She’s a little darlin’ guv and just wait till you see the cheap finance
Are you a taxpayer? Are you a car buyer? Are you a car loan user? Yes to all three? Then maybe you will soon be lending yourself the money to buy your own car.
Under a scheme proposed by the government, lenders who provide finance for car purchases would get access to cash from the Bank of England’s special liquidity scheme. In effect the people who lend out the money will get state cash – and we know where state cash comes from don’t we.
Here’s another novel idea. Instead of paying income tax to the government, why not use it to fund a car leasing scheme for yourself. I feel sure HM Taxman would understand – just say it’s the credit crunch mate.
January 26, 2009 at 7:32 pm | Car Leasing News | No comment
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Gatso Gotcha
As from April this year any number plates which have been ‘modified’ to evade speed cameras will fail the MoT test. The test already requires plates to be properly legible, with recognisable and properly formed characters. Now, if you have applied a liquid or film which prevents traffic enforcement camera from ‘reading’ your plate, you will not be able to gain MoT certification.
Of course car leasing will mean your vehicle may never get to be old enough to need a MoT test.
January 21, 2009 at 6:25 pm | Car Leasing News | No comment
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“So one rushed out and the bloody Beemer had gone – what a hoot!”
Its easily done. You’re a royal princess, toodling along South Ken high street in the personalised Beemer your dad bought you for your 17th birthday, when you decide to pull over and pop into a nice boutique with your police protection officer. When you come out – what a bugger – somebody’s done a runner in it! What to do next? I know, get the idiot police protection man to radio for help. Sure enough a marked police car rushes out followed by another, unmarked, car bringing your equally royal sister so you can both dive into the nearest pub and have a giggle about it all.
Leaving the keys in the ignition could have happened to any of us and it’s unlikely Beatrice’s dad would have been too harsh with her. How he felt about the police protection man on the other hand…
The method of theft deployed on Princess Beatrice’s BMW was the second most popular. The top technique is still home burglary/key theft. Identity theft is surprisingly the third most popular method and involves using stolen or forged documents to obtain a duplicate key. Fourth most popular is taking a test drive whilst pretending to buy the car. Scariest is what is called the ‘lifestyle’ crime whereby criminals carry out surveillance on the car user to determine best time and method of theft.
Anyone want to lease a really nice executive car with a unique reg.?
January 20, 2009 at 4:42 pm | BMW, Car Leasing News | No comment
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Sixty-eight to the gallon, £35 road tax. Want one?
Like it or not, the influence of the global warming threat is now driving strategy for the mainstream car makers and the key outcome is smaller and/or lower powered cars.
Ford enters 2009 with an increased number of models emitting under 120g CO2/km and qualifying for road tax of only £35 annually. Ford now offers 51 sub-120g models – 18 more than a year ago.
Ford also offers the most comprehensive sub-160g range of all manufacturers, with 185 models providing savings to company car drivers and their employers. With tax based on emissions, a 2.0-litre Ford Mondeo’s 156g CO2/km results in £200 less company car tax per year.
From April 2009 companies will be able to write down the value of sub-160g cars at 20 per cent annually (instead of the 10 per cent allowance on cars emitting over 160g).
Clearly this trend will influence the car leasing market and low emissions will have a significant impact on leasing costs.
January 15, 2009 at 11:47 am | Car Leasing News, Ford | No comment
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