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I went today and ordered a VW Tiguan Black edition, DSG Diesel. nothing on online account to say I could order early. It was on the system in the showroom to say I could order from today. Probably the last diesel car I will ever get. Arrived home and had an email thanking me for ordering.
Told me they are currently taking about 3/4 months to arrive which suits as I can not collect until the end of September. At least all done on the current terms before the July changes appear.
I know I may be in the minority but I find the new usage policy more than fair. I’ve never had more than four tyres and really should have only been two. I had a slow puncture that could have easily been repaired and kwik fit told me they need to ask motability to authorise the work. When my car was ready I saw it and both back tyres had been changed, which was ridiculous as a simple repair would have been sufficient. I don’t know why motability don’t start their own mobile fitting service, would save loads as kwik cannot be trusted. It’s not just individual kwik fits either, it seems like company policy.
would it be correct to assume you drive less than 10,000 miles and mainly within an urban area?
The reason for tyre change is safety, fix a puncture and have a blow out, whose fault is it? I have seen many lease cars with 8mm new tyres irreparable puncture. Kwik fit tyres are checked many times to make sure they are not changing tyres for nothing.
AFAIK the only thing I’m seeing currently in Kuga forums and GOV.UK is for the Plug-in hybrid where Ford are recommending not to charge above 80% due to fire risk. No current recalls on any other MY26 models. PHEV besides the delays in other Kuga’s are due to that good old excuse, component shortages.
You never mentioned the most important bit of the problem besides the 80% they are not to be driven on snow or mud. The reason for that is beyond me.
The reason for the delay is all 24 and 25 Ford Kuga 2.5 petrol hybrid have been recalled. Thousand of the kugas are used by the car hire companies. They are getting them replaced non stop with new 26 plate kugas which are not subject to the recall that the 24 and 25 plates are subject to. And Ford do not have a fix yet for the recalled ones.
So how have they sorted the 2026 version? Different HV battery supplier? Interested as I’ve got a 2023 subject to the recall.
I don’t know I collected 220 Ford kugas from one car hire business in N.Ireland. All now in storage waiting for a fix.
The reason for the delay is all 24 and 25 Ford Kuga 2.5 petrol hybrid have been recalled. Thousand of the kugas are used by the car hire companies.
They are getting them replaced non stop with new 26 plate kugas which are not subject to the recall that the 24 and 25 plates are subject to. And Ford do not have a fix yet for the recalled ones.
I have had 6 tyres 2 of them unrepairable punctures in self seal tyres, I have also had the warning about the tyres.
Will they complain when all the cars come back with the cheapest part worn Chinese tyres anyone can find.
I thought they were going to start making Nissan cherrys again. Or maybe the Bluebird would be a good return.
You can still configure Tayron’s with a diesel engine on the Volkswagen website and on Motability too. On the Motability website you can order a diesel in the Match, Style and R-Line trims. The AP for diesel in an R-Line trim is actually nearly £1k cheaper than the petrol and over £2k cheaper than the PHEV @belfast4
For some reason they removed all the Diesel models for approximately 8 days. They then put them back on. This was just on the VW website in the UK they were still available to build on VW Germany. I don’t know why they did it and neither do the VW dealers here.
If you do intend to get a car through Motability make sure you order it before 1st July this year. Hopefully by the time the car arrives you will have passed your test. They will not know anything about your back payment.
Please if you don’t mind, do not upload photos of cars on this Motability Car forum it, confuses some people and also annoys even a smaller subset, and woebetide you if you dare to show any form of joy or happiness, on the dreadful shithole that is earth. thanks for your attention.
Are you saying I can not upload a photo of my new Lamborghini Urus that I am getting on the Motability Scheme. Nil Deposit don’t ask me how I managed to do it because I will not be telling you. My number plate is LUCKY so there.
@belfast4 The info that I quoted is from the Motability dealer portal that has been published on here previously, but I will repeat below. It is confusing, as it states that the AP is guaranteed at the time you ordered (as I stated) but that the ‘Standard Rate’ of VAT will apply if the car is ordered before 1st July but delivered on or after 1st July, whereas the zero rate only applies to cars handed over before 1st July. The way it is written can be interpreted either way, but when they say that the standard rate applies that means it’s subject to 20% VAT. Of course, what they might mean is that Motability will cover that 20% themselves, but it’s not 100% clear, although reading it again I think you might be right.
The bottom part of what I wrote was copied and pasted from the Motability website.
Your Advance Payment will not change, no matter when you collect your car. Our price freeze means the price at the time you apply is locked.
My understanding that as long as the order placed before 1 July all the current rules of no VAT, 20,000 miles pa, etc. apply. Is it not the case?
If you order before 1st July, but handover is after 1st July, the following changes apply; You will be liable to VAT on the AP that applied when you ordered, VAT on Early Termination fees & excess mileage fees (5p per mile becomes 6p) BUT you will still have 20,000 miles Pa mileage, the lower excess mileage rate (plus VAT), 8 tyres over 3 years and free overseas cover.
That information is wrong, if you order before the 1st of July there is no VAT added to the Advanced Payment no matter when the car is delivered.
If you collect your car after 1 July, you might need to pay VAT on some payments, such as excess mileage or early termination fees.
Your Advance Payment will not change, no matter when you collect your car. Our price freeze means the price at the time you apply is locked.
If you order before 1st July, but handover is after 1st July, the following changes apply;
You will be liable to VAT on the AP that applied when you ordered, VAT on Early Termination fees & excess mileage fees (5p per mile becomes 6p) BUT you will still have 20,000 miles Pa mileage, the lower excess mileage rate (plus VAT), 8 tyres over 3 years and free overseas cover.
where does it say that vat will be charged on the AP if ordered before 1st July but delivered after the 1st July? I thought the price would be the same AP at the delivery of the car.
I recently went to look at a car and was told they wanted a non refundable £1,000 deposit as they were sick of people cancelling their order. I told them not for me then, why should a multi million pound company have a £1000 of my money in their bank for 6 months.
Many people have given cars back because of the mistakes this app or black box has caused.
The women in England who left her house at 9.06 and returned at 10.24 after going to Asda.
The black box said she had driven over 300 miles, when she said she had a doorbell camera showing the time she left her house and returned they asked to see the footage because they didn’t believe her. Apparently there is been an awful lot of the same all over the UK.
Go on to VW website and build one, you will find they are not available anymore. You can not choose a diesel except in the ones I mentioned above.
I ordered tayron r line diesel in April, haven’t heard otherwise yet
They only took them off Friday 1st May yours will be fine.
The Tayron in Elegance model is available as a diesel car to buy. But it is not on Motability. They are stopping selling all diesel cars in 2026.
At present the only diesel VW’s available are a golf, Tayron elegance and a tourag. None of which are on Motability. It says on Motability website they are available, but they are not available on the VW website. Tayron petrol is available ok.
Seat Leon unfortunately I could not get out of it. I am going to look at a tucson hybrid and the kodiaq sport line. Both have everything in them.
Yes Skoda kodiaq I have been looking at it. The SE is not very well equipped. I might just go for the sport line kodiaq which has every thing in it except for the diesel engine. 😂
Unfortunately as VW have stopped selling them in the UK they are not available to order not just for Motability customers but for any customers.
I can not order anything until the 28th June. Looks like it will have to be a petrol car. I was going to get a Tiguan black edition as my last Diesel car. I will have a couple of days to get my order in before the 1st of July.
VW are stopping selling diesel cars. They have 3 cars available the golf, Tayron Elegance model and the Tourag. On the Motability website it says the Tiguan and the Tayron are available but they are no more.
I have phoned 2 VW dealers today and both have confirmed that the Tiguan and Tayron are no longer available in the models available on Motability. I would have thought Motability would have been aware of this but obviously not.
