Which Is Which: Car Leasing or Car Renting? »

Which Is Which: Car Leasing or Car Renting?

Car leasing is more of often than not mistaken as car renting, which is close to apartment renting. The most basic difference is the length of time the vehicle is put into use. For car renting, it is usually for transient or short-term use, about only for a day or even less, while car leasing would require about twenty-four months under contract.

In car leasing, you have the privilege of choosing the make and model of the car you want. With car renting, you only have to choose from among the available models the dealer has.

The price you need to pay for car renting is based on an hourly or weekly basis. These prices are set by the rental company. For car leasing, the leasing company buys the car from the dealer with a price that has been negotiated with the customer. It then loans the car back to the customer.

These are basic differences that a prospective customer must know before he blunders on using either of the words, giving away the impression that he’s an easy prey to double-crossing dealers.

What Our customers are saying

The lease rate I got by calling the dealer was $67 higher than the rate I got from Car Leasing Secrets. It’s all about the local competition. So happy with my Benz!
 
Cristoph Wiese
Athens, GA
This is probably the easiest way to get quotes and compare them. I got one from each dealer in my city. One of them was surprisingly low. The quotes are free. No worries there.
Kristen Fletcher
Albany, NY
What a great way to shop around! I wanted a Corolla. There’s only one Toyota dealership in my city but I got a quote for a Honda Civic and decided to go with that one because I got such a good offer.
Mark Dolan
Missoula, MT