AlliedGo™ Wheelchair Driving Range

Internal Transfer, Drive From and Upfront Passenger wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) can make a huge difference to your driving choice or passenger position. Having a vehicle that you can drive from in your wheelchair or transfer from your wheelchair into a specalised six-way seat is the ideal solution for independent drivers.

What is an Internal Transfer Vehicle?

An Internal Transfer Vehicle has a one-touch automatic tailgate release and wheelchair ramp unfold at the rear of the vehicle. Once you’ve entered the vehicle in your wheelchair, powerchair or mobility scooter, there’s ample space inside to transfer to the specialised six-way driver or front passenger seat and manoeuvre it into a comfortable position. If you plan on driving the Internal Transfer Vehicle, it’ll be fitted with personalised driving adaptations.

What is a Drive From Wheelchair WAV?

Similarly to the internal transfer, a Drive From wheelchair vehicle has a one-touch automatic tailgate and wheelchair ramp unfold at the rear of the vehicle. The standard driver seat has been removed so you can drive the vehicle directly from your wheelchair or powerchair, using personalised driving adaptations.

What is an Upfront Passenger Wheelchair WAV?

As above with the Drive From WAV but you would position yourself in the passenger space next to the driver.

Drive From Wheelchair – Inspire™ or Vision™?

Based on the automatic version of the Peugeot Rifter, Inspire™ is pleasant and easy to drive. The size of a normal family car, our low-floor conversion means that it nevertheless provides enough room to manoeuvre a wheelchair inside the car, whether for wheelchair driving or as a wheelchair passenger.

To give you choice, Vision™ is a larger vehicle, yet still remarkably easy to manoeuvre, whether you’re driving in town or in the country. Here, the base vehicle is the Ford Tourneo Custom, a highly popular, mid-size people carrier.

Both Inspire™ and Vision™ are designed to offer excellent, all-round visibility and come with colour reversing cameras, to make things that much easier.

Internal Transfer from Your Wheelchair – Ford Dream™

Another option, for wheelchair users who are able to do so, is to transfer from your wheelchair to a special car seat. With Ford Dream™, you can do this in comfort and safety from inside your vehicle, thanks to the clever, six-way seat. Electrically powered, this can be manoeuvred up and down, backwards and forwards and left to right. This enables you to position the seat alongside your powerchair, so you can pull yourself across into the six-way seat, then manoeuvre yourself into position for travelling.

As with Inspire™ and Vision™, the tailgate and ramp are automatically operated from your key fob, making Dream™ another great option for wheelchair drivers. Alternatively, the six-way seat can be fitted in the front passenger position, so as a wheelchair user can travel alongside an able-bodied driver.

Expert Advice

Investing in buying such a highly specialised wheelchair driving car is an important decision, for you and your family. Enquire today and one of our dedicated drive from wheelchair advisors can start to help you decide which model is right for you, based on factors such as the size of your family, the size of your wheelchair and how much room you want inside your accessible car. They can also compare costs and discuss possible financial support which may be available to you.

If a drive-from-wheelchair car or up-front passenger WAV is something you’re seriously considering, expect to talk about any driving aids required to help you. To find out more please get in touch by filling out an online enquiry form