Best lease deals of the week: Fun small cars
Small-scale and peppy, these pint-sized motors marry usability with enjoyment
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.
This week, it's fun small cars:
-*1. *Abarth 595 1.4 T-Jet 145 70th Anniversary-
*£1115 deposit, £186 per month, 48 months, 8000 miles per year*
The 595 will cost buyers the same as bigger and better hot hatches, but it’s a bargain to lease. Rivals may be quicker, better-handling and comfier, but few raise such a smile and match its hilariously macho exhaust note.
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-2. Suzuki Ignis 1.2 Dualjet SHVS Allgrip SZ5-
*£1196 deposit, £200 per month, 48 months, 8000 miles per year*
Embellished with a jacked-up stance and flared arches, the Ignis is bursting with character inside and out. It’s also surprisingly roomy and, with this mild-hybrid 4x4 drivetrain, incredibly frugal yet also happy to venture off road.
*More Suzuki lease deals *
-3. Volkswagen Up GTI 5dr-
*£1510 deposit, £252 per month, 36 months, 10,000 miles per year*
There’s a whole lot of motive charm and driver appeal here for a keen price. The Up GTI has a classy, cleverly packaged cabin, a nifty design and moments of handling dynamism, plus its 1.0-litre triple gets a useful dollop of mid-range torque to make it feel pretty sprightly.
*More Volkswagen lease deals** *
-4. *Kia Picanto 1.0T GDI GT-Line S*-
*£1053 deposit, £175 per month, 48 months, 8000 miles per year*
Packed with kit and getting 99bhp and 125lb ft from its 1.0-litre turbo petrol motor, the top-spec Picanto feels like the complete city car. It also handles fairly tidily and has one of the best infotainment systems in the class.
*More Kia lease deals** *
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