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@Brighton Steve this may help you. https://forum.whichmobilitycar.co.uk/forums/topic/insert-an-image-tagging-and-registering-assistance/
Joss
Current car: Peugeot 308 GT Premium 1.2 Pure tech Petrol.
Coming soon...BMW X2 sDrive 20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto In November 2025
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Thank you Joss.This is my Hyundai i20 Ultimate. It is a three pot 1.0ltr turbo 48v mild hybrid.Auto.
I have had it for a week now, and I really like it.
It is much smaller than we usually go for, but it fits my scooter in the back without losing any seats. I decided to go smaller as the fuel bill on the previous car (kuga) was killing us. I’m already seeing the benefit as I’m averaging 40mpg already. I got it from Hyundai in Coventry and drove it down to Brighton last Friday.
I am pleasantly surprised at how peppy the car is, for such a small engine. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t going to break any speed barriers, but holds its own on motorways no problem.
It is top of the range (£799 ap) and has so much tech on it, like the two 10.25 inch screens, Bose premium sound system, heated seats and steering wheel, plus much more.
I think it looks good for a small car. Overall I’m happy with it so far. I will keep up info on here.
22 reg Hyundai i20 Ultimate bi tone white with black roof
Your welcome @Brighton Steve Nice looking car.
Joss
Current car: Peugeot 308 GT Premium 1.2 Pure tech Petrol.
Coming soon...BMW X2 sDrive 20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto In November 2025We have a Skoda Octavia Estate that’s also a 1L mild hybrid. I’m always amazed at the acceleration, it’s never lacking. Just done a 350 mile motorway journey and no problems overtaking in the outside lane. It’s also very good on fuel for such a big car, we regularly get 50mpg round town and 65 on a run, the long term average according to the infotainment system is 54mpg.
Glad to hear that you are pleased with it Steve. As mentioned elsewhere, I’m buying exactly the same car in the same colour combo for one of my daughters and it’s currently due in to our local Hyundai dealership in December (which will surprise me TBH). I’ll be interested to hear how your mpg settles down (my daughters will be a manual) and any top tips because, as you say, it’s loaded with kit and will take some time to get used to everything! Enjoy the car.
Hope you enjoy.
We are picking up an i20 manual on Thursday. Although a “small” car it does have a much better road presence than something like a Fiesta and like the Fiesta, surprisingly roomy, especially in the boot.
Agree @steve
This is my Hyundai i20 Ultimate. It is a three pot 1.0ltr turbo 48v mild hybrid.Auto.
Just returned the Hyundai Bayon Hatchback 1.0 TGDi [120] 48V MHEV Premium 5dr DCT – far too low for me to get in and out of multiple times a day, despite it being sold as a small SUV.
Saying that, it was a smooth automatic for the engine size, but I found it drank fuel on the ECO setting which the car started up it, although only realised this the day before it was returned!
Same colour as ours the metallic paint is much, much better in real life – one of the best paints I have seen for a long time a mixture of metallic, pearlescent and iridescent and really stands out amongst all the other drab whites, greys and black cars.
It does show how slow Ford has been with keeping the Fiesta up to date and why they had to remove it from the range. The i20 isn’t revolutionary, it just has technology that has been around for a long time, implemented very well in a good priced package. Something the Fiesta has failed to deliver for a long time.
Hi Glos Guy, well I have had the car for a fortnight now, and have covered 1000 miles. So still not seeing much difference in mpg just yet.
I dont have any gripes just yet, although I have a slight niggle and it is the fact the vehicle starts in eco every time. So you have to remember to put it into comfort mode before pulling away. (I did say a slight niggle) I only use eco if I am on a 40+ m/h Road, as per dealers recommendation.
If your daughter was looking at a small car with a lot of kit and a lovely easy drive, I believe she has found it.
Also I was worried about motorway speeds and overtaking. All completely unfounded. It is a very nippy car and I have no concerns regarding power from the little 1.0ltr engine. Driving position is really good with lots of adjustment up and down and backwards and forwards. The seats are comfortable and my grown up children all say they are surprised how much room they have in the back.
As you can tell, I’m very happy after two weeks, and even though that is a very short time, I really can’t see this changing, unless something drastic happens.
22 reg Hyundai i20 Ultimate bi tone white with black roof
Hi Glos Guy, well I have had the car for a fortnight now, and have covered 1000 miles. So still not seeing much difference in mpg just yet. I dont have any gripes just yet, although I have a slight niggle and it is the fact the vehicle starts in eco every time. So you have to remember to put it into comfort mode before pulling away. (I did say a slight niggle) I only use eco if I am on a 40+ m/h Road, as per dealers recommendation. If your daughter was looking at a small car with a lot of kit and a lovely easy drive, I believe she has found it. Also I was worried about motorway speeds and overtaking. All completely unfounded. It is a very nippy car and I have no concerns regarding power from the little 1.0ltr engine. Driving position is really good with lots of adjustment up and down and backwards and forwards. The seats are comfortable and my grown up children all say they are surprised how much room they have in the back. As you can tell, I’m very happy after two weeks, and even though that is a very short time, I really can’t see this changing, unless something drastic happens.
Thanks for the update Brighton Steve. It’s great to hear that you are so pleased with your car. Your feedback about the car defaulting to Eco mode every time you start it is very interesting for two reasons.
When my daughter test drove the i20 she wasn’t too keen on the look of the digital dashboard in Comfort or Sport mode, so she won’t mind that at all. Secondly, I have a petrol BMW X1 2.0i and it always defaults to Comfort when I start it. I find this a bit irritating as I always drive it in EcoPlus mode and have to remember to select it each time. As the car is so powerful, I never find it wanting for oomph in EcoPlus and I’m also getting great mpg out of the car, so I also wish that it would remember the last used setting but stick in EcoPlus mode!
Eco modes rarely make much difference to the character of the car at low speeds, so I’d be inclined to ignore what Hyundai say and leave it in Eco all the time and see if that makes any difference to performance and fuel economy.
How are you finding the Bose Sound system when on the move? When we test drove the i20 it seemed very noisy to me and that was a car with 16” wheels. With the 17” wheels on the Ultimate (and presumably no more sound insulation) I wondered if the Bose system might be a bit lost on the i20? A good quality sound system was a pre-requisite for my daughter (along with a heated steering wheel)!
The bose is very good, not the best out there, but still good. I love music and play anything from Mozart to heavy metal. I should have included in my last post, that the equaliser only has treble, midrange and bass sliders. I would have thought a premium system would have more fine tuning. But to be fair it is still a good system.
Don’t hesitate to ask anything at all, I’ll be pleased to answer.22 reg Hyundai i20 Ultimate bi tone white with black roof
This is the sort of car and specification model that Motability should be concentrating on – cars with a reasonable AP and high specification. The SEAT Leons when they were on the scheme were similar: solid cars, good performance and specification and low AP.
PS. My daughter loves the heated seats and steering wheel, fantastic as the days get colder.
This is the sort of car and specification model that Motability should be concentrating on.
I don’t think that they should concentrate on any specific sort of car Steve. They should offer as wide a choice as possible, especially as the needs of many disabled people will be very different. Whilst the i20 is fine for my able bodied daughter, commuting to work on her own, it would be way too small for my wife and I. Her wheelchair wouldn’t fit in the boot, let alone luggage as well, and we need a higher seating position.
It’s also worth remembering that, for those who are able to, cars like the i20 can be far cheaper to run privately than through Motability. In fact my daughters current i20 has cost less than half the cost of running one through Motability over the total period of ownership. With cars that retail close to £20k, the outlay of £10k sacrificed benefits plus AP can be getting on for 50% of the cost of the car and that’s for a 3 year lease (obviously the % gets even higher if the customer keeps the car longer than 3 years, as many seem to do).
Conversely, our Motability supplied BMW was over £40k new, yet cost the same £10k benefits. Even adding on the £2,249 AP that we paid, our outlay will equate to just 30% of the cost of the car, thus making it a cheaper option than running a new one privately. Sadly, cars like ours are no longer available through the scheme, which means that our current Motability car is likely to be our last, hence why I’m a big advocate of having as much choice as possible – at all price points.
As always agree @Glos Guy with your costings, but and I’m sure you have mentioned before is really down to an individuals finances on what they can do.
I went visit my parents in England over weekend and a neighbour has had a Dacia Sandero secured on her lifetime DLA award and traded her old one in to pay for the deposit. I believe it costs £210p/m but can’t be 100% sure She has done this ever since her husband died quite a few years ago as a means to get from a to b,
As always agree @Glos Guy with your costings, but and I’m sure you have mentioned before is really down to an individuals finances on what they can do.
Yes, I did say “for those that are able”. One thing that’s always puzzled me though, is that Motability customers can ‘afford’ to voluntarily sacrifice £10k of benefits plus AP over 3 years (or £16k plus AP over 5 years), sums of money that would easily enable them to run a very nice car privately and sometimes (with lower value cars) the same car as their Motability car for less overall cost than through the scheme. After all, that’s what two-thirds of those in receipt of qualifying benefits do (the Motability scheme only attracts one third of those who are eligible to join it). I’m guessing that the problem is that benefits don’t count as income which, if correct, is of course where Motability is a lifeline.
Glos Guy,
Your “for those that are able” is noted – you have always been clear about that.
Yes, disability benefits (although they are really allowances as not means-tested) do not count as income. It gets worse though… my wife and I both get maximum PIP and she also has a reasonable income by way of employer-provided health insurance that paid out when she became disabled. So we actually have fairly healthy finances. However, despite our inquiries, this still does not count as income, so we cannot go the non-Motability route. There is something wrong with the system.
Motability will have to remain our lifeline for the forseeable future, although we’ve already extended our Kuga to 5 years and I still don’t see a replacement that fits our needs on the scheme. Really quite worried.
Current: MY24 Renault Austral Iconic FHD. AP £3,995 +£570 for hoist.
Previous Motability cars:
2013 Ford Focus estate petrol auto.
2016 Vauxhal Zafira 1.4T petrol SE Auto.
2019 Ford Kuga Vignale 1.5 petrol auto AWD.Thanks for clarifying @Confusicated I suspected as much. As you say, that’s deeply unfair and does rather trap some people in the scheme who could otherwise look at other options. We are fortunate that we are able to consider purchasing our next car and, at present, that’s the plan, but I’d much rather be able to source something suitable through Motability. However, we are finding the same as you – nothing is suitable or appeals to us. We are happy with our current car and don’t need to start looking for another 18 months, so I’m hoping that things might improve – but I’m not holding my breath. We could extend the lease, but I’m not a fan of lease extensions as I think they are a good deal for Motability but less so for the customer.
I agree re. lease extensions being favourable to Motability but not us. We’re 6 months in to our 2 year extension. *sigh*
Current: MY24 Renault Austral Iconic FHD. AP £3,995 +£570 for hoist.
Previous Motability cars:
2013 Ford Focus estate petrol auto.
2016 Vauxhal Zafira 1.4T petrol SE Auto.
2019 Ford Kuga Vignale 1.5 petrol auto AWD.
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