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The contract with Motability, the Charity, to supply oease xars does cone up for renewal and I’m not on about Scottish motability.
Morability Operatiobs have won that contact each tine.
I have to say, I also don’t beluve that the majority of the car and ancillary is funded from the PIP grant, rather from buying and ultimate selling of the xars.
I would also say, having 200 people working for soneone on minimum wage vs those who had Engineers working for them, with excellent benefits, including company cars, healthcare, discounted services are two very different things.
I also disagree that the majority on PIP are just living on benefits, clearly not the case.
It’s a little strange, the 24my release us on Skida storyboard, but not yet released onSkoda media UK, which might be why the dealers are still in the dark
I wonder if they’ll get back to their retail customers to ask if they prefer to wait for the MY24 and then dump their orders on to Motability customers.
If you go onto the skida website, it tells you how many xars are available, unless they do add the 85 to the scheme, this might be all the cars available. Until the Sunday launch (or if someone gets it earlier) and either says 80, 85 etc, or only iv60s, we are in their hands, those of us ordering next month
You try and get a decent price for insurance for a 25 year old and a moderately powered xar.
Let’s make this clear. No one us forced to get a motability car, the person receiving the government subsidy can choose what they do with that money, but motability us under no obligation to provide every car model to keadors and every BHP.
If Motability gave 700,000 leasing xars, they don’t need to provide any more incentives over other lease companies.
I think the only thing that could effect the APs us the 24MY cars, these may have a different AP, or won’t be available on Motability, which might have only the old iv80 cars from stock available,
However, the addition on the schemes website of a xar that does
Nt exist, iv80 loft 4X4 night near the whole system is xxxxxxx
I think you might nit be able to recover the cost if fitting a charger by a local company, as Motability have not authorised it.
How many under 25s are on Motability? No different to non Motability drivers, insurance prices, engine sizes and car sizes are restricted for under 25s in the UK
The cars you mentioned, two are being facelifted, so stock would be short until the introduction if the new ones, the id5 is not sell8ng well, so that model has a temporary reduction in manufacture along with the Cupresa.
Have you looked at the Skoda Enyaq coupe, or the I.d.4?
There is also the kia ev6, hyundai ionic 5, the enyaq suv.
I think the choice is good tbh
If I understand correctly, the Ohme charger only works by connecting via an inbuilt similar card, nit by Bluetooth, WiFi etc, so if the mobile signal us poor, that system will have difficulties too
Interesting the start of enyaq changes on the Scheme website.
Standard lift spec seems to have been removed and a enyaq loft 4×4 added, but that spec nit currently on the skoda website.
Perhaps today will be 24my release?
Yes. Get the Tesla app and cluck on “charge your non tesla”
That will show you all of the few available.
Closest to ne us Banbury
I dontcagree Elliot. Adding the pack only brings it up to the same AP if other xars. Personally would rather pay more for a Skoda than a BMW……
If it wasn’t for ease of access I would go for the i4 over any Skoda. By adding a pack, it looks like the Enyaq could be over £6k in this next quarter. I don’t call that good value at all.
At £6k is still cheaper than the EV6, IonIc 5 and others.
We will have to disagree about the awful i3, a car that can’t meet Euro NCAP 5 stars, you can’t get into the back and a relatively small boot, with truly awful city riding feel. But as I said, in my opinion, which might not be others feel
I dontcagree Elliot.
Adding the pack only brings it up to the same AP if other xars.
Personally would rather pay more for a Skoda than a BMW……
Easee are in serious financial trouble according to this article
https://www.electrive.com/2023/08/15/easee-is-in-economic-trouble/
@Southamman Please will you stop hijacking this thread with your rather childish anti-BMW claptrap. Interesting that you have a BMW pension yet hate them. Reading between the lines I wonder if you perhaps worked for them at some stage and left under a cloud and have harboured a grudge ever since? It’s rather coming across that you have an irrational obsession with trashing them, so it makes me wonder ?. We all base our choices on our personal experiences and none of my experiences match with what you keep banging on about, so give it a break. I certainly won’t be basing my vehicle choice on anything you say and I don’t expect you to base your choices on anything I say.
you continue living in your deluded world Glos Guy, yiu obviously are such a BMW disciple yiu ignore the truth.
yes I have a BMW pension, the pension pit was not theirs to start with, but alongside four wheel drive technology, Front wheel drive technology, the Mini, and RDX60 (now 1 series) they were all asset stripped from The Rover Group so had no choice who owns my pension.
They are without doubt, the worst manufacturer I have ever had anything to do with, but yiu carry on using taxpayers money to prop them up. That says so much about you, so will not have any more interactions with you
The BMW hate is laughable. I currently drive a 3 series and will be gutted when it has to go back. It’s comfortable, quiet, handles like it’s on rails and quite nippy too. It’s never gone wrong either. I think it’s my 12th or 13th BMW and I’ve never had a problem with any of them.
It is indeed laughable Elliot. I’ve had a similar number to you (3, 5, 7 Series and X1) and have driven probably driven well over 50 other BMWs through test drives, courtesy cars, BMW events etc. Only ever had a problem with one (a 3.0 petrol 5 series with engine management problems). For what I want from a car they tick all my boxes in a way that nothing else I have driven has (and I’ve driven most marques), but I fully accept that they aren’t for everyone and that’s absolutely fine. I’m a great believer in freedom of choice.
lol, so funny BMW Badge Bunnues, no different to Apple fan Bois, yet the truth really hurts them.
Just one of many surveys that show their true position in quality stakes, no better than Alfa and Audi and worse than Mercedes, but as you say, you believe in choice, yet wear rose tinted BMW supplied glasses.
But that’s ok, you can live with your Prius Nikisel cylinder coatings, your rubber suspension failings and your engine timing change failures, happy in the knowledge you made a good choice of badge to sit outside your house, just don’t expect the rest of us with real knowledge to bow to your myopic view
Glis Guy, it is a mindset that needs to be looked at, you are putting convenience ahead of the environment, dragging 60 ltrs of non renewable fuel around, then filling up in 5 mins when topping your battery up at home during your sleeping hours is more efficient than filling up five mins, that’s a lot of pence per litre, £1.299 here.
I have driven, working in the automotive manufacturing industry for mAny years, every type of car, including having a licence for high speed track testing, off road hard courses, and many, many different models, including mist BMWs, working in Financial Warranty Recovery, I can say with absolute knowledge BMWs are no better nor worse than many other car manufacturers, they have the same warranty issues as any other manufacturer, but do skimp on certain items and I find them a poor car for the money. (My pension is with them and I get discount on their cars, but never ever choose to have one with my own money)
As for second hand, they have an awful reputation in the trade but yes, badge bunnies do buy them as they think it makes them look special.
Europe is heading for a massive fall when the Chinese swamp the market, the Chinese government is assisting companies like BYD, MG to sell cars in Europe at a loss to effect the manufacturing base for cars.
Those that choose to hold onto ICE cars are in for a shock, not just even more UKEZ zones, but increases in fuel duty and other costs Europe will out on to persuade dinosaurs from their fossil fuel cars im afraid.
The big question is will we see the replacement any time soon? The kodiaq has been very popular on the scheme and, presumably, through all other channels as well, it’s a brave step to pull that while it’s doing so well and we can only assume the next iteration will be even better.
Personally, I think it will follow other new models, appear on the scheme for one quarter,mtonget sales, then, as sales orders pick up it will go until sales drop off. Coming out at the same time as the facelifted Superb.
