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Motability cars - should they be UK made?

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Pandersmum · 18/10/2025 09:49

Motability cars are currently in the news with suggestions VAT will be added. I realise they are a lifetime to some and a perk to others. They are a huge annual cost to the tax payer.

AIBU to think that all motability car choice should be limited to those manufactured in the UK? This would support British manufacturing worker jobs and increase UK business tax revenue whilst still providing cars for those who need them?

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FallingIntoAutumn · 18/10/2025 10:00

NellieJean · 18/10/2025 09:53

Absolutely and from a limited range sufficient to accommodate different disabilities, bought in bulk from a competitive tender.

It already happens.

Motability already have deals with each manufacturer. The dealerships receive a small handling fee for processing g and supplying the car. The discounts they get are massive due to the number they buy.
Motability are essentially just another fleet provider, that’s all.

Rogerthat14 · 18/10/2025 10:00

What are uk made cars?

ShrimpyMcNeat · 18/10/2025 10:00

Parker231 · 18/10/2025 09:55

No - the disabled driver should be able to choose a car from any country - why should they be limited in choice. Able bodied drivers aren’t restricted in their choice

They are if they can't afford them. The idea that everyone non-disabled has free choice is ludicrous.

No one forces anyone to have a motability car. If a limited, functional range isn't to the users liking they're perfectly free to decline the option and source their ideal car from elsewhere.

Rogerthat14 · 18/10/2025 10:00

So jaguar? What else?

LadyKenya · 18/10/2025 09:59

Also, I think that the choice of cars should not be limited, for disabled drivers.

GoldMerchant · 18/10/2025 09:58

Why not go the whole hog? Create a nationalized car manufacturer to make them? Put "Great British Cars" on the side with a massive flag?

Honestly, I can't get worked up about the Motability scheme. People get this award when they are severely disabled. It will be keeping people in work and spending money in their communities. The car might be made abroad but presumably there are UK jobs selling them.

MsPavlichenko · 18/10/2025 09:56

Why should disabled people, who already face limited choice and opportunities have fewer options than non disabled people when choosing a car to lease? The level of PIP fraud is almost zero, and you need a higher level award to use the Motability scheme.

LadyKenya · 18/10/2025 09:56

Perk? That is a strange way to describe them. I would agree that they are a lifeline, yes.

Parker231 · 18/10/2025 09:55

No - the disabled driver should be able to choose a car from any country - why should they be limited in choice. Able bodied drivers aren’t restricted in their choice

NellieJean · 18/10/2025 09:53

Absolutely and from a limited range sufficient to accommodate different disabilities, bought in bulk from a competitive tender.