Definitely, as always, for the right deal i’d travel and it’s great to see some, one, dealers over free hotel for those travelling large distances (over 100 miles).
For my current car i travelled over 100 miles and previous one, i travelled from East coast to Wales twice for the deal.
I’ve 17 months left on my current lease and will, as always, do my extensive research – long list / short list / final 3. And look at the every deal at the time available available everywhere, but none of the dealers in my county, come close to the mark & one large national dealership group i avoid at all costs (from my experience over many years of dealership groups & I’ve been a Motability customer 28 years, last 24 in my county).
There are almost no deals in my county and varying levels of customer service, CRM and knowledge – i personally feel the ‘scheme accreditation’ needs to be more robust.
I’ve found well run dealerships, staff and schemes elsewhere though, in other counties / regions.
Obviously, there’s more and more heavy discounting , incentives and stock for full electric cars on the scheme. partly as there’s a slow down in the private / wider leasing EV market, residuals are tanking, slow infrastructure roll out (plus many can’t have home chargers) and the increase in investment and strategic development of hydrogen cars. The pressure from government, and the big banks that invest in the scheme, for the electric agenda is huge, hence the high number of electric cars on / coming onto the scheme – helps the gov with their numbers.
But respect & thanks, to the dealers who aren’t just discounting electric and / or incentivising Motability customers.