Upping the BHP limit for a start would bring on models or derivatives of models that currently can’t be on the scheme. In my search for a company car I regularly search around to see what’s available from stock and I find plenty of higher powered cars are available compared to lower powered cars from the same manufacturer.
This wouldn’t solve the current issue of the scheme though, namely manufacturers prioritising private buyers because that’s where they make money.
As an example take the Mercedes GLA. It had its premium plus trim removed due to the shortage – that wouldn’t change if they’d offered the GLA200 instead of the GLA180. Same for cars that just flat out got removed from the scheme – it doesn’t make a difference how much BHP it has, it’s the fact that there’s not enough capacity to serve both private and fleet markets. Take the Tiguan. They removed all variants of the Tiguan because they want to sell it to private buyers. Adding the Tiguan R would not solve that (albeit, adding the Tiguan eTSI may do so).
Note, i’m not against raising all limits (bhp, price, age restriction etc) – i’m just saying that for the current slump heading towards less than 1000 cars on the scheme, raising the limits would just do nothing.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.