mightymariner

Hello folks,

I am looking for some advice on rental of a vehicle for use by myself in Qatar

I am moving long term from July.

The vehicle would be paid by my employer, but of course be best cost.

Any advice or experience is welcomed.

thanks

britexpat76

It depends on what the allowance is as to what your options are.

mightymariner

well as such there isnt an 'allowance' as a company we have been operating on a project for approx 9months and have used a car with drive on an ad hoc arrangement.

So for a budget i could perhaps look at costs there and come up with something i assume.

Due to the type of traffic, level of vehicle on the road i would be wanting to drive a SUV type not saloon car.

britexpat76

The average price for say a Pajero is approx 4k a month for a long term rental and all you do is add fuel.........

Personally as you are here a long time and if you have the cash I would buy one and pocket the allowance as they cost a little over 110k have 3 year warranty and will cost you @4k a year to insure and about 1k a year to service. (Costing QR120,000) A 3 year old Pajero will be worth circa 60k in 3 years, so you have a good bonus coming back to you when you sell.

Leasing is cheaper than rental but you are still stuck in an agreement and would have to pay penalties to cancel it. (If they let you)