New statistics from the
Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) indicate that in the year
running up to June 2008, some 50 per cent of all new
car purchases were made using
vehicle finance provided by a
car dealer .
The figure is an increase of several percent on the level reported
one year ago (46.2 per cent), and proves that
dealer car finance remains and attractive option for many
borrowers.
Finance agreements offered by
car dealers are usually secured against the
car .
Car dealers offer a variety of
car finance loans, including
hire purchase,
leasing and
personal contract purchase . The news makes more likely uSwitch
reports that
car buyers will ‘waste’ hundreds of millions on
expensive
car finance policies, when
personal loans could be cheaper.