A lease rate is not the whole cost

Monthly rent is only the most visible line. Insurance, maintenance, downtime, replacement vehicles, inspections, incident coordination and internal administration all shape real cost.

Start by separating duty cycles: users, daily mileage, cross-city work, parking and acceptable downtime. Compare offers on the same assumptions rather than headline rate alone.

For multi-city programs, include billing allocation, local responsibility and end-of-term rules. TCO simply puts easily missed operating costs back into one view.