Just to correct you slightly Intranicity, as like me, I believe you are also a WPMS recipient. If WPMS recipients extend their lease (or have their lease extended by Motability), we actually receive a ‘rebate’ of currently £7.25 per week from Motability Operations for the period of the contract extension (paid to the customer quarterly in arrears). If this rebate were not to occur, then it would mean WPMS recipients paying more of their vehicles than PIP/DLA/AFIP customers during the extension (as the original AP and monthly payments are amortised over the standard 3 year lease period). So, for WPMS customers, it can be a useful saving to extend the lease. If the current weekly £7.25 were saved up over the course of a 2 year extension, it is £754 to put towards the AP of the next vehicle.
Cheers for that Dave, yes, I get WPMS and didn’t realise that we got a rebate, and that is good news, as I am contemplating either leaving the scheme temporarily and getting a cheap runaround until the right EV (e Niro, Enyaq or ID4) come on but might just extend now.
On a slightly different note for WPMS recipients, after a recent post, I contacted Motability re our Automatic gearbox rebate and had it confirmed that as EV’s are only in essence Auto’s that the grant will be automatically applied at the maximum £660, just a shame with the Price Cap that we aren’t offered the full max cap, but I know that would be a nightmare for just 10755 of us!
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