Here’s my thoughts on the invacar nonsense. Motability is the largest lease company in the country, with some 800k leases suddenly ceased, whether at the end of lease or immediately, there will be a vast gap between car sales this year and the year after this was introduced. Manufacturers would see a massive drop in customers, sales would plummet and there’d be quite a number of redundancies as Motability specialists were no longer needed and couldn’t be absorbed into the mainstream sales team. It’s bad enough with how many BMW/Audi/Mercedes specialists have gone just through the current policy of envy. The Invacar was withdrawn then recalled due to safety concerns. To build an equivalent now that met current safety standards (5* rating) would mean that the cheap solution would be £25k+ unless it had to be electric, in which case you’re probably looking at £40k ish for a decent range. Then there’s the whole need for design and development, beyond the work done to date by Motability for their own car, this will be years of work, to get to the point of a fully tested and safe mobility car, even if rushed, would be 3-5 years and who’s funding that?
I can see Reliant making a comeback😂