Honda seem to be losing the plot in pricing their vehicles. I can’t see them selling many at £53k to retail customers or at £7k AP to Motability customers.
Much as I can see the attraction of PHEVs, and will consider one myself, the high upfront costs, whether as a private buyer or a Motability customer, must surely wipe out a lot (if not all, in the case of low mileage drivers) of the running cost savings? Where they seem to make the most sense is for the market that they were primarily designed for – the company car driver, who benefits massively from the lower benefit in kind taxation – and then rarely, if ever, plugs it in
At that price though, it will be out of reach of many company car drivers. I was also shocked to see for such a big car that it only has 181bhp. I can’t see this being a success on Motability.