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Luxury cars axed from Motability scheme

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Luxury car brands such as BMW and Mercedes Benz are being removed from the Motability scheme immediately, it is being widely reported.

Although only about one in twenty cars leased under the scheme are from premium manufacturers, and claimants have to meet the additional costs from their own pockets, their availability has been a cause of outrage in parts of the media for some time.

Motability will now aim to ensure that 50% of the vehicles it provides are made in the UK by 2035, giving a boost to British manufacturers.

It had been reported that the chancellor was planning to end VAT exemption for the Motability scheme, but this plan was widely criticised as likely to put the programme out of the financial reach of most claimants.  The move to ban luxury cars is seen as an attempt by the government to look like it is cracking down on the Motability scheme, but will not save the exchequer any money at all.

Budget update

VAT relief for top-up payments made to lease more expensive vehicles will be removed for new leases from July 2026, so VAT will be payable at 20% on top-ups.

Insurance Premium Tax will apply at the standard rate of 12% to insurance contracts on the Scheme.

These tax changes will not apply to vehicles designed for, or substantially and permanently adapted for, wheelchair or stretcher users.

Motability will remove luxury vehicles from the scheme, discontinue the inclusion of overseas breakdown cover and reduce their lease mileage limit. The government say that this will bring Motability leases more in line with those available commercially to most people.

Together, these measures are expected to save just over £1bn by 2030.

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    Adrian
    · 12 days ago
    I'm sick to death of politicians, particularly the tory leader, talking about free cars. The press also. They're not free. I pay, as do all motability users pay using my higher rate mobility allowance which is there to help people like me with mobility issues
    I can put my wheelchair in the boot and have some freedom. It's disgraceful and I think motability could do more to dispel myths. 
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      Numpty
      · 12 days ago
      @Adrian It wasnt only the Tory Leader,they were all as ignorant of the scheme as each other.
      Most cars are too expensive on the Scheme anyway. And it looks like theyre pushing EVs too.
      Motability as a charity need to pull their socks up.
      The late Duke of Edinburgh would be horrified. 
      Who is the Patron now???
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      Janet Saul
      · 12 days ago
      @Adrian Sadly it’s not just politicians but the general public also tend to think the car s are free. I do what I can to dispel the myth but it’s not enough to stop the bad reputation disabled people can get due to lack of knowledge
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    Thorssuite50
    · 12 days ago
    What they continue to fail to understand is that for many of us a small vehicle is not suitable, we require SUV size vehicle and more likely than not it needs to be an automatic. If we want to be comfortable then it also needs to have 360 camera's system and power electric boot. That means that we are going to have to find the premium that we get charged for having an automatic over a manual version, that can mean as much as £2000 to £3500 advance payment for an auto, compared to £0 to £1500 for the manual version of the chosen vehicle. When we had the option of extending the lease if we did under 15000 miles in the 3 years to 5 years for the right automatic SUV. But now that it's been muted that the miles allowed will be reduced and no more holding on to the vehicle for another 2 years, suddenly it feels like we are being punished for needing an SUV that meets are needs and requirements. Of course this is just an opinion, and ultimitely I will always find the advance by saving up, but I know that will not be an option for many on the scheme who need an SUV.
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      Jackie P
      · 12 days ago
      @Thorssuite50 Exactly I broke my back badly two places and have ankylosing spondylitis in my back as well and osteoarthritis in my knees and I can’t physically bend enough to get in a normal car I have to have an suv even some of those are hard for me to get in because of the shape of the roof my old motorbility car was a jeep renegade and it had a square roof and more headroom than my current Nissan xtrail 
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    Steve Gascoyne
    · 12 days ago
    The way Labour caved on this in a way that doesn’t do anything other than hurt disabled drivers, is absolutely pathetic. I don’t know what Labour even stands for anymore.
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      Andrew
      · 12 days ago
      @Steve Gascoyne I know how you feel. 
      It is pathetic how Labour have caved in to the hate campaign against Motability which has been pursed by the Daily Mail, Express, and online sites like Guido Fawkes for many years now.
      But it is not just Labour being weak. 
      They have been put under so much pressure by right wing populist politicians and the right wing media, that in the public's mind Labour are "soft on welfare" and "shirkers" are having to be funded by "strivers".
      This is such an unfair misinformed corrosive narrative, bought into by most of the public, because there are no strong media voices putting forward the true side of the disability/mobility situation. 
      So it is not just a problem of Labour being weak when under constant attack.
      It is also an issue of the rightwards populist drift since 2010 and the inherent right wing bias of the media, now including the defunded BBC which simply parrots the right wing newspapers' narrative.
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    Elisabeth Benn
    · 12 days ago
    Many self propelling manual wheelchair users who are independent drivers need large SUV / estate cars not WAVs  Very few WAVs are suitable for independent  disabled drivers.
     Most who use SP rigid frame manual wheelchairs transfer from wheelchair into driver’s seat, move the seat right back, take wheels of wheelchair, putting in front passenger well or on rear seat area, then lifting rigid frame of wheelchair on to front passenger seat.. Many require an electric driver&  s seat, with memory seat positions, so it can be moved back & then forward into driving position at push of button. Drivers who can stand may store wheelchair on rear passenger seat area. This requires a wide opening rear door usually only found on “7” seaters. The latter also have enough storage space for other essential equipment or 2nd wheelchair, eg for sports  or power attachments etc.  Many of us require features of top of range models to overcome impairments such as rear view cameras. Electric hand brake, & more safety emergency braking features. 
    Adaptions are made re hand controls, swapping accelerator to left hand, fitting hoist , & means of opening & closing tailgate  etc.  Many of these larger SUV/ Estates also adapted if disabled person is a passenger including swing out electric seats.
    Getting the enhanced PIP mobility award or equivalent already requires most of us to have a severe mobility impairment, Only those who are just severely sight impaired or need assistance to get around & no other impairments may  cope  easily with a small car or no additional features from Motability  with no advance deposit . Many have multiple impairments.
     These changes will make  affording a car through the Motability scheme that is useable impossible. 
    I personally can’t get to a bus stop from my home, the nearest routes some distance away up & downhills , with parked cars on pavements or missing pavements, or missing dropped kerbs. Even those who could manage the latter chances are wouldn’t get into the one wheelchair space on infrequent bus for buggies.  Get a taxi they say. What accessible taxis in most areas?  Locally <10. &  from 7 different owners/companies.
    Wheelchair accessible taxis all rear entry with winch not ideal for self propelling ultra light weight wheelchairs. All contracted for school run. At least 5 seem to do nothing else but school run, not ever available. 3 only have drivers for school run & hours between. None available early morning. 
    Chances of getting one remaining in evening for a night out there & back Zilch. 
    The other PH or Hackney Carriages are nearly 99% saloon cars.  1 estate.  Personally  I struggle to transfer in & out of very low car seats, & would get stuck these days. Rigid frame & even most lighter weight folding power wheelchairs don’t fit in the saloon car boots. 
    Changes to the Motability scheme are likely to leave me housebound.




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      Marta Smith
      · 6 days ago
      @David C. Macfie Motability do not and have never supplied used cars on the scheme from what I am aware of to date.
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      David C. Macfie
      · 12 days ago
      @Elisabeth Benn Please speak to your present Motability dealer, and ask what can be done... There has always been a deal to be done, I could get a Motability car with the standard component, with a bit of negotiation...
      A used model, for instance, is a bit cheaper, and more widespread brands, such as Hyundai, will find one somewhere else and bring it in...
      I understand everyone's frustration and anger, but we can now say we're doing our best to help...
      Shoots all the benefits scrounger rhetoric down, doesn't it?
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    Netty noodle
    · 12 days ago
    I’d expect clearer, more accurate language from Benefits and Work — even a brief clarification such as “advance payment (non-refundable)” would make a real difference
    Top ups are you kidding us ??
    Luxury cars ...??
    Non refundable advanced payments for cars that aren't the size of a shoe 

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      Andrew
      · 12 days ago
      @Netty noodle Advance payments have always been a rip-off on Motability, thanks to the unscrupulous behaviour of the directors, exposed when the parliamentary Select Committee on Work and Pensions hauled them over the coals for enriching themselves at the expense of scheme users.
      I have been on the scheme since the 1980's and often had to buy additional features over and above the Advance Payment quoted by the manufacturer.
      Every time, until recently, when I handed back the car at the end of the lease, even though the car might have £5000 of extra features I HAD PAID FOR, I got nothing back from Motability. They simply sold the car for more than the book value they had it written down to, and added the profit to their reserves. 
      They ended up with over £1bn surplus which allowed the directors to award themselves large bonuses!
      After the Select Committee investigation, Motability started to share some of the profit they were making on car sales with scheme users through 'good condition' bonuses. But it is still all very opaque.
      I have quit the Motability scheme now as I was fed up with being pushed around by their petty rules. 
      I've bought my own car, to my own needed specification, and pay for it through my PIP. Although more expensive initially thanks to having to pay my own insurance and servicing, I intend to keep it for 10 years, which I could never do under Motability. 
      So I expect I will save money over the longer term as long as the car stays sound mechanically.
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    Rosie
    · 12 days ago
    I have made the decision to leave the Motability scheme. The negativity, constant media coverage portraying people as spongers is just too much. I’ve bought a wee car that may not be as reliable but I felt hounded out of scheme. 
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      David C Macfie
      · 12 days ago
      @Rosie Rosie... We have a small cheap runabout too...
      Advice is get coolant and oil levels checked weekly, tyre pressures monthly, top up windscreen washers weekly too... Clean inside of windscreen and rear window monthly, change windscreen wipers 6 monthly, and there should be no problems...
      We get about fine, 100k miles, last MOT no advisories...
      Happy motoring...😁😎🙏
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      Andrew
      · 12 days ago
      @Rosie You are not alone, Rosie.
      I have done the same, rather than be in a constant state of uncertainty about what changes/restrictions they might make to the scheme next.
      When you think about it, what a terrible indictment it is of our media and our society that they have organised such a pile on against disabled people, as if disabled people are the enemy of the rest of the population.
      It is disgraceful.
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    Anthony Price
    · 12 days ago
    I recently got a car on motorbility scheme for the first time.
    I had to get a larger car because I have to fit a electric mobility scooter, which is a model that can be taken apart and called a "bootmaster" apparently, which I had to buy myself for £900 reconditioned. 
    It is very heavy so I needed a suitable vehicle, so I opted for a Nissan Qashqai e power but it fills boot completely even though it is comes apart into 3 parts. 
    I had to pay £1980 upfront because I cannot have a full electric vehicle as I live in a cul-de-sac and have no drive way. If I could have opted for all electric, I could have paid approximately £500 upfront, so huge difference through no fault of my own. So the point is why did I have to pay alot more because I couldn't purchase a all electric vehicle and this is the point that government need to look at rather than penalising some on the scheme. 
    I know that a Nissan Qashqai is not considered a luxury vehicle in the government's so called eye but my argument is that the government should look into, and not penalise users on the fact all electric vehicles are just not a viable option. 
    I and all the other users of the motability scheme are I'm sure very thankful for the scheme but we do all pay towards the lease of vehicles and in alot of cases like me have to pay alot of money upfront, just a little pointer to the ones out there that target us that we don't receive everything for nothing, and we don't chose to have a disability! 
    I had Cauda Equina surgery in February this year and without a electric scooter (purchased by myself) and  a motorbility vehicle, I could not  (or find it very very difficult) attend hospital appointments and rehabilitation physio or even help with my mental health by going to the local park. 
    I find it quite funny that these people that criticise the fact that some have a motorbility vehicle and it is essential to our needs but never criticise us using crutches, which are also essential to many disabled people. I recently read a very good article from a lady that helps disabled people and she made the point that if the person is paying large payments upfront are they not entitled to so called "luxury vehicles" because they have a disability? 
    We don't get these vehicles for nothing, pip is vital to unfortunate people who I'm sure would rather be fit and able. 
    Hope readers understand my points here. 
    Regards 
    Mr Price 

     

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      David C Macfie
      · 12 days ago
      @Anthony Price That's a point that, until today, I wasn't aware of...
      The under charging for EVs is a real problem, and a level playing field should be insisted on!
      Rosie, in these pages, has been driven, no pun intended, to buy a small car by criticism in its various forms... 
      I have one too, the deposit for a Motability car being twice the cost...
      I do think that some marques are unnecessary for our needs, but larger vehicles for wheelchair/mobility scooters transportation ARE a necessity, and need to be exempted...
      Tweaking of this legislation is needed, it seems, but I stand by my original premise, if we accept most of this new Motability legislation, we silence many critics, such as those Rosie encountered...
      I hope readers also understand my points here...
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    Banksta Breaker
    · 12 days ago
    This is the right wing press, backing the right-wing parties. There are approximately 16 million disabled people in the UK, which represents about 24% of the total population. This includes 11% of children, 23% of working-age adults, and 45% of pension-age adults classified as disabled. We are one huge part of the electorate, I think its very simple, don't buy right wing newspapers or read their garbage and don't vote for right wing parties, if your asked pick Greens or Your Party, we will scare the press barons and the other parties to death, in my estimations over 60% of ALL voters are opposed to the right wing (that's a conservative estimate) That figure rises to some 75% of the population if you can persuade the undecided. Now a grip, join your local Greens and Your Party and start the fight back. They absolutely will support us if we support them. 
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      Andrew
      · 12 days ago
      @David Hi David, 
      You seem to have missed the long-running hate campaign conducted against the Motability scheme by the right wing media, led by the Daily Mail - a bandwagon that has also been jumped on by right wing politicians. 
      They have been saying for many years that it is outrageous that taxpayers subsidise disabled people running around in 'luxury' BMWs and Mercedes that their 'hard-working readers' could not afford to buy.
      There is so much wrong with this pernicious narrative that has put Labour on the defensive, leading to this change to the scheme. 
      Labour are now characterised by Tories/ReformUK/Guido Fawkes/Mail/Telegraph etc as the party of "shirkers" not "workers".
      They seem unaware that many disabled people also work, that these cars are leased, not owned, and that we pay for all the extra costs of a larger more expensive car out of our own pockets.
      By the way you are wrong about the scheme ballooning under the Tories to include better cars. The reverse is true. 
      The screeching outrage of the right wing media (Daily Mail) about so-called luxury cars on Motability resulted in the Cameron government pressurising Lord Sterling to remove large Audis, BMWs and Mercedes from the scheme.  That was more than a decade ago.
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      David
      · 12 days ago
      @Banksta Breaker What a load of tosh. Who is in power? It is the green-eyed monster ideology of this nasty Labour Party that is attacking disabled people and pensioners. Further, under the Tories, the Motability scheme ballooned to include better cars before Robber Reeves forced change.  It outrages me, because I am a veteran on the War Pensioner's Mobility Scheme, which is quite different to the PIP scheme. Granted, there appears to the ignorant bystander much seeming abuse of PIP mobility but, again, it is no where nearly as bad as that claimed in the press. The luxury car debacle, removing them from the scheme, is just a sop to the knee-jerk press and public ignorance about Motability. 
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    velet
    · 12 days ago
    I do agree that it would make sense to encourage mobility users to select British made cars over foreign manufacturers as feel that British Industry needs all the help it can get to keep people in jobs. However, if no British car on the market would honestly not be suitable for a particular disability, then the person should have option to choose from a foreign make. 
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    Kaz
    · 12 days ago
    I ordered a BMW last month. Why? Because it’s the only one on the scheme that enables me to drive with least pain - the door height & sill width suits me best for access; I have to add on & pay for the electric leather seats (I move the chair every time for access & driving - manual levers create pain in my neck) & an electric boot (a previous car without meant I had to increase painkillers) as well as the specialist adaptations. 
    I searched online & trailed around multiple dealers to try various brands (some cost more than BMW) but only BMW could tick all of my essential requirements. 
    I wrote to the CEO of Motability to express my disappointment at them caving to pressure & asked where will it end? When we are all back in 3 wheeled blue invalid cars? The CEO did reply but didn’t actually answer any of my questions 🤨
    Someone else suggested it is discrimination & I agree.
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      Anthony Price
      · 12 days ago
      @Kaz Hi, I think you make very good points and the fact that a certain vehicle makes life easier, to a point and getting in and out of the vehicle and driving positions are essential to our everyday lives.
      Yes discrimination is also a valid point. 
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    PhilB
    · 12 days ago
    How can the sorry excuse of a Chancellor raise tax on a registered charity?  Isn't that what the Scheme is?   
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    Mike Kemp
    · 12 days ago
    The problem here is that very few of the public and none of the politicians actually understand the Motability scheme. The number of politicians (including Helen Whately, the tories shadow minister for the DWP, who should know better) who tell us about the disabled getting free cars is in my view disgusting. Read the comments here, disabled people are using their cars to enable them to work! We all know the cars are not free - my Peugeot 5008 required a down payment of nearly £4000, plus£400 for an electric boot, and £600 for a hoist, plus the mobility component of PIP. At the end of the hire period the car goes back, and because we don’t do any more than about 20000 miles in 3 years the car is in good condition and probably gets a good used car price form Motability.
    I make no secret of using Motability - anyone complains they are welcome to have my MS!
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    Shaun
    · 12 days ago
    We have a Motability car but never a luxury one, as we go for a car which suits our medical needs and the cost. But it annoys me when the media keeps writing articles about all these "free" cars which disabled pe111111ople get.  No, they are not free and we pay for them ourselves.  What worries me is the VAT and insurance tax being added to Motability cars, plus the changes and price increases done by Motability and the car dealers themselves. I fear one day only rich disabled people could afford a Motability car, and if they were rich then they would probably buy one outright anyway.

    Motability have stopped disabled people buying their cars after the end of the lease, and Motability have stopped people extending their lease to five years, and Motability have reduced the good condition bonus to almost nothing.  This means having to pay an ever increasing advance payment every 3 years with no incentive to keep the car in good condition.  When our Motability car is due to end the lease, it may be cheaper for us to buy a used car privately rather than get one on the Motability scheme.  Everything about Motability is just greed, greed, greed.... greed from Motability, greed from the car dealers, and now greed from the government.  If less and less people have Motability cars, then I can see the entire Motability scheme closing down which means less money for the government!
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      Andrew
      · 12 days ago
      @Shaun Hi Shaun,
      Don't forget that you can offer to buy your car from Motability at the end of the lease, rather than risk jumping into the second hand car market and buying a car you don't know the full history of.
      I have done this with my Motability lease car a couple of times over the past 40 years when I had a particularly good car I enjoyed using and had done very little mileage in. 
      Rather than hand it back and pay another Advance Payment with Extras for a new lease, I took out a car loan from the bank to buy the car from Motability then used my DLA, as it was then, to pay for the car loan's monthly instalments.
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      jean thornton
      · 12 days ago
      @Shaun All returned cars go to auction...salesman was over the moon at excellent condition of the returning one...and the.mileage...paperwork stated over thirty thousand miles ...it was.not even twenty on gauge!
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    lawli56
    · 12 days ago
    Personally I don't care what brand of car I have so long as it fits my needs, is reliable and economic to run. For me it's just a functional piece of equipment that gets me from A to B. I couldn't care less about it's social "status". I currently drive an 14 year old MPV with a hoist in the back which I own, but may need to upgrade to hand controls in the not too distant future. So long as I find something suitable that fits my criterior I'll be happy.
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    C
    · 12 days ago
    Why are brands being targeted, the vehicles have to meet criteria to be on the scheme. 
    If they fit that criteria they should stay on the scheme. 
    The disabled have to meet criteria to be on the scheme. 
    The vehicles selected by the disabled meet the criteria that enables 1)mobility  2)easier access 3)suitability for their disability.  Not all brands meet 2 & 3. 

    For me a high, SUV automatic with Electric seats is essential criteria. 

    It's down to BADGE ENVY!!! & the government targeting the venerable disabled and pensioners alike to save a quick pound. They are not looking at the full implications of their decisions.
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    Mrs M
    · 12 days ago
    We had to go for high end cars as they were the only ones that had electric moving seats both passenger and drivers. This is crucial for husbands mobility needs. It’s bye bye Motability for us…
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    M
    · 14 days ago
    Yeah all good points….but you’re all missing the point, people don’t want disabled users driving cars which have  the ‘snub’ element attached to them…
    It’s not about costs. It’s about status.
    Eg… there are lots of cars still on the scheme, less ‘snobby’ than those removed, that require a larger deposit, and have a much higher showroom price. So it’s not about cost it’s about perception.
    Eg… Some VWs and Skodas are more expensive than BMW and Mercs, currently removed.
    Plus you don’t have to be physically disabled to drive a Mazda MX5, yet it was removed.
    So I ask you to look at a VW Golf on the scheme with a £8000 up front payment versus the BMWs and Mercs with a £4000 deposit, both of which have been removed???

    Work it out for yourselves!!!
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      Andrew
      · 12 days ago
      @M You can thank Paul Dacre and the Daily Mail for leading this pile on against Motability and so-called luxury cars being enjoyed by the 'undeserving' disabled, who they gleefully describe as "shirkers" even though many of us work despite our disabilities.
      And as others have said, I would willingly swap the uncontrolled chronic pain of my condition for the loss of a subsidised BMW/Mercedes any day of the week.
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    Marty mcferne
    · 15 days ago
    Having been able get a car on pip and have not ever used pip to get a car I still have looked  into the scheme I find it unbelievable that the only car that provided hybrid or electric at a price that seemed fair was the prestige brands if you look into what is now available are your upfront payment runs into thousands for hybrid and electric if you look into Citroen /renault /Peugeot these cars are run of the mill cars from France have a upfront pricing of between £3500-nearly £7000 and yes you can get cheaper but they are small cars that may not suit your needs when your disabled now getting back to the prestige cars as the labour government calls them you could get a lower model but it would be a hybrid model or electric for around a price roughly £4000 upfront cost. nowadays plus I’m pretty sure that most disabled people look after their cars so they have a higher resale value but also perhaps the scheme could once your lease expired after 3years perhaps offer you the chance to renew for another 3years and still pay a upfront price say if you paid £4000 upfront to renew for another 3 years pay £2000 to renew and still offer all the perks that you do for keeping it in good condition 
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    Lee Brannan
    · 18 days ago
    Whose business is it anyway!!!!!! 

    Why are we disabled always having to settle for second best
    I’ve always had luxury vehicles & it’s never impacted my health if anything it’s made it better 
    Due to certain internal features that don’t come with cheaper models which means having to pay the extra overpriced prices to have said items included & that’s supping the manufacturer has the adaptions ! 
    But having things like heated seats , electric seats , lumber support etc etc as standard helps my condition’s 
    But lesser value cars don’t have these 
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      Andrew
      · 12 days ago
      @Harajus Hi Harajus,
      This is as you say a change made to Motability because of ignorance and prejudice, not on rational grounds. And yes, Labour must take responsibility for that because they are in government and are implementing the change.
      However, I must take issue with you blaming "socialists". 
      It is not socialists who have been leading this campaign of hate against the disabled and Motability. 
      It is the Right Wing press and politicians from ReformUK and the Tories that have caused Labour to cave in to their pressure to reduce benefits to disabled people. 
      The Daily Mail owner/editor has been running a campaign against Motability for over a decade now, painting disabled as "shirkers" even though many of us work despite our disabilities. 
      Papers like the Express and Sun have joined in, and online websites like Guido Fawkes fan the flames of prejudice against the disabled.
      Labour has been painted as the Welfare party of "shirkers", and have caved in to that pressure.
      It is shocking that so many MPS do not understand the Motability scheme or how disabled people use and pay for it out of their own pockets.
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      Harajus
      · 12 days ago
      @Lee Brannan Best intelligent post; could not agree more. This is all about low grade Governance we’ve been lumbered with I.e. Politics of ENVY. My first lease was a Merc yes but now my second lease is a Skoda. My Merc came with a £3500 Advance payment for a £30k car. My Skoda is worth £35k and had £0 advance. Too many reasons to list here why Skoda is best but 2 examples : much easier to get in/out of and my mobility scooter now fits in booth. I suffer hereditary MotoSensory Neuropathy.Rachel from accounts has lost out and I have put my savings in an ISA. Even Diane Abbott could do better than poor Rachel. Stupid or what? 
      Socialists think because you’re disabled you’re a LESSER person yet say and act the opposite. 
      The problem to fix is the few doctors signing the few wrong people onto PIP, so fix THAT problem first. 

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    tinytim
    · 18 days ago
    Also now VAT on insurance and the AP at 20% and with the £12570 tax allowance Frozen even longer its not good for lower paid in uk.


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