[Blackj]

Am I being a bit syndical or is it just me. So you get £750 from motabilty plus your £250 good condition bonus giving you £1000 towards your new vehicle. The car companies know this. So they just increase AP. Example is hybrid Kona was £799 advance payment for several quarters.

Surprise the new Kona comes in at £1799 therefore making £1000 from motabilty disappear. If they just left it at £799 it would be exactly the same to customers. Motabilty giving us rewards? just get swallowed by advance payments.

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[Ele]

There dosent seem to be a particular rule of thumb so best imo not to try and apply logic

On the other hand just as an example the Renault E Tec top model Iconic went down from over £5000 to less than a £1000 now

And there again the Nissan Qashqai e-POWER jumpted up its original AP by £800 overnight

AP has/can flutuate for many reasons that are not always known to us

We can counter by doing our homework and keeping an eye on available dealer offers and asking local dealer to match

Extend lease to take advantage of any late quarter offers

I am sure others will add to this and give their take on the matter

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Berty]

No it doesnt work like that. The new Kona is an updated model and Hyundai know they will sell, no matter whether its an EV or Hybrid.

The AP is agreed beforehand between Motability and the Manufacturer.  If they cant meet in the middle – it doesnt get on the scheme.

It could be that Motability has forced Hyundai to set the AP for Hybrids high, to push everyone on to EV’s. After all, Motability have to sell the car after 3 years.

Point is, there are a lot of factors in play here, we just do not know.

[Berzerker]

I agree with you BlackJ. Yes there are other factors, but the system is desinged to feed itself via many hands. Its a business at the end of the day and any real help is too few and far between. AP’s are incredible to the point that theyre nearly matching good quality 2nd hand options and save you payments.

I see no benefit to disabled people via motability now other than having a shiny bit of metal on the drive. Ok so some modern assistance systems now fitted to modern cars, but they can be retro fitted at a far cheaper cost if really needed. If they didnt make vast quantities of money from us it simply would not exist. Im not a fan of the whole process and find it demeaning having to pick through scraps if have no budget. I cannot marry up the equality of it all. As per everything in life, its the haves and the have nots. Because the haves show they have and can feed this system, the have nots continue to struggle the most.

But, hey, what do I know…! As someone said, best not to think too much about it…..

[Paul]

@Blackj   i agree i also think the (free home charger)when ordering a EV is another reason why some Aps are high.Doesn’t apply to all cars, but im sure on average motorbiliy do things where in the end they make a profit.

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