Moving to Bahrain soon, advice on car

For cars, check prices on olx.com.  The prices will vary but you should get a good idea of the range.  Also check for "pre-owned" cars in showrooms.  These are basically refurbished older cars sold with warranty and service options by the show room themselves.  A bit more expensive than the market but properly checked and with the necessary support behind them.

Personally, I would only ever choose a lease or rental if I am going to be in a country less than 2 years.   Anything above that; it's generally better to buy.  For 250 BD, you won't get a 4*4.

Thanks XTang. This helped a lot. That website helped with few other things I wanted to check. 

From a quick browse, it looks like the used cars are selling at a similar price when compared to the UK. My plan is to stay there for 3-4 years so I will visit dealers when I am there. Hopefully, I'll get to visit Bahrain before I relocate so I can see cars in person and decide what I want to do.

One thing though'; the used cars here have a much higher engine capacity than the UK e.g. a Prado in the UK is a 2.8L whereas here it's around 4.0L.  So it's not a like for like.  Secondly, it's what they demand not what is paid.

Check the price of a new car from the showroom and then do a simple mathematical depreciation calculation based on the age of the car and condition - you will see that they are generally priced on the higher side on the site to enable negotiation.

Hi, 2-3 years old Corolla you can get in 3-4 K, depends on your negotiation, expatraiate.com has many sellers. I think even the rent price you proposed will be enough to cater to your requirement.

Regards,
Ram

Thanks Raman. This is helpful.