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Personal car leasing (or personal contract hire as it is sometimes called) is a really great way for a private individual to drive a new car. All you do is pay the monthly rental, stick to the mileage on the contract, the road fund licence is paid by the lease company for the contract term and then just hand your car back at the end date. Fuel and insurance is down to you but you can also build full maintenance and routine servicing into your contract as well.

Don’t be fooled however by the many companies who still advertise their personal car leasing prices exclusive of VAT as with a personal car lease, you will pay the rental including the VAT. That’s why all personal car leasing rentals on Comparecontracthire.com are advertised with the VAT inclusive rental.

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There is a brilliant Nissan Juke personal car leasing with full maintenance on offer on the site today. The Nissan Juke 1.6 Visia 5-door hatchback is available from £176.68 (this includes the VAT – £147.23 before VAT), on a two year personal leasing deal, 6 rentals in advance, 10,000 miles per annum and full maintenance included.

Full maintenance covers all routine servicing, mechanical repair, tyres, batteries, exhausts, plus the Vehicle Excise duty for the contract life too. The Nissan Juke certainly stands out from the crowd, returning 47.1 combined mpg and the car emits CO2 emissions of just 139g/km. Other terms are available from our finance partner so fill out a Contact Form today. The image above is for illustration purposes only.

EAE chooses Citroen Relay

EAE Limited has chosen to convert its 21-strong fleet of vans to the Citroen Relay due to its ability to run on up to 30% bio-diesel, without technical modification or invalidating the manufacturer’s warranty. The Edinburgh based company has just ordered four Relay 35 L3H2 and three Relay 30 L1H1 panel vans on a four year/100,000 Citroen Relay maintenance contract hire arrangement. 

Glen Bennett, EAE’s Managing Director, said,”Citroen was the only manufacturer to cover high levels of bio-diesel usage under warranty. EAE is committed to reducing its carbon footprint and using 30% bio-diesel will reduce the Relay’s annual CO2 emissions by around 3.8 tonnes per vehicle. This is is a significant reduction and will play a key role in our move to achieve carbon-neutral operational status by 2015″.

Glendale's Ford commercial vehicles

Glendale, a grounds and countryside management services provider, has been a loyal customer of Ford for many years and had planned to update part of its fleet with an order for 97 vehicles. However to mark Ford’s UK Centenary they have just ordered 100 Ford commercial vehicles, to mark Ford’s 100th anniversary in the UK.

The Ford commercial vehicles ordered range from the Ford Fiesta Van, Ford Ranger, Ford Transit Connect and Ford Transit and many will be converted and used for horticultural and arboricultural work. Glendale is one of the UK’s largest specialist “green service” providers in the UK with many maintenance contracts for local authorities, public and private sector clients.

In total they have a vehicle fleet of around 650 vehicles of which 90 per cent are Ford models. If you are also interested in a new Ford commercial vehicle then we have the full range of vans on Ford contract hire.

Auto Windscreens

Auto Windscreens, the 24/7 automotive glazing services company, has been awarded a two year sole supplier contract by Alphabet (GB) Ltd, part of the BMW Group. Auto Windscreens will supply a national mobile service and repair facility to Alphabet’s 44,000 vehicle fleet. 

Mark Sinclair, Director of Alphabet, commented,”Alphabet believes in working in partnership with our suppliers to give the best value and quality of service to our customers. Auto Windscreens listened to our unique requirements and demonstrated a high degree of flexibility in their approach”. Glass replacement is not normally included in a “with maintenance contract hire” agreement, but is usually covered under your insurance cover. However it is worth checking this with your own insurance provider.

Free Winter Safety Check

Carcraft, one of the UK’s nationwide vehicle servicing centres, is offering a free of charge Winter Safety Check as many drivers are cutting back on essential maintenance more than ever.

This is a situation that Carcraft Service Centres is tackling head on by their offer.

Taking just thirty minutes, the check covers essential areas such as brakes, tyres, exhausts, steering windscreen, wiper blades, anti-freeze and screen wash.

Fiat has announced a complete range of comprehensive service plans, which includes all parts and labour costs associated with vehicle servicing. The Fiat Service Plans allow customers to spread the cost of car servicing on a fixed term monthly payment and budget accordingly.

The plans are based on how many miles the customer is doing and therefore how many services the car will need. Once this is worked out a cost is then calculated. For example a customer with a Fiat 500 1.2 could add a three year 27,000- mile plan for less than £13 a month.

The Value Service Plans are also available for low mileage users and for older (more than three years) vehicles. The programme also offers a courtesy car or local collection/delivery free wash and vacuum and 10% off all Fiat accessories. Or if you are thinking of leasing a new Fiat 50o you can of course opt for full maintenance contract hire which provides exactly the same facility.

BMW 325D SE

Most of the Partners have now loaded their pricing and one “with maintenance” BMW car leasing special offer really stands out from the crowd. From only £311.00+ VAT, Arval is offering a BMW 325D SE 4 Door saloon manual.

Business car leasing (contract hire) terms as follows;

- Full maintenance business contract hire including routine servicing, mechanical repair, tyres, batteries and exhausts for the contract term.

- Three year contract at 10,000 miles per annum- other mileages and durations are available.

- Payment terms are three rentals in advance followed by 35 subsequent rentals.

Don’t forget if you are a VAT registered business you can only recover 50% of the VAT, on the finance element of the rental and 100% on the service element.

This car has a manufacturer list price of £27,305, a CO2 figure of 153g/km and a combined fuel consumption of 49.6mpg. This BMW car leasing special offer is an attractive package and if this car is not for you there are plenty of other maintenance contract hire offers on the site.

Fiat van deal

Fiat Professional has supplied more than 350 Fiat commercial vehicles to Scottish Southern Energy (SSE). The leading power supply provider will take delivery of 273 Fiat Fiorino 1.3 MultiJet SX and 79 Fiat Doblo Cargo 1.3 MultiJet SX vans, on a full maintenance contract hire arrangement over five years.

All the vehicles have a bespoke newly designed racking system and the Fiorinos come with passenger airbag and larger 15-inch alloy wheels, Michelin energy saving tyres, parking sensors and panelled bulkheads. Some of the Fiorinos will also come with Fiat’s Comfort Matic semi-automatic gearbox for use in London. All the vans are painted in solid blue and half wrapped in SSE logos.

59 Plate

When you buy a car you probably never think about what it is likely to be worth in three or four years time. Car depreciation does differ between different manufacturers and models and Glass’s guide has just published the top ten worst cars.

However none of the top ten are currently in production and this has also had an impact on their second hand value. The analysis was conducted from value of all cars over three years old which are available in the UK – over 6,500 models in total.

The top 10 models which retain the least of their original list price (as a percentage) after three years and 39,000 miles are as follows.

1) Alfa Romeo 166, 14.4%

2) Rover 45/MG ZS, 20.3%

3) Rover CityRover, 20.4%

4) Rover 75/MG ZT, 21.3%

5) Proton Impian, 22.0%

6) Mitsubishi Space Star, 22.5%

7) Nissan Terrano, 22.9%

8) Alfa Romeo 156, 24.2%

9) Renault Laguna, 24.3%

10) Cadillac CTS, 24.8%

Other car ranges which are lurking below the bottom ten are the Nissan Primera, Fiat Croma, Vauxhall Vectra and Vauxhall Signum. Before you buy your next car you should consider car leasing instead, as you are protected from all the depreciation risks of ownership.

Not only do you have to worry about what the car will be worth in three years time, if you buy it, but also each car has different running costs. You can opt for car leasing with full maintenance cover as well, so that all your servicing, maintenance and mechanical repairs can be paid for as part of the rental

The best way to see which cars depreciate more than others is to try the Car leasing £ shopper price guide as this displays all cars between a rental range. You will be really surprised that some cars, that actually cost more to buy, will actually have a lower contract hire leasing rental. This is primarily down to the depreciation of certain manufacturers and models.