What is the Motability Scheme?
The Motability Scheme is the UK's leading car Scheme for people with disabilities. Operated by the Motability Scheme charity, the Scheme enables people with disabilities to exchange their mobility allowance to lease a new car. It is an affordably convenient way for you to live a more mobile and independent life.
Your car can also be fitted with adaptations, according to your tailored requirements, to aid you when it comes to accessing, driving or storing mobility aids in your car. Plus, you may also nominate up to two named drivers for your vehicle.
Insurance, servicing and maintenance are pre-arranged and included in the price you pay. Cars in the Motability Scheme are covered by RSA insurance, RAC breakdown assistance, Kwik Fit tyres, and Motability Scheme's award-winning UK-based customer services team; providing you with complete peace of mind and a stress-free leasing experience.
If you’re an existing Motability Scheme customer who has not yet received the £750 New Vehicle Payment (NVP), you remain eligible to receive it when you next renew. However, please note that this benefit is no longer available to ‘new-to-scheme’ customers for orders placed after 3rd January 2025. To find out more about this payment and learn more about the Motability Scheme, read our frequently asked questions.
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You can also order a Motability Scheme car through our associate company, Evans Halshaw.
How does the Motability Scheme work?
Getting a brand-new vehicle through the Motability Scheme is simple and straightforward. There are three simple steps to getting on the road with the Scheme:
- Find the right car for you by browsing our latest Motability Scheme offers.
- Find your local Stratstone retailer. All our dealers are Motability Scheme accredited and have trained Motability Scheme Specialists on hand to assist with a test drive.
- Place your order. Our Associates will take care of everything for you, helping you with the paperwork and making sure you get the right car for you. An application has to be placed with the Scheme, and when it is approved, we can order your new car.
A Motability Scheme lease is for a three year duration. At the end of the term, simply drop your car off at the retailer and order a new one through the Motability Scheme.
Are you eligible for the Motability Scheme?
Checking your eligibility for a Motability Scheme vehicle is simple and easy.
As long as you currently receive one of the below mobility allowances and have at least 12 months award length remaining, you can join the Motability Scheme:
- Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance (HRMC DLA)
- Enhanced Rate Mobility Component of Personal Independence Payment (ERMC PIP)
- War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement (WPMS)
- Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP)
What is included in the Motability Scheme?
The Motability Scheme offers worry-free motoring via an all-inclusive package.
The following benefits are included with a Motability Scheme lease:
- Tyres
- Servicing
- Maintenance and repairs
- Road tax
- Breakdown cover
- Insurance
- Windscreen cover
- Adaptations
- BP Chargemaster Wallbox (with full electric vehicles)
With all of this included, you can enjoy a brand-new car every three years with a substantial mileage allowance of up to 60,000 miles over the term of your lease.
Frequently Asked Questions
The disabled customer does not need to be present in their car at all times and the vehicle can be driven by the additional drivers who have been stipulated in the agreement. However, the car must only be used for the benefit of the disabled customer.
For more information on the Motability Scheme vehicles, offers available and the terms and conditions of the Scheme, please contact us.
Anyone who orders their first car or Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) by 3 January 2025 will qualify for the £750 New Vehicle Payment. If you order your first vehicle from 4 January 2025, you will not be eligible for this payment.
You do not have to collect your vehicle by 3 January 2025, but you must have completed your order with your dealer by this date.
You’ll only get this payment once, not every time you get a new vehicle.
If you are eligible, you can choose to use your NVP to offset the AP (Advance Payment) or pay the full AP as normal and receive the NVP via your preferred payment method at handover.
Order your Motability Scheme car through Stratstone
At Stratstone, we strive to make all of our retailers disability-friendly, with wheelchair access to all our retailers and disabled parking spaces available.
Once you are at your chosen retailer, our trained Motability Scheme Specialists will talk you through all of your options and guide you through the necessary application paperwork before assisting you in ordering your new Motability Scheme car.
Our Motability Scheme offers are the most competitive on the market. To book an appointment, please contact your preferred Stratstone retailer.
