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Wednesday 28th January 2026 – Vehicles on the Scheme – 797 Change -1
Hyundai -1 (electric)
Ioniq6 -1 Ultimate trim at £3999 Advance Payment removed
Hopefully it returns shortly with the lower AP as suggested in the article
Hopefully it returns shortly with the lower AP as suggested in the article https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/hyundai/kona/368865/hyundai-kona-electric-now-has-ev-grant-and-extra-bonus-motability-customers
the impact of this grant on the scheme is subject to the discretion of the car manufacturers and whether they want to discount AP’s by the grant amount or so I thought.
Grant applied, Kona electric is back on the scheme from £749.
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Hopefully it returns shortly with the lower AP as suggested in the article https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/hyundai/kona/368865/hyundai-kona-electric-now-has-ev-grant-and-extra-bonus-motability-customers
It has indeed returned
Albeit the Lux is no longer an option
Saturday 7th February 2026 – Vehicles on the Scheme – 792 Change -1
Kia -1 (electric)
EV4 -1 GT-Line trim at £499 Ap removed
Tuesday 10th February 2026 – Vehicles on the Scheme – 797 Change +5
Geely +4 (2 plugin hybrid, 2 electric)
Starray +2 mid sized suv plugin with a claimed 51 or 84 mile range (depending on battery size) well priced from £999 Advance Payment
EX5 +2 Electric suv 258 mile range 60kWh battery from £2999 Advance Payment.
(Geely is a Chinese brand that owns 79% of Volvo, 50% of Smart (with Mercedes) Polestar, Lotus and others. They join BYD, Chery, Jaecoo, MG, Omoda and Leapmotor on the Scheme as a Chinese brand.)
Toyota +1 (Plugin hybrid)
CHR +1
In yet another example of just how mad this country, our government and the Motability scheme has become, premium brands from a close European ally have been banned from the Motability scheme for no other reason than jealousy, yet they are happy to let the scheme be flooded with cheap imports from China, a Communist country that supposedly presents a threat to our national security 🤔
So true @Glos Guy. The scheme is rapidly becoming a dumping ground for Far East rubbish.
That’s totally unjustified. You’re forgetting about the utter tosh that Vauxhall has been churning out for the past 20 or so years.
So true @Glos Guy. The scheme is rapidly becoming a dumping ground for Far East rubbish.
That’s totally unjustified. You’re forgetting about the utter tosh that Vauxhall has been churning out for the past 20 or so years.
My first ever car on the Motability scheme was a 1.4 Vauxhall Tigra way back in 1995. I loved that little machine – and never had a single thing go wrong in 3-years!
I also had a couple of Astra’s in the following years. They were good, reliable cars and again, never had a single issue with either of them. Like the Ford Focus Mk.I that I also had many years ago, the Astra & Focus were good ‘bread n butter’ everyday reliable & comfortable cars.
Haven’t had a Vauxhall for years now – but that’s only because I don’t like their design. The ‘new’ Astra (now under Stellantis of course) is good looking, but the AP is somewhat high when compared against better competition.
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