I know that as a War Pensioner, I can get a grant of up to £640 if I get an Automatic, this is normally worked out based on the price difference between the manual and auto version on the scheme. Anyone had any experience of getting a grant it there isn’t an equivalent manual version to price against. This is going to become the norm I guess as more vehicles go electric, but also currently, for example, the BMW X1 diesel is only on the auto box, as is the BMW 3 series? Thanks
They either average it out based on the closest manual/auto matching vehicle in the range, or pay the maximum grant, (whichever is the lower). They are generally pretty fair with it though when there is no exact comparitor. Last time I got the full grant, when the closest ‘manual match’ was a about a grand less (I went for a diesel 4×4 automatic and the closest manual match was a same model diesel FWD).
If in doubt about the exact amount, e-mail Norcross, marked for the attention of the Supplementary Allowances Team who are very helpful. However with Norcross dropping into in Tier 4 from today, most Veterans-UK staff will be working from home again, hence it may take a little while to get a response..
e-mail address: Veterans-UK@mod.gov.uk