He has zero impact on the allowance. He’s the CEO of a leasing company, what kind of say do you think he’s having?
I’m as frustrated as everyone else with the situation regarding the scheme, but just randomly pointing fingers is just asinine. He’s not responsible for our allowances, he’s not responsible for the issues car manufacturers face leading to the delays and prices.
It literally boils down to that. The scheme isn’t the problem, just a symptom. The problem are resource prices (fuel, materials etc) driving car prices up, while at the same time having way more demand than supply (driving prices up too).
This is something that will sort itself to a degree by itself. Once supply meets demand, prices come down. Once demand drops, prices come down again (and with rising petrol costs, demand for ICE cars will drop). It just takes time. Restructuring the scheme entirely just to counter a temporary bump (and make no mistake, this is temporary) is just not something anyone would do, it just makes zero sense. You wait until things go back to normal(ish), see where the scheme/prices etc land, and then adjust. You wouldn’t even know what to adjust to now, because you have no clue where in the end prices end.
It absolutely does suck, both waiting and prices (we paid £5200 on a Golf, and face around 12-18 months waiting, to be clear: we know this for a fact) but again, one needs to understand that this isn’t MBs fault. We can (imho rightfully) criticise them for overcharging in the past, being too strict/tight towards grants/help with AP etc, but regarding the current price/waiting situation, there’s nothing they can do.
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.