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Lease vs Buy

What leasing costs each year over what owning loses, model by model.

Over 24 months, leasing costs AED 300 to AED 82K a year more than owning costs, and is already cheaper for 12 models

Owning counts estimated insurance and servicing and the RTA registration fees; type your own in the filters to replace them. Owning is financed on 20% down at 3.9%. Most offers don't state a down payment, so none is counted for them.

Over 24 months, model by model

10 of 53 cheaper to lease

  • Cheaper to lease 10
  • Too close to call 5
  • Cheaper to own 38

Does a dearer car lease better?

One dot per model: its new price across, and what leasing costs each year above what owning loses. Below the line, leasing is cheaper. Pick a dot to open it.

New price (log scale) · yearly gap (square-root scale)