car leasing?

Is leasing a car instead of buying a car in the UK possible? I am only planning on living in the UK a couple years or so and do not plan on driving often but will need one for work at times. Thanks in advance.

Jennifer

I'm not actually sure if you can lease a car; as I have no desire to do it I've never looked into it.  However, used cars are SOOO cheap here.  Might be worthwhile just getting a used one to putt around in if it's only short term.   Just an idea!

Collington is right. Try Ebay UK.  You can find really reasonable priced cars there. Also try Auto Trader through Yahoo UK.  Whatever you do, try to get it checked out by a mechanic before you buy.  Best of luck!

leasing cars is usually done by company vehicle fleets as it has tax advantages for them. For individuals there is probably little or no advantage unless it is an expensive model (and even then the Inland Revenue may look hard at the arrangement). An old car which is still sound enough to get through the annual test will loose little of its purchase value.

We leased my car the same way we leased cars in the US - through the car dealership.  We'd only been in the UK for less than a month, but they (VW) had no problems leasing to us.

HTH,
Stephanie

you will find that more and more individuals go in for leasing since the tax on co. cars changed to emission based. Leasing has advantages other than tax, such as being able to hand the vehicle back, being able to provide trouble free motoring at a fixed budget etc.

Leasing shouldnt be too hard as the vehicle is normally always worth more than the debt outstanding