Ex Motability cars

Car_54

AdrianC wrote: »

By your logic, a foreign manufacturer would be breaking the law by only selling to a sole concessionaire/importer, who would be breaking the law by only selling to authorised dealers.

That takes us into the minefield of block exemptions, which I don't pretend to understand fully;).

AdrianC

Car_54 wrote: »

That takes us into the minefield of block exemptions, which I don't pretend to understand fully;).

No, not really.

"Block exemption" (in this context) is around warranties not being able to insist on servicing from the dealer chain, just to the same standard.

Simply having exclusive sales channels - not even that, in the context of this discussion - is totally different.

Car_54

AdrianC wrote: »

No, not really.

"Block exemption" (in this context) is around warranties not being able to insist on servicing from the dealer chain, just to the same standard.

The exemption is much wider than that. See https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284430/oft419.pdf, particularly para 3.1.
But IANAL.

ess0two

zaksmum wrote: »

But Motability is not a business, it's a charity, and as such should attempt to obtain the highest price for it's ex Motability cars? And a private buyer is likely to pay more than a dealer as he won't have to factor in a potential profit.

Charity? funded through benefits isn't it?

AdrianC

ess0two wrote: »

Charity? funded through benefits isn't it?

The main trading entity is not a charity. There is a charity behind that.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-commission-statement-on-motability

There's nothing to stop a charity being funded by people exchanging their benefits payments or entitlements for whatever goods/services they provide.

In the UK, charitable status just allows a business to access a series of tax breaks in return for considerably heavier reporting.