Advance Payments
This is an amount payable upfront to your Motability Scheme dealer in addition to your weekly mobility allowance. The Advance Payment is not a deposit and is therefore non-refundable. If an Advance Payment is required, the amount is fixed at the price available when you order your car.
Why it’s needed
Your mobility allowance may not cover the cost for some larger or more expensive cars. These cars are allocated with an Advance Payment which represents the difference between the amount your mobility allowance covers over the three-year agreement period, and the overall cost of the car you choose
How it’s calculated
Each Advance Payment is calculated by considering factors such as the cost of the car, its servicing and maintenance and its expected resale value at the end of the lease agreement. Our expert team negotiates with manufacturers every three months to get the best price for our customers
When you pay it
The amount is payable in one lump sum to your Motability Scheme dealer either before or on the day you collect your new car. Some dealers do ask for a holding deposit when you place your order, but any deposit paid will be deducted from the Advance Payment you pay when collecting your car. If you want to pay by cheque, this must be given to your dealer at least seven days before you collect your car, to allow funds to clear.
Trade in your old car
If you are new to the Motability Scheme, you can trade-in your privately owned car to help finance the Advance Payment of your new car. Around a quarter of Motability Scheme dealers offer this and the dealer will arrange the trade-in with you directly.
Advance Payments for Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAVs)
All new WAVs come with an Advance Payment to cover the cost of the five-year lease. The Advance Payment varies across the range of WAVs from a few hundred to several thousand pounds. If you’re looking for a more affordable way to lease a WAV then a Nearly New WAV might be for you. Nearly New WAVs have a lower Advance Payment than the equivalent new WAV and are sometimes available at no Advance Payment. Speak to the relevant WAV converter for more information.
Our price guarantee
Our price lists are usually updated every three months, so you can be assured you’re getting the best prices from each manufacturer. New prices are usually published at the start of January, April, July and October.
The Advance Payment on a car can change throughout the year. We operate a price guarantee, which means the Advance Payment of the car on the date your order is accepted won’t change, even if it changes while you are waiting for the delivery of your car. The only case where the price may be altered is if the car description is changed subsequent to the original order.
More about Charitable Grants
If you lose the allowance during your lease , we will make arrangements for the return of the car and you will not have to make any further payments for the lease. Your Advance Payment will be refunded to you on a pro rata basis.
Optional extras
Choosing a car with optional extras such as electric windows or air conditioning will increase the amount you need to pay to your dealer upfront.
If you are a WAV customer , your WAV converter will be able to give you a price for extras such as parking sensors or separate air conditioning controls for the back of the vehicle. But please note that payment for these will be dealt with separately from the Advance Payment.
Any adaptations ordered will be outlined in the customer acceptance letter we send with your PIN. The cost of any adaptations, less any grant awarded, is payable directly to your dealer together with the Advance Payment before you take delivery of your car.
https://www.motability.co.uk/about/how-the-scheme-works/payment-and-cost-for-cars/
Richard I’ve paid all four of my AP’s on the day of collection even the lastest car which i got in june 2020 and the Ap was £1599 minus the £200 discount i got. I ordered in mid jan and the dealer had the car at the start of feb for the april handover but covid lockdown happened. There was only 3 available in the uk, in the spec, colour i wanted and no build slots before april. So they secured it and there it sat at the dealers till june.
Not once have i even been asked for the part of the ap or it in full when ordering. They’d get a frank that’s a no from me then and i’d get something else.. The reason they do that imo is so they can mess you about like they doing as you paid and they can make it harder for you to cancel or so they think, but still the consumer credit act applies and it will be in the terms and conditions of how you can cancel your order and under what terms and time frames and maybe when a cost would be occured. It’s law
They promised you for sept then x y and z, now it’s 9months later from ordering and thus you have a reason to cancel the order simple as.. They have not held up there end of the agreement, period and in the ap is not refundable, mb means after you paid and driven the car away. Then it’s is pro-rata.
I guess one can read the terms of the mb lease, as well as the dealers terms as they two different things and some we not actually bound by till we sign the actual agreement when we collect the car.. as we lease the car from a 3rd party and the car is supplied and the agreement is processed by dealer.
Thats also imo why any extras added is between you and the dealer not you and mb.
That don’t sit well with me that and i herd of quite a few case’s where it’s happen before that they got £500 off and was asked to pay a deposit or they will not order it and then 9 months later still no car and no date for a car.. which is crazy imo..
I get it prices may have gone up it that time and you still want the £500 off so you wait and wait.. meanwhile you still driving the old car paying the same fee every month rather than for the new car. It’s deceitfull imo..