Commercial vehicles in particular were leased for many years. In the meantime, this form of financing is also becoming increasingly popular with private customers.
Private leasing at New cars has established itself. Data of the German automobile trust According to the share of leased cars in this customer group in 2019 and 2020 was 22 percent. In 2018, only 18 percent of private new car buyers chose this form of financing. The industry experts expect the trend to continue in the coming years, especially through interesting leasing offers for e-cars. In this way, customers can test the new drive technology without having to bear the residual value risk themselves.
Why private leasing?
According to a DAT survey, however, the most important reason for leasing new cars is the “convenient, calculable way of using the vehicle” (78 percent). The factor “not possession, but (only) use” was mentioned by 67 percent of those surveyed. The question of the loss of value and its possible avoidance played a role for 50 percent of the respondents.
