutional buyers or very large families with lower incomes.
