The Short Answer
The Motability price list is updated every three months, and the next one is released on 1 October 2026. What changes each quarter is the Advance Payment on each vehicle, not the weekly cost: the enhanced mobility rate is exchanged in full whichever car is chosen. An existing lease is unaffected by a new list.
What the Quarterly Cycle Changes
The table below sets out the position, with each figure taken from the source named beneath it.
| Item | Changes quarterly | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Advance Payment per vehicle | Yes | Bands from £0 to £6,049 on the current list |
| Vehicles on the list | Yes | Models are added and withdrawn |
| Weekly cost | No | The enhanced mobility rate in full, £80.00 a week |
| An existing lease | No | It runs on the terms agreed |
Last checked: 6 August 2026
Why Only the Advance Payment Moves
The weekly cost is the same for every vehicle on the Scheme. Motability exchanges the whole enhanced mobility component, which is £80.00 a week at 2026/27 rates, so the Advance Payment is the only financial difference between one car and another.
That makes a quarterly list a genuine event for anyone choosing a vehicle. A model at nil Advance Payment this quarter may carry one next quarter, and the reverse happens too.
What Does Not Change
Eligibility. The Scheme requires a qualifying mobility allowance with at least 12 months of the award left to run, and a valid UK driving licence for a car or wheelchair accessible vehicle.
The lease terms are also stable across lists. Motability states that the Scheme arranges insurance with up to 3 drivers, covers servicing and routine repairs, and provides breakdown cover. Fuel and charging are not included.
Last checked: 7 August 2026
Timing an Order
A quoted Advance Payment holds for the list it was quoted under. A price seen this quarter is not a price available after 1 October 2026.
Where an award is under review or challenge, the timing question is different: the Scheme needs 12 months of award remaining, so a decision due within a year is worth resolving before ordering. A drop from enhanced to standard mobility takes the weekly allowance from £80.00 to £30.30 and ends eligibility for the Scheme.
Last checked: 6 August 2026
Where This Sits
A quarterly price list is the one recurring PIP-adjacent change that is not annual. The uprating cycle runs once each April — it moved enhanced mobility from £77.05 to £80.00 in April 2026 — while this one runs four times a year. Both are tracked on PIP news.