That may be the case for cars from dealer/manufacturer lease/hire-purchase schemes, but for the big corporate leasing companies (e.g. Arval, Leaseplan, et al),

That may be the case for cars from dealer/manufacturer lease/hire-purchase schemes, but for the big corporate leasing companies (e.g. Arval, Leaseplan, et al), the cars usually get picked up at the end of the lease and dropped off at the nearest BCA facility and auctioned off ASAP. (Which is amusingly the cheapest way to buy your car at the end of lease... just ask the pick up driver where he's taking it...)