Motability drops luxury cars

This depends on what their definition of LUXURY car means ?

If it means "the automatic version" - which tends to mean the higher spec version of a car - then NO.

Because many disabled drivers (myself included) have switched to automatics from manuals from necessity - and this will cut down our choice of cars dramatically.

OK Lexus, Merc, Audi, BMW and AlfaRomeo have been removed - but Volvo is still available !!

I found this from motility. Sone of it seems fair enough. They’ve cut convertibles which is reasonable.
But they want people to use British cars which is a nice idea but when you’re looking for a car as a disabled driver, the nationality of a car is the last of your priorities!! seems like they’re using disabled drivers to boost their economic rhetoric which is pretty shameful!
https://news.motability.co.uk/scheme-news/updates-to-the-cars-available-on-the-motability-scheme/

it says- You may have seen we announced yesterday an ambitious new commitment: from 2035, half of all vehicles leased through the Scheme will be British built.

You may have noticed that we’ve taken cars from brands such as Alfa Romeo, Audi, There’s still plenty of choice 

You’ll still find a wide range of cars to suit different needs and budgets: 

• More than 840 vehicles from around 30 different manufacturers 
• Around 40 vehicles with no Advance Payment and almost 100 with an Advance Payment under £500 
• The same choice of larger 7 seater cars, available from 10 different manufacturers   

We’ll keep reviewing the range to make sure it continues to meet our disabled customers’ needs and represents the best value we can offer. 

….There does seem to be a decent amount of choices there still I think.

Motability is obviously changing this policy purely because of the ableist moral panic neoliberal politicians and media rags have perpetrated towards them for months. Anyone who believes otherwise is clearly not paying attention.

The fact of the matter is the design of some of the "luxury" cars have vital accessibility needs that are almost impossible to find on other vehicles, most notably their height. Because many disabled people cannot get in and out of low level cars independently.

There won't be any exemptions, and if there are, they'll be so full of holes, they'll be almost impossible to utilise. Neoliberal slaves to capital (like Rachel Reeves) and related eugenicists alike won't permit it. They would rather disabled people not exist.

Also the 2nd paragraph is a classic example of the mental gymnastics government ministers and the ableist public alike use to justify cuts to disability benefits.

I don't even drive, But absolutely sick of healthy people spreading their hateful dross I popped on to two social media sites to edit and make some posts for my radio station (don't have personal social media atm) and on both the first thing that popped up was some vile rodent banging on about the disabled and motability.

The first "delight" suggested all those with a motorbility car should have scrounger painted on it, in which recovery in the bin replied with a word I'm not fond of but fits them well (although I think answering them is unwise)

on the other some other delight suggested blowing the cars up.

I am now going to send an email to the big players in government, making it clear they are to blame for this along with their msm friends

convincing clowns into blaming our community for their own problems, it's got to stop.

An automatic transmission is not a definition of a luxury car, don't worry.

Where does the discredited practice of eugenics come into a discussion about Motability vehicles?

A neighbour of mine gets out his Motability car like greased lightning. It shouldn't irk me but it does.