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Does anyone have any idea when the premium brands such as; BMW, Mercedes & Volvo will return? Is it worth asking my local dealerships? Or ringing Motability. Our A4 black edition is due to be returned in March so just considering our options. Any help / advice would be appreciated. Thank you
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not until the chip and supply chain problems are sorted so at least another year.
but personally i wouldnt have one of them if you paid me, they were the first to dump motability and will probably be the last to come back.
plus apart from the i3 theres nowt they produce that would suit me. i am due to change in march but the best i can see is a 2 year extension and hope it improves or go 2nd hand.
also the way things are going the ap’s for them will be astronomical.
The quality gap between the “premium” brands and the others is diminishing every year, I wouldn’t worry about it and just look for something that suits your mobility needs or extend if you like your current car.
Personally I can’t wait to change my Mercedes for my incoming MG.
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Adam in my experience the best people to contact is the companies head office. Nine times out of ten they have a motability department who will give you the information they have. It is not always 100% but virtually always more accurate than the dealership or motability.
My own opinion is that it will be 2024 before we see any marked change in the number of high end manufacturers rejoining the scheme. The chip shortage is expected to last well into 2023 and until this is back to pre pandemic levels we will see no improvement.
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Current car: BMW X2 sDrive 20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto In metallic Portimão Blue. 04:10:2025
Previous car:Peugeot 308 GT Premium 1.2 Pure tech Petrol.If, and when they do return, could you afford the AP on them. That is the question.
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Current car: BMW X2 sDrive 20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto In metallic Portimão Blue. 04:10:2025
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As already mentioned the gap between the premium brands and the others is not as much..Due to few choices and circumstances i took delivery of sportage hev in august ,after 6 years of a volvo xc60 and mercedes before that.The sportage the far smoother,faster,economical ,of them all .No way would i of even considered the sportage if choices were like theu used to be.However the decline in choice in my case i feel worked out for the best for me personally..If the xc40,audi q3,bmw x1 came back on scheme, and i was offered the chance to swap.it would be a “no chance”.lol
Maybe they won’t, As they will concentrate and put the limited recsources towards the more premium cars in their lineups. As the chips in the cars are the same, The batteries in the cars will be the same, so which will they want to put them in and sell.
Audi has already said it will drop the A1 & Q2 from it’s lineup moving forward and will focus on the more premium cars.
I can see others doing the same, also they no longer need to make smaller less expenisve cars to meet emissions targets, but they will have to reduce production of cars overall to meet net zero targets and which will they decide to make. Those that cost more so they make more profits. That also fits in with the globalists plans for us the serfs. “You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy. Whatever you want, you’ll rent, and it will be delivered by a drone.”
Many in the indusrty like the ceo of the vertu group have been saying this is the new normal and they not going back to how it was before. The days of over supply and low profit margins are gone. Right now with limited supply they making bigger profits but selling less cars than ever and many feel that’s the new model.
Sadly many won’t be compatible with the scheme and Infact policy will push us towards less private car ownership for the masses and more sharing at 1st, due to the cost of cars many won’t be able to have a car never mind 2,3 or 4 per household and once driverless cars arrive and they can do a better than humans for our safety, many will not be allowed to drive a car ay all and many driving jobs will be lost.
The 4th industrial revolution is coming. Slowly slowy it’s rolling out, Car’s may even be obsolete as drone taxi’s move us about. Will the scheme just be a dedicated taxi service for members in the future.
Even now it’s hard to justify or afford such high ap’s on many cars to just lease but some have risen as much 26% in the last few years and imo will rise higher the longer this crisis and the next one that comes along after and the one’s before. As that’s how they steer us into the direction they want and we unknowingly going along with it, till it to late to go back.
I don’t think the premium brands need Motability these days and like fwippers said it might never happen.
With the pounds value dropping like a stone I’m not sure what we will have on the scheme in future.
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