Despite the product Motability leases being vehicles, it seems quite clear that nobody in a decision making position either understands the reality of the current cars or disagrees with the government and actually is doing the bare minimum to comply with the decree. My hope is that while coupes fit under the description, luxury cars have been named by the public and if they aren’t including Volvo, there’s few people wishing that they sit under the radar and people will complain loudly enough to get Alfa Romeo back as that’s about as ‘luxury’ as Vauxhall.
As for the new Leaf, as one of a very few British built cars, I suspect it’ll be described as a crossover and coupe will be kept far from any Motability documentation. Without the Leaf British built BEVs are quite limited in number.
The next 6 months are going to be very interesting and will give us an insight into where the next few years will offer. There will be some significant changes, I suspect mileage will reduce significantly, tracking won’t be optional and there will be limitations on servicing and maintenance. I’d be surprised if hire cars would be quite as generous and early termination will be a challenge unless that car is a wreck.
I’m pretty sure any decision they can make at this point to reduce costs and the charge to customers will be taken as long as they can convince the Foundation.
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