BYD cars

ididgetwhereiamtoday

MouldyOldDough said:

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MouldyOldDough said:

Ectophile said:

boxosox said:

I could never buy a car called "Build Your Dreams".

Plus, I think everyone should think hard before buying Chinese goods.  I've been doing so for the last 4-5 years.  It's hard (so much is manufacturered there) but I personally would never buy a product made in China by a Chinese company.

The problem is that the European manufacturers are charging stupidly high prices for their electric cars (£40000 for a Vauxhall Astra, anybody?).  And Teslas are still out of most people's price range too.

SAIC have realised this and are selling MGs at a substantial discount compared with the European equivalents.

For some reason, the other Chinese manufacturers haven't caught on to this yet, and are still price matching the European equivalents.  Then they wonder why nobody buys Chinese cars from companies they have never heard of.

I agree about prices of what was / is a basic car - I had a Astra in the mid 90's and it was not up to much, I vowed never to buy another Astra - I am still waiting for a basic / no frills / well-under £20k EV to be available!!

And I don't mean the Citroen Ami.....

Nissan Leaf fits the bill. MG ZSEV. There are plenty on offer.

New cars? 

As you well know, not new in the literal sense as has been said you can’t get a shopping cart for that. However, there are many less than 1 year old cars with very little mileage available for well under 20k. 

How about a 2022 Nissan leaf with 6k miles for £15,199? And don’t be taken in by the negative publicity, they are very good cars. 

Grumpy_chap

ididgetwhereiamtoday said:

How about a 2022 Nissan leaf with 6k miles for £15,199?

That sounds pretty amazing!

ididgetwhereiamtoday

Grumpy_chap said:

ididgetwhereiamtoday said:

How about a 2022 Nissan leaf with 6k miles for £15,199?

That sounds pretty amazing!

Yep, there are some genuine bargains for used EVs now. 
Some decent PCPs on new as well.

Alizantil

I fancied a BYD few years ago when I heard about them , Not any more & anyone thinking of one should watch this video from person based in China ..

https://youtu.be/qKa8mVOe5so