Leasing a car financially is a sustainable choice

16 maart 2022

When you are about to lease a car, you can choose from various leasing options. For example, you can opt for Operational Lease: a lease form where you drive around in a new car and which you have to return to the dealer after the lease contract. You can also opt for a financial lease , where you are the direct economic owner of the car and you can keep it after the lease contract. The latter in particular is a sustainable choice. We will tell you more below.

Operational and financial lease: the difference

Let's go back to the different lease types. As just mentioned, as an entrepreneur you can usually choose between operational and financial lease. Each lease form has a number of advantages. With operational leasing, matters such as maintenance, road tax costs and car insurance costs are borne by the leasing company. A nice thought. However, you must return the car to the leasing company after the lease contract and you pay monthly for these additional items. After this contract, you can choose to start operational leasing again, so that you always drive around in a brand new car. But you can also opt for Financial Lease instead.

With financial leasing, you have to take care of costs such as road tax, maintenance and insurance yourself. And that makes sense, because you are the direct economic owner of the lease car. And after the lease contract you can keep the car, making you the legal owner. This allows you to enjoy your car for as long as you want.

Give a car a second life

And therein lies the difference. With financial leasing you can benefit from the car for years, while with operational leasing you have to return the car after the lease contract. As a result, people often opt for operational leasing again, and therefore also for a new car. This means that new cars have to be produced continuously. And that is harmful to the environment, because a fair amount of CO2 is released during the production of a car. Especially when it comes to the battery of an electric car.

It is therefore a wise choice to go for sustainable. And by that we mean for financial lease. Give a car a second life with financial leasing and drive it around for as long as you want. Moreover, most financial lease cars are immediately available from stock. Very nice if you want to use a car straight away.

Even more benefits of financial leasing

In addition to being a sustainable choice, a financial lease car has even more advantages. As an entrepreneur, you are entitled to various tax benefits. Consider, for example, the investment deduction, the interest deduction and the recovery of VAT. That will save you a lot of costs. Moreover, you can provide the car with stickers, because you can do whatever you want with the car: after all, you are the owner of it. This is especially an advantage if you want to use your car as a marketing tool to promote your company. Enough reasons to choose financial leasing !