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@Markymate unfortunately I don’t drive but will have to figure everything out for the wife.

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I’ve just picked up a nice Blue GT Line. Handover process very quick and easy.

I won’t post loads of pics as there’s plenty out there.

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@Markymate looks very nice, I do really like the green. It has a certain Hulk vibe to it. I think it suits it well, especially with the black roof. One thing that I liked about the Sportage was the colour selection had something other then black, grey and white. Have you seen the yellow you can get?

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I got the phone call from my dealer this morning, my Sportage GT Line Mhev manual in blue flame is ready for collection on Tuesday. I ordered on the 19th January.

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@Markymate quite envious of the green, couldn’t get green myself as mine is just a GT Line Mhev manual. It was all I needed and it was a bargin at £695. It’s £1k more this quarter.

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Hi all, my dealer has just emailed me this morning to say my car has gone into production today (she sent me the full production shipping schedule) and will be with my dealer roughly four weeks later for collection shortly after. So mid June collection, very excited now.

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I spoke with my dealer about my order and this was the response.

We are still waiting for an exact delivery date but we are expecting it to arrive in June. The factory are in the process of building the GT Lines now and have already shipped a batch of red and black so hopefully we won’t be waiting much longer for the blue ones.

I’ll let you know as soon as we have an exact delivery date for you.

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I actually prefer the look of the European model. I think it’s less generic than the USA/Aus/Korea spec with the additional third window after the C pillar.

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I ordered 10th January and am still patiently waiting. I will be chasing up my dealer tomorrow for a progress report. Kia car status didn’t work for me either.

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@zubz311, when did you order your Sportage?

Makes you wonder, if you had not of chased it up, would they have bothered to tell you it’s ready for collection.

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Wow, you have been waiting a long time, I am not too sure I’d be able to cope waiting that long.

Good luck, and I hope you get your car soon. Keep us updated on your progress if you can. Thanks.

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@Greyhoundlady was it your dealer that said it should be going into build in April.

When did you order and what colour and model?

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That’s quite interesting. I had read that the Slovakia factory was prioritising white, but I didn’t understand why, though.

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@bigmac7288 may I ask what model and colour you ordered?

Your the first to report yours is in production.

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I’m in the same boat. I ordered Jan 19th and was due to change April 12th. So although it seems a long wait, I’m only just coming up to a month over due handover date.

My dealer told me it would be end of June when I ordered and from what I’ve read 5 months seems about the amount of time orders are taking at the moment so I’m happy to wait until then.

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I ordered a GT Line Mhev manual (this one has had a power increase to 157hp) in flame blue on 19th January. Dealer said expected delivery was end of June. I’ve had one update from him so far and he stuck to that date. So, hopefully, should start to hear things about production from mid-May as it’s a roughly 4 to 6 week turn around.

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Thanks for the information. I have an order form but the extra isn’t on it however the dealer assures me it shows on his system, so hopefully I’ll get the extra at the price it was when I  placed the order.

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I feel for disabled people who need to have autos, and maybe motability should do what they can to reduce the gap with charity financial aid. But as a disabled person who can’t drive at all for medical reasons (there’s a fair few of us as well) my named driver is happy with a manual, and I need to keep my own expanse down as much as I can.

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If there’s an option for a light interior I would always go for it even with three children and the extra maintenance. It just makes for a much brighter airier cabin.

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I got charged £20 on day of collection for fuel also, which I was not expecting. So it was lucky I had my wallet on me.

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Looks great @Glos Guy. I think personally its one of BMW best designs, very well proportioned.

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Just to add some old school ICE dinosaurs into the mix, I can recommend the VW Touran and Peugeot 5008. I have 3 boys and a guide dog. Find the three individual chairs and the flexibility of the extra two seats in the boot invaluable.

Friends have 19 plate 2 series grand tourer and its great, we looked at one ourselves but went fir the Touran. It is still available but will be getting replaced soon. But why it disappeared from motability is anyones guess.

Hoping for similar style ev’s to these current cars in 3 years time.

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I don’t think all cars would be wise just the effort, cost, that would go into negotiating pricing for a car that motability would potentially sell a handful of. I do feel the range of cars needs expanding a little though. A lot of us need large cars unfortunately because of equipment needed and families. There’s some nice large Korean, Japanese, cars missing like Kia Sorrento and Toyota Highlander who offer excellent warranty which would surely be of benefit to motabilities costs. Also there residuals are much better now as there not the cheap basic cars they once were.

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Another case of do as I say and I’ll do whatever I want because I’m in government.

Feel sorry for everyone who has had to miss out on important family issues like grieving for a loved one, simply because we chose to follow the rules imposed upon us.

If he had any ounce of decency he would resign.

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I have a 1.2 manual Allure Premium. I have three children between 6 and 12. I also have a 34kg guide dog. So I don’t do the driving but I pick the cars as the wife has no interest or knowledge of cars. We recently went away for half term, the car was reasonably loaded up and it was no issue at 70mph on the motorway.

We used to have a 1.4tsi Touran which had more power and torque but also weighed around 150kg more so when it comes to power to weight ratio they are near identical.

Fuel consumption can be high but depends on annual mileage. We do around 5k so wouldn’t consider a diesel.

Whatcar rates the 1.2 as there pick of the range. There are lots of good youtube reviews  to check out.

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