Looking for Car Leasing in Liverpool?

The team at CarLease UK are always enthusiastic when it comes to local customers; particularly with face to face business where we have the opportunity to build our relationship with the customer. Having noticed a growing number of enquiries from our Liverpool customer base, we thought it was time to build on this with a strong marketing push, enhancing the presence of our Liverpool Car Leasing section.

Based just off the A580 in Leigh, CarLease UK are easily accessible to our Liverpool customer’s, most should be able to meet us at our premises within 15-20 minutes drive. Whether you are looking at personal car leasing or business car leasing, the team are on hand to provide with the right advice and in the comfort of our own offices (free tea and coffee included).

CarLease UK already have a strong presence throughout Merseyside; we currently sponsor one of St Helens Rugby League’s star players, Lance Hohaia and, what’s more, you will always find one of the team here at the game! Additionally, you can often find us at the St Helens Chamber meetings; always happy to meet members from the surrounding St Helens, Widnes or Liverpool area.

Ready to meet the team at CarLease UK? Well if you based in nearby Liverpool, please feel free to meet us at our offices (check our Google+ page for directions) or telephone us on 01942 608606.

CarLease UK and St Helens Rugby League

The New Mazda 6 – should it be the company car of choice?

The harsh reality is that the previous Mazda 6 fell well below what the company car market expects from their vehciles; it was inefficient, high in CO2 and lacked the finesse of its fellow competitors. Mazda openly admitted the issues it faced, the scourge of the sales for the vehicle spoke for themselves. While we at CarLease UK enjoyed a number of ‘end of the line’ car leasing deals with the previous model, we all hoped the promise of a better version would come to fruition

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Fast forward to January 2013 and the new Mazda 6 hit our market. Like many other car leasing and contract hire companies, the team at CarLease UK were keen to get their hands of the new Mazda 6 and ascertain whether the positive reviews were justified. When a car receives such attention, we are always prepared to check whether such claims or accolades are justified.

The New Mazda 6 from CarLease UK

Thankfully, our inquisitiveness was settled last week when our Mazda supplier visited us in the Mazda 6 pictured below. From a purely aesthetics perspective, we were most impressed. The new car is sleek and smooth, akin to what we expect from the modern saloon.

The New Mazda 6 Car Leasing Deal

From the reverse, the Mazda has an almost Jaguar feel to it, poignant and definite. The bootspace is ample, more than sufficient for numerous bags, boxes and, should you be lucky enough, a set of golf clubs. Even small features such as the twin exhaust arrangement, add a further sporty feel to the reverse of the vehicle.

Which version should you go for? Much of the attention really falls on the manual 2.2 diesel engine. Capable of 67.3mpg and with CO2 of 108g/km (while achieving 0-62 in 9 seconds), this does push the boundaries of the eco-efficient company car leasing market. For many company car drivers due to be affected by the continuing change to company car taxation, this engine really does offer the most pragmatic solution.

What else do you need to know? The Mazda 6 is available in three primary specifications; SE, SE-L and Sport (with the addition of Navigation on each variant). Each individual variant offers a generous level of specification, the SE-L Nav for example offers Bluetooth, front/rear parking sensors, navigation, iPod connectivity, climate control and alloy wheels, much of the specification you would require for the high mileage contract hire market.


While the team at CarLease UK don’t liek to give out scores on the vehicles we test, what we would say is that the new Mazda 6 offers real food for thought for the true company car driver. Looking at the Ford Mondeo, Vauxhall Insignia or Peugeot 508? Well, make sure you consider this too, we think you will be more than impressed.

The new Mazda 6 Company Car Lease

Looking for a Cheap Car Leasing Deal?

The Peugeot 107 Car Leasing Deal

CarLease UK are please announce the launch of the Peugeot 107 Hatchback 1.0 Allure 5dr Car Leasing deal. With over 50 vehicles in black and grey, ready for delivery in March on the new 13 Plate, these vehicles promise to offer customers unbeatable value. Starting from just £93.63 per month plus Vat on a 4 year/6 payment contract agreement, these little city cars have everything you require from a cheap car leasing deal; affordable, specification and desirable.

Due to the popular demands of these deals, the team at CarLease advise that you speak with us as soon as possible, as stock is unlikely to last for more than a week. Obviously if you do have any queries about the vehicle, or even more generic queries about car leasing, please feel free to contact us on 0844 576 6667 or alternatively, email enquiries@carlease.uk.com

We look forward to hearing from you!

Tough Times at Peugeot Citroen

The new Citroen DS3 Cab, which has been launched to increase sales across the Peugeot Citreon group

The French car manufacturer, Peugeot Citroen, announced losses of 5bn Euros which the BBC reported yesterday. A stark contrast to the half a billion profit in 2011, the car manufacturer believes that the continuing economic problems across Europe, together with a lack of demand for new cars is causing these poor results. While Peugeot Citroen have already instigated over 1bn Euros of cost cutting measures, it seems that even that has not been enough to avoid the ensuing financial problems.


Like many car manufacturers, the lack of demand for new vehicles across France, Spain and Germany, is creating a very difficult situation for company finances. In contrast, demand across the UK has been fairly consistent and the result of this has been a number of strong deals for new cars; not just in terms of car leasing but through other platforms such as direct car sales. In particular, brands such as Peugeot Citroen, Seat and even Mercedes, are pushing their presence across the UK, as they compete for a slice of our business.


From our perspective at CarLease UK, it is of course worrying, although not altogether unexpected, that car manufacturers across Europe are beginning to experience financial losses amidst the Eurozone situation. For the foreseeable future these financial hardships will continue until Europe establishes a stability so that confidence throughout the market can resurge. New cars are, for the most part, a luxury item and it is makes the results unsurprising.


However, as we discussed above, for the UK this will mean a continued influx of new cars from the European continent and a number of incredible deals. The harsh reality is that another country’s negative can indeed be a big positive for us. Until Europe begins to recover, we will probably see more and more deals.

BMW has topped the awards at the BusinessCar fleet awards

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Rob

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BMW dominated the recent BusinessCar awards, winning the top car of the year and manufacturer of the year titles.

 The magazine, solely for the Fleet industry, has named the new 3-series as their 2013 Car of the year. Added to that, they gave BMW the manufacturer award and went on to give the MINIthe title of Supermini of the year. Just for good measure, the X5 carried off the 4×4 of  the year.

The awards are decided by readers of the magazine who vote for their choice, this is done on line and via the magazine, undoubtedly it is the most important magazine in the car fleet industry.   The editor, Paul Barker, was interviewed following the awards and was supportive of the decision, saying that BMW are still heading manufacturers as they strive for efficiency, performance and reduced running costs.  These are all important consideration in choosing a lease vehicle.

The existing 3 series coupe is soon to be relaunched as the 4 series, <read more>.

BMW has targeted efficiency  for several years now, a recent 320 diesel tested by What Car was returning over 60 mpg on test. Make no mistake, these are also among the very best built cars you can buy.

“It’s no surprise to see the new 3-series follow in the wheeltracks of the 1-series, which took the 2012 Business Car of the Year award, and it shows that those people operating fleets of vehicles understand and appreciate the job BMW is doing.”

In a separate class of Green Car, the readers voted the Vauxhall Ampera number one. This amazing car uses a generator to charge batteries that power electric motors to drive the wheels.  Some efficiency figures of over 280 mpg have been achieved.

Fast fit company Kwik-fit won its category according to the readers votes.

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A research company in the UK, has declared the VW Golf to still be the best selling car in Europe

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Mike

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In 2011, VW sold 11% more Golf’s than in 2012.  Even so, the Golf remains the best selling car in Europe. VW described the drop as being a sharp one, but 2012 saw the launch of the Mk 7 Golf and a change in models always leads to a pause in sales. 

The new Golf, now available on contract hire, lease or personal contract, is a fantastic car.  We have a video of one (here) and have driven one to give you our impressions.  The car is all up a larger car, with more room inside, especially where you would most want it like leg and head room.  The new model is lighter than the outgoing due to the use of tricky lightweight steels and modern stronger plastics. 

The Ford Fiesta has seen a 13% drop over the year, again with a new model coming out, but even so it has overtaken the VW Polo for t second place.  The Polo, with a rather uneventful year, has fallen 20% over 2011, but has held on to third.  

The UK is apparently the only European country, of the main five economies, that did not see its total car market shrink in 2012, in fact it grew 5%.  Spain, Italy and France all experienced double digit falls in their car sales in 2012.  Portugal and Greece, as can be expected, saw larger falls of over 30%. 

It seems to be a consistent market for all German luxury brands like BMW, Audi, Mercedes Benz.   They changed very little. 

In particular, BMW’s 3 series has had a stellar year, with 21% growth over 2011, an ever popular lease car, the 3 series has lead the field in investment in green technology and efficiency and its soon to followed with its sibling 4 series . 

Brands benefiting from the austerity in Europe, like Hyundai and Kia, have continued to grow, especially their lower priced i30 and i40models fro Hyundai.