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Kia Picanto lease brings quality runabout on a budget price

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Kia has taken great strides in recent years to prove to us that its cars are of high quality and genuine alternatives to the usual suspects coming out of Japan and Germany. The highly competitive supermini market is one area where the Korean company has been particularly keen to prove its worth, and a Kia Picanto lease deal might just surprise you in quite a number of ways.

Part of Kia’s appeal is the great deals and extras it offers on its cars compared to its rivals, such as a highly impressive seven-year warranty. No other manufacturer offers such a warranty, giving you the confidence that a Kia Picanto leasing arrangement will be a sound and dependable deal.

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta lease brings you style and soul

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

The quality of your average family hatchback has come on considerably in recent years, with better workmanship, higher levels of extras offered as standard and increased safety ratings. These improvements have seen the once humdrum family hatchback become a world-beater. However, while many of them are brilliant, they still haven’t got the edge when it comes to excitement, style and passion.

Thankfully, you can get all of this with an Alfa Romeo Giulietta lease arrangement. Italians have always been famed for their stylish and pretty cars, but also equally known for investing in poor build quality. Mercifully, if the Giulietta is anything to go by, those troubles seem to have been put behind manufacturers such as Alfa.

From the outside it’s stunning, with beautiful curves and creases. With an Alfa Romeo Giulietta leasing deal, you’ll be getting your hands on one of the most affordably stylish cars on the road today.  If you’re looking for a fleet of cars to help your company stand out from the crowd, then an Alfa Romeo Giulietta contract hire deal might be the perfect answer.

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Volvo V60 leasing offers stylish alternative to the norm

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

It’s often difficult for a company to shake off an image problem. Once one of your products acquires an unfavourable reputation, it can spread like wildfire and affect sales – no matter how good that product actually is. Volvo suffered such a problem during the 1980s, when its large estates became the symbol of dullness.  They were large and safe family cars, but had little in the way of styling finesse and didn’t exactly offer much excitement or desirability when placed next to a similarly priced rival.

Thankfully, Volvo saw the error of its ways and now offers a range of cars with cool, understated lines that hold onto the company’s safe and practical core values. Nowadays, a Volvo V60 leasing deal actually offers you a little bit of variety that you don’t often get elsewhere. Audis and BMWs are so common on our roads that they’ve lost some of their exclusivity, something which a Volvo V60 lease deal – whatever you may have thought five or ten years ago – can actually offer you quite a bit of.

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VW Passat lease deal brings you classy family saloon

Monday, January 30th, 2012

The VW Passat has been with us for many years under a variety of styles and guises, offering classy German motoring without the expense of its national rivals such as Audi and BMW. Recently, it received another styling upgrade to make it more appealing to new VW finance customers, as well as the returning faithful. But are the new styling cues evident throughout the whole car, or are they  there to cover up the wrinkles?

Firstly, the new looks have really sharpened up the styling. It has become more angular and has a squat, aggressive stance. It’s now safe to say that with a VW Passat leasing arrangement, you’ll be getting your hands on a very handsome saloon or estate car. New lights and chrome detailing add to the classy charms of the Passat, and would present a great public image for companies keen on securing VW Passat contract hire agreements.

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VW Touareg lease gets you premium SUV luxury

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

It doesn’t seem all that long ago that the only option for a luxury SUV was the hugely popular Range Rover. However, over the last decade nearly all premium car makers have hopped onto the bandwagon to offer alternatives to the classy British off-roader.

One company keen to get a slice of the action has been Volkswagen, who introduced its monstrous Touareg in 2002. VW knew its model would be expensive and that it would be up against more prestigious brand names, so went about designing a car that needed to feel like a high-quality product. As a result, if you plump for a VW Touareg lease deal, you’ll immediately notice the first-class feel throughout the car.

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Mercedes CLC: an attractive sports hatch

Friday, January 20th, 2012

It can be difficult to keep up to speed with the Mercedes range these days. The prestigious German marque has gone from producing a simple range of cars consisting of small, medium and large luxury saloons (with the odd sporty number thrown into the mix) to offering a huge range of models to draw in new buyers.

One of Mercedes’ main strategies has been to produce cheaper cars to attract younger customers and build long-term brand loyalty. One such car was the C-Class Coupe; a three door hatchback designed to take on the likes of the Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series. The C-Class Coupe remained in the shadow of its rivals, however, and – in an effort to make its mark in the market – Mercedes gave the C-Class a makeover and rebranded it the ‘CLC’.

Although the CLC is visually similar to its predecessor, if you plump for a Mercedes leasing deal you’ll be getting a vastly improved car. The exterior styling is sharper, more aggressive and prettier – it’s a design that oozes class, something that business customers looking at Mercedes CLC contract hire deals are sure to appreciate.

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Peugeot 207 lease presents pretty French supermini

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Small cars can be a tricky formula to get right. With modern technology and big demand for cheap compact cars, manufacturers face increasing demand to package a smaller vehicle cleverly, offering big space inside while cramming in all the technology and mod-cons you’d expect from a new car. Throw in the need to make it fuel-efficient, affordable, comfortable and safe – well, it can become a real head-scratcher for any manufacturer.

French car makers, however, have somehow been very good at getting the small car formula right for quite some time now. Companies such as Peugeot have had major successes in this sector over the years, though competition has heated up in recent years -meaning they’ve had to work extremely hard to try and stay ahead of the game.

Thankfully, Peugeot has held its own, and with a Peugeot 207 lease deal, you’ll understand why it’s still considered to be the leading manufacturer of small cars the world over. From the outside, the good looks of the 207 draw you in with clean lines and a design that’s brimming with Parisian cool. As such, with a Peugeot 207 leasing arrangement, you’ll be getting your hands on one of the most classically attractive small cars on the road.

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Volkswagen Touran lease offers sensible family or business transport

Monday, January 16th, 2012

There has been a considerable increase in new models and ‘crossovers’ pushed by manufacturers in recent years, as they’ve looked to open new markets and mop up the resulting sales before the competition gets its act together.

While some of these haven’t worked and faded into distant memory (anyone remember the Renault Avantime? Nope – thought not), others have caught people’s attention and gone on to become big hits. One area that’s grown enormously as a result of crossovers is the compact ‘multi-personnel vehicle’ (mini MPV) market.

The mini MPV concept has been a huge hit with families, as these cars have larger opening doors, extra space and (in some cases) seven seats available for only slightly more money than a small family hatchback. One such success story is the Volkswagen Touran, which has brought the classy reputation of the German brand to mini MPV buyers.

When you look at the benefits a VW Touran leasing deal can bring you, it’s easy to understand why it’s a strong seller. While it’s not the prettiest of designs, it has a sense of functionality and a solid feeling. It’s this quality that’ll reassure owners that the Touran can handle pretty much anything, including restless young children!

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Skoda Superb offers big car comfort for little money

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Do you fancy getting your hands on a large European luxury saloon with peerless build quality, but for the price of your average family saloon? The concept may seem a little far-fetched to begin with, but if you’re interested in learning about one of the great automotive bargains out there, then read on.

The answer to this particular riddle is Superb. The Skoda Superb to be exact – and, with a Skoda leasing deal, you’ll get your hands on class-leading quality for a budget price. Once laughed at due to their austere communist creations in the 1980s, most of us now know that today Skoda means a Volkswagen with a much smaller price tag.

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Citroen C4 Grand Picasso lease offers great family transport

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Citroen has gone through a mini revolution in recent years, moving away from the slightly mundane cars they were churning out in the late 1990’s to finding their roots once again and developing distinctive designs, a strategy which earned the company its stripes in decades past. There has been a much needed injection of quality too, which is great news if you’re in the market for family transport and are considering a Citroen leasing arrangement.

With a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso, you’ll be getting your hands on one of the leaders in the highly competitive compact MPV market. Its designers had their work cut out for them with competitors such as the VW Touran and Ford CMax, but they’ve come up with a fantastic alternative that oozes typically Gallic flair.

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