A leased car is owned by the leasing company.
They just rent out the car to you.
It is never yours (unless they sell it to you at the end of the lease).
The registered keeper is the poor sap that pays the road tax and speeding fines.
Incorrect. I dont pay the road tax and I dont get speeding fines.
the same could be true of anything you buy on finance. The shopping you did last week on your credit card could be classed as the same. Only difference is, that I am not committed to buying me car at the end of the lease. Whilst I am paying for it, the car is essentially mine.
If what you say is true.. then even when they sell it to me at the end of the lease, i could whack it on a credit card and the car still wont be mine.