Financial predictability
With long-term rental, you pay one amount each month for everything related to the car. Third-party insurance, full insurance, road tax (rovinietă), services, oil, brake pads, tyres: all are on the invoice.
The only remaining variable expense is fuel and occasional road charges (bridges, parking). For a family or a small business, that means a car budget that no longer swings with unexpected repairs.
Compared with operational leasing
A 4-year lease involves:
- 10-20% deposit of the car's value
- Registration commission and VAT tied up
- Mileage cap (usually 100,000-120,000 km total)
- Insurance managed separately
- Penalty for early return
Long-term at driveXplore:
- No large deposit at signing
- Unlimited mileage within Romania
- Insurance included in the rate
- Flexible exit: you pay proportionally for the days used
For a 6-18 month period, long-term rental almost always works out better than leasing.
Compared with buying a used car
You buy an 8000€ car, then:
- Registration and road taxes
- Third-party insurance plus full insurance (annually)
- Service plus roadworthiness inspection (ITP)
- Tyres, brake pads, oil (annually)
- Unexpected repairs
- Loss of value on resale
Over 2 years, the real cost of an 8000€ used car is usually 12,000-14,000€: without adding the time lost with servicing.
With long-term rental, you pay the real cost of use, without managing the car yourself.
Who it suits
- Entrepreneurs who prefer predictable cash flow
- Professionals posted to Romania for a few months
- Families between two personal cars
- Small companies that do not want to manage their own cars
- People who use a car rarely but consistently (moving once a year, seasonal commute)
How to start
Tell us how long you need the car and which category you are looking for. We send the written offer with the final monthly price the same day.
If you sign, you pick up the car at Otopeni Airport, in Bucharest, or we arrange handover at your office.