Finance
Types of Automobile Loans
We are explaining some of the popular loan schemes. Select a
scheme that suits you best.
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Margin Money Scheme:
Under this scheme, you are required to pay margin money of
at least 10% of the total loan amount, along with one EMI.
The balance amount is paid through post-dated cheques, which
are issued for the balance EMI's covering the remaining
period. With a repayment term of one to five years (in some
cases seven), the Margin Money Scheme is the most sought
after. One of the major advantages of this scheme is that it
has lowest EMI to be paid, compared to other schemes for the
same amount of loan.
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Advance Equated Monthly Instalment Scheme:
This scheme offers 100% loan. You have to pay up to five
EMIs in advance and the balance is paid through post-dated
cheques covering the remaining period of the loan. One of
the downsides of this scheme is that though it offers 100%
finance, you need to pay five to nine installments up front.
Besides, you go on to pay a higher EMI amount because the
interest is charged on the entire loan amount.
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Security Deposit Scheme:
Under this scheme you are required to deposit a specified
sum as security deposit against the amount provided as the
loan. This security deposit is refundable on completion of
the full period of the loan. You will receive interest on
the deposit, which in most cases is lower than that charged
to you on the loan amount. The EMI under this scheme is
higher than the EMIs under the above two schemes. The
security deposit ranging from 10-30% of the total is
returned after the loan period. The deposit also earns a
simple or compound interest, the tenure lasting for two to
five years.
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Hire
Purchase Scheme:
This is an agreement under which the car is let on hire and
under which the hirer has an option to purchase the car in
accordance with the terms of the agreement. Hire Purchase
agreement is mostly offered by Non Banking Finance
Companies. Broadly this option works similar to the loan
option. NBFCs usually charge an amount as low as One Rupee,
called Option money, on payment of which the car passes on
to the hirer. The NBFC's have taken to this option, as they
are not encouraged to give loans, which is a Banks
privilege.
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Lease Financing Purchase:
Lease is a contract between the owner of an asset (the
Lessor) and its user (the Lessee) for the hire of that
asset. The ownership rests with the lessor while the right
to use the asset (car) is given to the lessee for an agreed
period of time in return for periodic rental payments by the
lessee to the lessor. Lease agreements are offered by NBFC's
and are mostly availed by Corporates looking at it mainly
from tax saving angle.
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