You should obtain your Resident Permit before you can buy a car here. however, since you are a British national as stated in your profile you can try the Rent-a-car here with your driving license for a certain period of time or until you convert your UK license into Qatar license.
There are many ways to own a car here, it's either through cash and/or through loan scheme, whichever suits your budget. The car prices are ranging from QAR 40k to QAR 150,000, again it's up to your budget. For the car loan scheme: You can have the car loan until 4 years maximum, anyhow try Doha Bank but you should obtain at least 3 months salary to be credited to the said bank, letter addressed to bank as well as the salary certificate which can be obtained from your current employer. The rest, you can ask the bank itself, perhaps they have change their procedure and requirements regarding this matter.
In addition, you can try Al-Muftah rent-a-car during your first month here which might cost you not more than QAR 100/day depending on the car model or you can try the taxi here as well.
You should obtain your Resident Permit before you can buy a car here. however, since you are a British national as stated in your profile you can try the Rent-a-car here with your driving license for a certain period of time or until you convert your UK license into Qatar license.
There are many ways to own a car here, it's either through cash and/or through loan scheme, whichever suits your budget. The car prices are ranging from QAR 40k to QAR 150,000, again it's up to your budget. For the car loan scheme: You can have the car loan until 4 years maximum, anyhow try Doha Bank but you should obtain at least 3 months salary to be credited to the said bank, letter addressed to bank as well as the salary certificate which can be obtained from your current employer. The rest, you can ask the bank itself, perhaps they have change their procedure and requirements regarding this matter.
In addition, you can try Al-Muftah rent-a-car during your first month here which might cost you not more than QAR 100/day depending on the car model or you can try the taxi here as well.