My dealer seemed to be doing well with Motability customers as well. Hopefully you’ll get lucky and they’ll give you the MY26. Just be wary of the over enthusiastic auto braking when you’re in reverse. It’s so violent that when it’s gone off I’ve been convinced I’ve hit something despite being nowhere close to anything, yesterday I was a good 4 feet away from the barrier in the car park when it went off and it really jolts your back, it even hurt my peak of fitness son!
Thanks @Ruby2002 – good advice on the reverse auto braking. My wife suffers from a bad back and being jolted in a car is painful for her- this was one of the reasons we got a bigger safer car. Will have to be careful when reversing. The salesman said today the MY26 car won’t be coming till later this year so I have got the MY25. Hopefully the software update will be free for ACC to be turned on. If not, I’ll do without it.
If your wife has a bad back then the reversing issues will be the very least of your problems. The XC40 has the worst suspension of any car I can remember owning. It bounces all over the place on uneven roads and the lateral wobbling does my back in no end.