Hire Purchase (HP) 

Hire Purchase (HP) is very similar to borrowing a sum of money from a bank and paying it back over a fixed period of time, with interest.

Hire Purchase is a type of secured loan which are often preferred over alternative (unsecured) loans because they allow a greater borrowing limit. The term "secured loan" means exactly that, a loan that the lender can secure against an asset (in this case, the vehicle).

HP gives you additional rights over those of a personal loan and is only available through dealers that have passed the stringent approval process of the finance companies