Ford for Freedom

The Ford Company in nineteen seventy seven created a new department within its company plan that was a worth while cause. Ford recognized that many of people all over the world were now receiving new benefits called mobility and that they were desperate for cars that they could drive and afford within their mobility movements. They realized that people with disabilities still needed the freedom and independence of driving a car to enable them to continue with a sense of a normal life. Ford took this niche in the market and ran with it creating the Ford Mobility Specialist department.  Currently the Ford Mobility Scheme has supplied over six hundred thousand mobility cars to the public who get this disability benefit.

The scheme works by allowing you to choose either a contract hire car or a hire purchase car. It is best to see an advisor to help you when you choose your car. The Ford dealer can help you go through all of the models available on the scheme and even arrange for a test drive for you. They will ask you some very standard questions that will help you pick the right car for you. The space that the car has inside it will always be a factor especially if you are a wheel chair user. The room in the boot is also something that you need to consider if you need to store a wheel chair or any other aids you may need to support you in your every day life. They will also discuss with you if the controls of the vehicle need to be adapted, weather a manual gear box is best or an automatic. Once you are happy with your selection then you will be able to order your car. The dealer will have to enter certain details onto a computer with mobility on line and the price fixed. Any changes to the car so that it can be adapted for you personally will also be ordered at this point so that when you collect your car it will be perfect just for you. A mobility check will then be performed to confirm that you are in receipt of mobility benefit. The check will only take forty eight hours and when the check comes through to confirm your entitlement the car will be fully ordered with Ford. You will be told when your car will be ready for collection and then the dealer will close this visit with an arrangement of the insurance and damage cover. Your car could be ready for collection in as little as a month, if not less.

When you go to collect the car after or on the confirmed date you will have to go through a few hand over procedures. You will need to sign the hire agreement that finances your car through yourself and the mobility department.  Also any deposits need to be paid before you are handed the keys to your new car.