The big disappointment from the articles i have read are that features such as adaptive cruise control are an optional extra. In 2022 you would expect this to be added into the packages such the xline trim. If this did become available (at a reasonable AP) I would seriously consider cancelling my current order which still has no build date or updates since October.
The model designation for the new X1 is very confusing but, if I’ve read it correctly, Adaptive Cruise Control is standard on all variants that end with the word ‘Pro’, although I can’t see those variants ever making it on to Motability.
We had Adaptive Cruise on our previous car (Tiguan) and I didn’t get on with it. It used to brake when cars turned off in front of me and take too long to pick up speed again (admittedly this is a known VW issue – the BMW system is probably better) and on motorways I would suddenly realise that my set speed had dropped because of traffic ahead of me when, with normal cruise control, you would realise that you were gaining on the vehicle in front and just overtake to maintain your speed. I much prefer to be back to normal cruise control.
As I said in my last post, I can’t see the new X1 making it on to the scheme. If it does, it will be the low spec variants with whatever the cheapest / lowest powered engine is at the time (and it won’t be until next year at the earliest, as new cars rarely join the scheme at launch). I just can’t see the high spec / high powered variants that we were previously ‘allowed’ appearing again. In spite of the high prices, the PHEV may appear, but as with many of the PHEV’s on the scheme now, the AP’s would be eye watering and negate the running cost savings for the average Motability driver.