Leasing can be an affordable, practical route into having your own private car, but it's not always easy to tell the good deals from the duds.
The experts at our sister magazine What Car? work hard to find you the best pay-monthly schemes, taking into account mileage allowance, montly outlay, contract length and initial deposit. We'll be bringing you the best deals they find from a different segment each week.
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This week, compact estates:
£1080 deposit, £180 per month, 48 months, 8000 miles per year
Skoda knows what estate buyers want and gives it to them in spades with the Octavia wagon. For example, with the rear seats folded, the boot measures a generous 1700 litres. The space is long, tall and nicely squared off, too.
£1532 deposit, £255 per month, 48 months, 8000 miles per year
With the back seats out the way, there’s 1620 litres of load space here. Filling it is made easier thanks to the floor-level loading sill and the compartment’s squared-off design. There’s also a handy vertical divider to separate loads.
£1292 deposit, £215 per month, 48 months, 8000 miles per year
The Golf ties with the Focus for seats-down boot space but throws a height-adjustable boot floor into the mix that allows you to create two compartments. In its highest position, it also makes a level floor from folded seats to load sill.
