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Jens-Uwe Berg

A roller coaster year ahead for fleet

Leasing and operating cost developments will be the driving factors for 2012, says Jens-Uwe Bergof JATO Dynamics. In Europe, the stagnation or decline in leasing volumes was less severe than the overall decline in new car sales, as B2B-clients, though looking at ownership costs, still renewed their leasing contracts. But what will be the developments and challenges for the lessor and the lessees if their focus is on ownership cost in 2012?

European leasing market – a look ahead

There have been a number of interesting developments in the European leasing market during 2011 which will no doubt continue into 2012 and beyond. Most notably the international players are back to pre-crisis profit levels which enables them to invest into their future