According to http://www.finaccord.com/documents/report_prospectus_automotive_finance_leasing_consumers_europe.pdf http://www.finaccord.com/documents/report_pros

According to http://www.finaccord.com/documents/report_prospectus_automotive_finance_leasing_consumers_europe.pdf http://www.finaccord.com/documents/report_prospectus_automot... “financial leasing (including hire purchase) is the dominant type of point-of-sale finance contract taken out by consumers in Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and the UK, while loans (usually with no option to return the car) are preferred elsewhere” But I don’t know how meaningful that is, given that some buyers will get loans elsewhere and some will not need financing at all.