Fleet finance options

Three ways to finance your fleet.

Lease new vehicles, convert vehicles you already own, or keep ownership and add the management layer. Three shapes of fleet relationship with StreetFleet, each with the same portal, the same account manager, and the same reporting underneath. Pick the shape that fits your balance sheet, your cash flow, and the way your organisation already works.

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Fleet finance options

Three shapes, one management layer

Most fleets land in one of three places. Jump to the section that fits your situation.

Operating lease
Operating lease

A fixed monthly cost. All costs in. No surprises at the end.

An operating lease is a fixed-term agreement where StreetFleet provides the vehicle, owns it for the life of the lease, and bundles every cost the vehicle generates into one monthly amount per vehicle. You operate the vehicle the same way you would if you owned it; the difference is what's on your balance sheet, and what happens at the end of the term. There's no balloon, no residual risk, and no scramble to dispose of the vehicle yourself. You hand it back, replace it, or extend it.

It suits fleets that want predictable monthly costs, vehicles refreshed on a known cycle, and finance kept off the asset register. Most of our operating lease customers run between five and several hundred vehicles, on terms between twelve months and five years.

How operating lease works

From quote to keys, end to end.

We size the lease against the way the vehicle will actually be used, kilometres, terrain, payload, fit-out, and come back with a quote that prices in everything the vehicle will need over the term. Once the quote's signed off, we source the vehicle through national fleet pricing, arrange the modifications, and deliver it through your preferred dealer network.

Steps:

  • Quote. Tell us the vehicle, the kilometres, and the term. We come back with a fixed monthly amount inclusive of all running costs.
  • Source. We buy the vehicle at fleet pricing. Modifications and fit-outs are factored in from the start.
  • Deliver. The vehicle is registered, insured and ready for the road. You take delivery; the driver gets portal access on day one.
  • Drive. Servicing approvals, fuel, tolls, accident handling, managed by us. Costs visible in the portal in real time.
  • End of term. Six months out we'll start the conversation about next steps. Hand back, extend, replace, or roll into a new lease.
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Sale and leaseback
Sale and leaseback

From owned fleet to leased fleet, without changing what's on the road.

Sale and leaseback is a one-step conversion. We value your existing fleet at market price, buy the vehicles from your organisation, and lease them straight back to you on an operating lease. The vehicles never leave your operation. The drivers don't change. The depots don't change. What changes is what's on your balance sheet: capital is released, and the ongoing cost shifts to a predictable lease payment that includes everything the vehicle generates.

It suits organisations that own a working fleet, want to release capital for something else (growth, debt reduction, programme funding), and would rather not run the parallel exercise of replacing vehicles one by one. Most sale and leaseback conversions settle into a clean operating-lease cadence within sixty days of the agreement being signed.

How sale and leaseback works

Four steps from owned to leased.

The conversion is a fleet review, a valuation, a sale, and a leaseback. We do the heavy lifting on the valuation, the documentation and the transition. Most fleets settle into the new operating-lease cadence inside sixty days of sign-off.

Steps:

  • Fleet review. We assess the fleet, vehicles, ages, kilometres, modifications, any vehicles that aren't suitable for leaseback. Comes back as a full picture before any numbers move.
  • Market valuation. Each vehicle is valued at current market price. The valuation is transparent and the methodology is shared with your finance team before sign-off.
  • Sale. StreetFleet buys the fleet at the agreed valuation. Capital lands on your balance sheet in one transaction.
  • Leaseback. The same vehicles transfer to an operating lease at terms you choose (one to five years). Drivers keep driving the vehicles they were driving yesterday.
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Asset-owned fleet management

Keep ownership. Add the management.

For fleets that own their vehicles and want to keep owning them. You get the portal, the reporting, the account manager, the maintenance approvals, the accident handling, everything that comes bundled into a leased vehicle, applied to a fleet that stays on your balance sheet. A per-vehicle management fee on top of the running costs you already pay. Full visibility from day one. No change to who owns the vehicles. The conversation starts with a fleet review.

Indicative example

What capital release can look like.

A community services organisation we worked with owned nine people-movers, several with disability modifications. Maintenance costs were rising, the fleet was ageing, and they wanted clearer per-vehicle cost data to support an upcoming NDIS pricing review. We bought the fleet at market valuation, leased it straight back on a fully-maintained operating lease, and built the reporting around their NDIS line items.

The result, in numbers:

  • Capital released to the organisation: $213,333
  • New monthly lease cost (all costs included): $6,276 per month
  • Vehicles back on the road: same nine, same drivers, no service interruption

The leaseback included servicing, replacement tyres on the agreed kilometre cycle, registration for the term, wheelchair lifter servicing, comprehensive insurance, 24/7 accident management, the full reporting suite, and an optional fuel card. The kilometre allowance per vehicle was set against each one's actual annual usage, rounded up.

This is an indicative example. Your numbers will look different. The shape is what matters: capital out of the fleet, predictable monthly cost in, no operational interruption. We'll model the specifics for your fleet at the review.

What's included

What's in your monthly payment.

The leasing products (operating lease, and the operating-lease leg of sale and leaseback) bundle every cost the vehicle generates over the term into one fixed monthly amount per vehicle. We pay the bills as they come in. You see the breakdown in the portal whenever you want to look.

Asset-owned fleet management is a per-vehicle management fee on top of the costs you continue to pay yourself. The fee covers the management layer, the portal access and the account-manager relationship.

Included in the leasing products as standard:

  • Finance on the vehicle
  • Scheduled servicing and maintenance
  • Replacement tyres for the term
  • Registration renewal
  • Comprehensive motor insurance
  • 24/7 accident management and roadside assistance
  • StreetFleet portal access for fleet manager and drivers

Included on request:

  • Fuel card via FleetCard, with limits and locations you set
  • Tolls and e-tag management
  • Vehicle modifications and fit-outs (financed inside the lease)
  • Wheelchair lifters and accessible-vehicle modifications
  • Extended warranty (subject to insurer acceptance)

Not included in the leasing products:

  • Tolls and parking infringements (ATO rules, paid by the driver)
  • Damage outside fair wear and tear at end of term

Asset-owned fleet management covers:

  • Designated account manager
  • StreetFleet portal access for fleet manager, finance teams and drivers
  • Real-time cost capture and reporting
  • Maintenance approvals via Autoguru, for fast-tracked approvals and claims for servicing
  • 24/7 accident management coordination (subject to your insurance policy)
  • FBT method analysis per vehicle (statutory and operating cost compared)
  • End-of-life disposal through our online platform

Vehicle running costs (fuel, servicing, registration, insurance, tyres) stay on your accounts.

Reporting and visibility

Real-time data, the reports you actually run.

Every cost a vehicle generates is captured in the StreetFleet portal at the point it's incurred, fuel, servicing, tyres, accidents, registration, modifications. Your team logs in to see real-time fleet data: who's spending what, where, and against which cost centre. Reports run on demand. Custom views by depot, region or business unit are built once and reused.

Standard reports include:

  • Accidents and incidents
  • FBT method per vehicle (statutory and operating cost compared)
  • Fuel performance and trends
  • Maintenance spend by vehicle
  • Registration renewals and due-offs
  • Lease commitments by month and term
  • Cost centre breakdowns
  • Carbon emissions per vehicle
FAQs

Common questions

What fleet decision-makers ask before they pick a finance shape.

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Let's look at your fleet

Tell us what you run today and where the cost or visibility is breaking down. We'll come back with a real assessment, not a brochure.

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