Dacia automatics, on Motability.

[cjs racing.]

Just starting to look at a new car on the Motability scheme, for my wife, and she wanted a look at Dacias.

We selected Dacia on the Motability webpage, and found it will only offer us manual options, no autos.

Now due to her disabilities she can only drive auto, I can see Dacia make autos, yet no option to order a disability friendly auto, through a disabled scheme, very strange.

Anyone have any ideas?

And please don't start the usual free car nonsense.

[mizx]

It could be because they don't have any negotiated deals that work out at less than £3k. Might be worth having a chat with the Motability person at the Dacia dealer or giving Motability a call, autos may well be available somehow.

I'm not really sure how things work at the moment, though the £3k limit has been in place for a while - I'm pretty sure the V60 I had a few years ago was slightly over, it was right when the change happened and it was still on the previous quarter price list. That was my last Motability car incidentally, it works out financially far better for me using my PIP towards finance/loan (accounting for depreciation, running costs, everything; I effectively 'lose' £000s less over the 3 years), massively more so once it comes to PXing the car I currently have.

edit: post below, that explains that then

Edited by mizx on Monday 11th February 20:55

[WAVman]

There in no Auto option on any Dacia in the UK.

[cjs racing.]

WAVman said:

There in no Auto option on any Dacia in the UK.

They used to sell autos, have they stopped?

[WAVman]

I was trying to be helpful so I looked at every model on the Dacia configurator, no auto options.

[cjs racing.]

WAVman said:

I was trying to be helpful so I looked at every model on the Dacia configurator, no auto options.

You're right, loads of used autos on Autotrader, but no new option, very strange, I never thought for 1 minute that they wouldn't offer 1.

[Butter Face]

There was an auto Duster for a short while (12-18m IIRC) but not a big seller.

Dacia is about keeping prices reasonable and the auto just costs more and isn’t worthwhile for the small number actually sold.

Look at the Renaukt Kadjar instead, quite reasonable advances on autos.