Unfortunately, it’s articles like this one in Auto Express that cause the negativity towards Motability. They purely mention the £749 AP as if that’s all it costs, completely overlooking the far more substantial cost of the sacrificed benefits. If the article more correctly said “the lower advance payment of £749 means that it will now cost a Motability customer £13,000 over 3 years to lease the car” people would be far more enlightened as to the true cost of leasing and much of the jealousy and hostility would disappear.