6 Month Car Lease

Six months covers a fixed-term hire, a maternity cover or a project with a defined end. For a business it is long enough to be worth doing properly and short enough that nobody is carrying a vehicle they have stopped needing.

We quote excluding VAT throughout. Most six month agreements go on a company account, and that is the figure those customers work to.

Six months is the settling-in stretch. Long enough that daily rental stops making sense, short enough that a two or three year lease feels like too much, too soon. Maybe you've just moved to the UK, started a new job, or you're bridging the wait on a long-term car that's still on order. A six month car lease gives you a proper car on a fixed monthly price, delivered to your door — with no long contract holding you there while you find your feet.

Drive Subscribe is an ACL Automotive brand — FCA regulated, a BVRLA member, with over 20 years in UK vehicle leasing and fixed prices you can count on.

What a 6 month car lease actually is

It's a short term lease: a fixed monthly price to drive a car that isn't yours to keep, for six months. It sits between daily rental — which adds up fast over half a year — and a two or three year lease you're locked into. You get a newer car and a better monthly rate than short rental, without signing your name to years.

Who takes a 6 month lease

Six months is the relocation-and-new-start window. It tends to suit people who are:

Not quite your circumstances? It probably still works — drop us a line and we'll be honest about whether it fits.

What's included — and what isn't

Your monthly price is set at the start and doesn't move for the full six months. Built into it: servicing and maintenance, road tax, breakdown cover, the manufacturer warranty, and free delivery and collection — with the option to swap cars if your situation shifts. Delivery and collection are free anywhere on the British mainland, Highlands excepted. The only two things left to you are insurance and fuel. Everything else is ours to sort.

One job stays with you beyond insurance and fuel: telling us when a service is due. Over six months a higher-mileage driver can reach one, so when the dashboard starts counting down, ring us. We book it at an approved service centre and pay for it — but we can’t see your mileage from here. Every other charge that can ever appear on an agreement is listed on our fees and charges page, rather than left in the small print.

You'll arrange your own insurance, and we'd rather you did. Bundling one policy for every driver would push your monthly price up for cover that might not suit you. So you take out comprehensive cover for the six months, cancel it the day the car goes back, and pay only for what you actually need. We'll spell out exactly what's required well before we deliver.

Getting your car

We deliver and collect free of charge, right across mainland Britain – the Highlands are the one exclusion. Order today and your car lands on your drive in around 10 to 14 days. That's not the quickest in the market, and it's meant to be that way — the extra days are what let us hand over a car that's been valeted, checked over and made properly ready to drive.

The price you see is the price you pay

Pricing here is refreshingly boring. The monthly figure on each car defaults to Business, excluding VAT — switch to Personal and it's added for you. Filter the range by price and pick the six month lease that fits your budget and the car you actually want.

There are three costs at the start, and we'd rather show them than tuck them away: your first month's rental, a one-off £95 plus VAT documentation fee, and a fully refundable deposit that's back with you once the car's returned in good order. Those are the only costs to get started.

Mileage, in plain numbers

Your six month lease includes either 1,000 or 2,000 miles each month. Drive past that and extra miles are 40p each plus VAT, charged only on what you go over — and the rate's there in black and white before you order, not sprung on you later. Know you cover big distances? Tell us up front and we'll look at your options.

Six month leases for business

Most six month leases we do are for businesses, and it's easy to see why. For a new start-up finding its feet, a new starter on probation, or temporary cover while a role is filled, six months keeps it simple: one fixed monthly cost, no capital tied up, and the car or van goes back when the work does.

The VAT and tax treatment on a car differs from a van, so your accountant can tell you what applies — but as a clean, predictable business expense it's hard to argue with. If you'd rather talk business terms, just say and we'll walk you through it.

Cars and vans, same simple terms

Lease a car or a van for six months on the same terms — from small hatchbacks to SUVs, EVs and work vans.

Whether it's one car for a new starter or a van to cover a project, it's one fixed monthly cost with no long commitment.