I thought the AP was to off set the loss on the vehicles re sale value at the end of the 3 year lease, surely a 5 years mandatory lease would be a greater loss resulting in a higher AP.
Maybe and I didn’t see the posts fwippers is referring to.
My reasoning is most of the depreciation occurs when you drive off the forecourt, and many cars have lost 50-60% of their value at 3 years, depreciation after that stage slows markedly, plus Motability are still getting the full payments from your allowance, so I would expect that to be more profitable?
The biggest risk is many cars are out of warranty after 3 years, Kia and Hyundai make great EV’s and the warranty would still be valid for the whole lease, so that would be less risky.
Previous Motability Cars
2006 - 2009 Skoda Superb VR6 2.0tdi
2009 - 2012 Citroen C5 2.0tdi VTR Nav
2012 - 2015 Nissan Qashqai 1.5dci tekna
2015 - 2018 Ford Kuga 2.0tdi Titanium X
2018 - 2021 BMW 220d X drive 2 Series Active Luxury
2021 - 2023 Hyundai Kona Electric Premium SE
2023 - Hyundai Kona Electric Ultimate