The industry standard for excess mileage charges on lease cars can vary from funder to funder, however, on many of the long term contract hire offers, you will find the excess mileage charge to be between 3p and 30p. The industry average for 24, 36 and 48 month car lease agreements is 20p plus VAT (this is correct as of 4th February 2020. On Short Term Car Leases the excess mileage charge is usually much higher and can be between 25p and £2.75 depending on the vehicle. The industry average excess mileage for short term car leases is 55p plus VAT. The reason short term contract hires are more, is that the cars have a steeper residual value drop and the mileage can have a massive effect. One of the highest excess mileage charges levied tends to be Audi's, due to strict buyback conditions.