Thanks, all. Glad it’s not just me, then. I’m totally with Mr Solent. MX5 is cheaper, slower, less powerful, cheaper to insure and service and maintain than many “acceptable” cars on scheme. Only reason not included, as far as I can see, is that the Daily Mail says so. If you can actually enjoy driving a Motability car then that is a Bad Thing and immoral and must be banned. Regardless of whether it does the job cheaply and efficiently. It’s like medicines that cure a condition but also make you feel good. Ban them!
Also agree with Glos Guy. I only have to use a wheelchair occasionally. It would fit in Mini with seats folded. Anyone needing to swing in a big motorised number can be buggered if you can’t fit a decent powered hoist, with proper opening doors/tailgate and load area. Only realised this recently watching the procedure involved in getting such a chair into a Skoda Yeti. Then there’s the need to secure it safely inside the vehicle. Had thought that the Scheme offered some cars that met these needs. But the more I think about it, the more I realise Motability ought to look at the issue and sort something out.