More and more consumers decide to buy a hybrid car if they can figure out a new lease. The Japanese Honda Civic Hybrid appeared so popular that he immediately became the most popular lease car, according to figures for the first six months of 2009 from the Office documentation VWE vehicle. This means that for the first time in history, neither a German nor French car is number one.

The success of the Honda Civic Hybrid is due to the fact that the car comes with a hybrid engine. Lease Riders need to pay over 20 percent for ordinary cars, whereas the hybrid cars are just 14 percent will be zero next year.

The leasing companies registered between January and June 2009 3.184 hybrid Civics in their name. This is a large proportion of all 4140 registered lease Honda's. The brand also shows, over the first half of 2008, a remarkable increase of 109 percent. The popularity of hybrids is reflected in the Toyota Prius. But since this model's availability was temporarily poor, it made the Prius ending in fifth place as popular lease. But there is something, Clem said Dick Mann, director of Aumacon, a consultancy for the automotive industry. "The Civic looks like a normal car while the Prius is still bizarre. And that lease drivers not keep. "

For years the top 5 for company cars led by German and French cars like Volkswagen, Opel and Peugeot. The Ford Mondeo (2008), Opel Astra (2007), Volkswagen Passat (2006), Peugeot 407 (2005) and Peugeot 307 (2004) went for the Civic. On the second and third place are the Volkswagen Passat (3052 records) and Golf (3,027 units) to find. In total, Volkswagen still the brand most frequently chosen by drivers who lease a new car may find. That happened in the first half more than ten thousand times. Besides showing Honda Audi (45.9 percent) and Nissan (38.7 percent) large increases. The losers Peugeot (-38.9 percent) and Renault (-32.8 percent).
The crisis reduced the number of newly registered company cars. In the first quarter of 2009 is not so visible because there are still many ongoing leases. But since March, the new registrations declined markedly, with a rate fluctuating around 20 percent. Aumacon, the agency analyzed above figures commissioned by VWE, expected throughout 2009 a decrease of 18 percent from last year.