Nissan Leafs....amazing deals to be had (1000 miles UPDATE)

gzoom

*1000 mile update CLICK HERE*

I thought I make people aware Nissan are doing MASSIVE discounts on the Leaf (All electric car) till end of March (10 days to go).

Essentially £10k off list price (£26k list), and interest free PCP.

I'm just about to order ours today, £160/month for 24months, 6k per year, NO DEPOSIT. When you consider £0 road tax, £2-3 for electricty every 100 miles, £0 London congestion charge, free home charger, loan car for 14 days a year for longer trips if needed, cheap insurancd, it really is almost free motoring but in a brand new car. Total amount paid in 2 years is under £4k....Selling our current second car will release £15k of equity, which we'll put in the mortgage, monthly mortgage repayments will by £110/month, so net effect is the Leaf will be costing us £50/month to get from A to B. Our Sky/Internet package is about the same price per month!!

Clearly you have to be able to live with the limitations of one, 80 mile real life range, so like your iPhone needs plug in every night, so you need a drive way. But as a second car it's amazing value!!

robotrobo

gzoom wrote: »

I thought I make people aware Nissan are doing MASSIVE discounts on the Leaf (All electric car) till end of March (10 days to go).

Essentially £10k off list price (£26k list), and interest free PCP.

I'm just about to order ours today, £160/month for 24months, 6k per year, NO DEPOSIT. When you consider £0 road tax, £2-3 for electricty every 100 miles, £0 London congestion charge, free home charger, loan car for 14 days a year for longer trips if needed, cheap insurancd, it really is almost free motoring but in a brand new car. Total amount paid in 2 years is under £4k....Selling our current second car will release £15k of equity, which we'll put in the mortgage, monthly mortgage repayments will by £110/month, so net effect is the Leaf will be costing us £50/month to get from A to B. Our Sky/Internet package is about the same price per month!!

Clearly you have to be able to live with the limitations of one, 80 mile real life range, so like your iPhone needs plug in every night, so you need a drive way. But as a second car it's amazing value!!

Hi.
£160x2=£1320x2years=£1640 I don't understand the 6k per year,
Also is the car yours or lease. Will you explain a bit more for me please.
Kind regards

verityboo

PCP is based on maximum 6k annual mileage?

enfield_freddy

yup , they could probably lower the mileage to 1k , coz you will spend all your time charging it up

Norman_Castle

When you consider £0 road tax

All vehicles are £0 road tax.

enfield_freddy

and only a few have a 100 mile extension lead

worried_jim

Two pints please milkman!

stator

If your already interested in this type of car I suppose it's a good deal

I don't think it will tempt the rest of us though

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

I'm still trying to work out how £6k a year + running costs is free motoring.

AdrianC

gzoom wrote: »

I'm just about to order ours today, £160/month for 24months, 6k per year

36p/mile (32p lease cost plus 4p electricity) is not what I call "almost free". Plus the insurance you conveniently omitted. <plays with meerkat> Call that another 3p/mile (£175/yr) for a very low-risk driver in a very low-risk area.

So near-as-dammit 40p/mile, all in.

£2-3 for electricty every 100 miles

Working on 15p/kwh, that's £3.60 (24kwh battery) every 84 mile (nominal range). So just over 4p/mile. Nearly twice your guesstimate.

Foxy-Stoat_3

IanMSpencer wrote: »

I'm still trying to work out how £6k a year + running costs is free motoring.

Not £6K, 6,000 miles a year.

I am almost on free motoring basing on the OP's limited mileage:

54 reg Vectra 1.8 = £1,500 purchase price.
£0.16 per mile for fuel * 12,000 miles = £1,920
2 * £40 for mot's =£80
Say £250 a year for servicing and maintenance = £500
Tax 2 * £200 = £400

Totals £4,400 for the first 2 years. = 36p per mile.

Assuming it lasts for another 2 years after that,

£2,900 for 3rd and 4th years and so on. = 24p per mile.

Insurance is around £250 a year, so probably be the same to insure this £1500 POS than a £26,000 electric car.