@glos guy
I dont know if its a first as you say, but that is what I did back in July.
The car was taken off the motability list and i ordered it an it was on my motability website new lease agreement right away.
So, even though its not on the motability search as the car was removed, Motability quite happily approved the new order.
Perhaps its a change in the way Motability Operations are now operating. Buy thats a few people who have done this recently. It certainly wont be happenstance that they are all VW orders.