Now you can’t buy your car at the end of the lease. Clearly making a mint on selling your car on.
Where have you got this information from?
Motability Operations ask customers very high prices when they enquire about buying their cars at lease end, certainly far more than the prices that they will get by selling to the trade or at auction. The high asking prices (which, unlike cars bought from dealers, are non-negotiable and without any warranty) are to deter people from doing it, as they make a lot of profit out of every lease and they don’t want to lose customers.
I haven’t read that the policy has changed but, if it has, in reality they would be saving people from making a poor financial decision. Those wishing to leave the scheme are still free to do so and will get more for their money by buying on the open market.