Motobility Car recommendation

[cramman]

My mam is ready for her new motobility car and I was wondering what the thoughts were on here. I’m not really very knowledgeable in the ways of largish normal cars.

Basically, she currently has a ford C-Max, and hates it. To be fair, it’s pretty st when it comes to parking and the likes. Ideally she’d love a coupe or similar, but, it has to fir a wheel chair in the back, and really should have back doors to transport her dad around etc.

I’ve suggested she goes for a normal car, ie, Mondeo, Focus etc and not a mini, long dashboard, no bonnet, people carrier type jobbies which she can’t park.
She is swaying towards the Insignia, any thoughts? I have suggested the Mazda 6 although I do like the look of the new Insignia’s myself.

[cramman]

Anuone?

[iggletiggle]

Hyundai i30 hatch/estate / ix35 ?

both good cars although not sure if they would really suit..

[briSk]

i honestly can;t see how a normal mid/large sized saloon seems like a good idea if she has trouble parking a cmax. the alternative has to be something like a cmax but a different model. so an altea or a touran (maybe) or a zafira.

or and there a lot of these on motability i think a honda cr-v. something like that.

[HellDiver]

If she can't park a C-Max, then she has no business in an Insignia. Have you seen the portholes they call windows on those things?

[rfn]

You can get the following cars on Nil downpayment and all seem to be under the £49.85 of higher rate of disability allowance.

- Renault Megane 1.5dCi Dynamique TomTom 5dr
- Hyundai i30 1.6CRDi Comfort 5dr
- Vauxhall New Astra 1.7 CDTi Exclusiv 5dr

[cramman]

Thanks for the updates.

I undertand what your saying about the Cmax. The problem with it is, she can't see the end of the bonnet due to the dash being so wide.

I will mention this to her tho, about the Insignia. She really has to test drive them, but, she won't. I can go along and test them for her but I guess what's the point in that.

I think a normal focus/astra would fit the bill, I think she thinks these will be small tho.

[straightsix]

I have a car on the scheme and here are a few things that I would recommend:


- Consider an estate/smaller mpv if wheelchair storage is needed.
- Consider how easy/hard it will be for anyone regularly travelling to get in/out of the car.
- Check the searchable price guide on the website, as the prices can fluctuate a lot from quarter to quarter.


I have just taken delivery of a Citroen Picasso 2.0 hdi and whilst hardly being the sort of thing to be discussed on PH, it makes an ideal vehicle for anyone with mobility problems. Previous car was an Astra estate, which again had plenty of room for wheelchair etc.

There are normally one or two cars that each manufacturer will subsidise more, making them a more affordable proposition, if budget is a consideration. Also currently all Fords and Vauxhalls come with free parking sensors, which may help.


Ed