Pune Car Loan

Lively and commercial, verdant and unhurried, multicultural yet old-worldly, Pune easily carries a larger than life persona though its glorious past is not always palpable. This is the place where Shivaji lived as a child, the seat of Maratha confederation at the peak of its heyday. This is the Pune that belonged to the Peshwas. Soon it became the monsoon capital of the British, who laid grounds for the cantonment you see today. Peppered with top-notch educational institutions like Symbiosis, The Film and Television Institute of India and many other renowned academic centers, Pune is famed as the ‘Oxford of the East’. It has meandering roads, most of which cut according to the natural slopes of the hilly terrain hugging the River Mutha.

As the city developed haphazardly, a great number of highways were constructed while witnessing an IT boom. The fact that the usage of private motor vehicles like cars and bikes have escalated over the past decade in the place is not news. What is new though is that the city has the largest number of vehicle owners in Maharashtra, surpassing even Mumbai. Of all the 35 Maratha districts, 13.2% of families in Pune use cars as their mode of transport while Mumbai stands at 2nd place with only 12%. In the meantime, a similar progress were noticed in the usage of two-wheelers such as bikes, scooters and mopeds, which is a strapping figure of 48.8%.

With the economic growth living up to the famous adage of Kennedy - ‘a rising tide can lift every boat’- it is not hard to fund one’s dream car. Pune car loan providers and dealers have understood this rise in tide and offer numerous loan options to their people. Hence, borrowing a portion of the entire car price from a bank or a financier is quite common nowadays. Depending on the bank, there will be a few eligibility criteria to be met and you will be asked to submit the required documents (ID proof, address proof, employment/ income proof etc). In the end, going for personal car loans is a much safer and cheaper option than other loans.

If you are planning to purchase a new or used car and are looking for financiers, please have a look at the below points before approaching any car loan provider.

• Do you have any additional pending loan EMIs?

  This is not to say that you will not be eligible in case of an existing loan or you have to pay off everything before applying for another loan. They will check and assess whether your present financial condition lets you settle up that loan together with the new one. You also have the option of consolidating the previous and current loans into one. Not only will this make for easy loan settlement but also avail you a reduced interest rate.

• Why choose bank 1 compared to bank 2?

  Selecting a bank to apply for a car loan can be baffling as the market is highly competitive. High variation of interest rates can be spotted when you do some research. Hence surf through those price comparison websites regarding car loans and pick the bank that offers the lowest rates. But that is not all. Do not miss the oh-so-well-hidden fees lurking on the page. Your list will soon become shorter and that is the time to get in touch with the nearest branches and make detailed inquiries. Food for thought- there have been cases where loan providers receive way less money as interest but levy an outrageous processing fee, which effectively nullify what you save on interest. Think before you sign!