Here are a couple more Motability Price guides from the same era. Two ajoining quarters this time, to directly compare the AP changes from one quarter to the next. Q1 2008: https://forum.whichmobilitycar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2008-Q1-CPG.pdf and Q2 2008: https://forum.whichmobilitycar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2008-Q2-CPG.pdf
Interesting and heartbreaking in equal measure! Over 4,000 vehicles on the scheme with the earlier price lists, over 3,000 on these and under 1,600 now. The BMW X3 is on the first one. That would be us sorted if it was still available to us now! Everything we want as standard and the extra space we ideally need, with an AP that’s not too bad given the value of the car. Some even bigger quality SUV’s such as the Discovery and not a bad price on the very large Santa Fe for those happy with a Hyundai. Volvo V70 still there for those wanting a cavernous but very good quality estate. Just goes to show how the choice has been substantially reduced over the years but the illogical nature of some of the AP’s was alive and well back then as well as now. Some very cheap AP’s for some nice cars and some very steep ones for some run of the mill ones. I never noticed anything like that in all the years I was with other leasing companies back in the days that I had company cars. They were far more logical and followed a pattern, generally price but with some of the prestige marques comparatively better value due to their far better residual values. In comparison, I just can’t fathom the logic of Motability Operations!