Nissan Leaf Review

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 06 Mar 2011, 07:30

The Independent - 05/03/11

If I had to choose one word to capture the essence of the new battery-powered Nissan Leaf, it would have to be "brilliant". If there is a single word of qualification that describes its most important limitation, it is "range".

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Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 06 Mar 2011, 08:03

..........Research shows that most motorists' daily mileage can be accommodated by the Leaf anyway.

Nevertheless, its limited range means that it is hard to recommend the Leaf as a first or only car for buyers who don't live in urban areas – for now. But for shorter journeys, for those who can afford it, Nissan has probably come up with just about the best second car in the world.

Why buy it as a second car if you're only doing limited mileage every day? It could be your first or only car. If you need to do the occasional long journey why not hire a car for that when you need it?

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 06 Mar 2011, 10:25

I only did one trip last year that would have been a problem with that range. Kenneals generator would have been needed at one stage of it!

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 11 Mar 2011, 06:56

The Green Car Website - 10/03/11

A new electric Leaf will now set you back £25,990 after Nissan raised the price by £2,000.

Originally priced at £23,990 with a government grant of £5,000, the’ world’s first affordable mass-produced electric car’ raised its price at the start of March just as the car is set for its first deliveries to UK customers.

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Just shy of £26K? We won't be seeing many of these on UK roads.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 25 Mar 2011, 06:39

The Green Car Website - 24/03/11

Nissan has delivered fourteen new electric Leaf cars to the Switch EV trial taking place in the North East of England.

The trial which began in September last year, involves several well-known EV car makers and is one of eight UK projects supported by the Technology Strategy Board’s £25m Ultra Low Carbon Vehicles Demonstrator Programme, designed to accelerate the widespread adoption of electric vehicles in the UK.

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DominicJ · Post by **DominicJ** » 25 Mar 2011, 09:11

Why buy it as a second car if you're only doing limited mileage every day? It could be your first or only car. If you need to do the occasional long journey why not hire a car for that when you need it?

Most families that could afford a leaf will be two (or more) car families anyway.
Few will be able to justify 4 leafs, but some might be able to justify a people carrier, a coupe, a hatchback and a leaf.

Ludwig · Post by **Ludwig** » 25 Mar 2011, 09:37

DominicJ wrote:
Why buy it as a second car if you're only doing limited mileage every day? It could be your first or only car. If you need to do the occasional long journey why not hire a car for that when you need it?
Most families that could afford a leaf will be two (or more) car families anyway.
Few will be able to justify 4 leafs, but some might be able to justify a people carrier, a coupe, a hatchback and a leaf.

It's all just greenwash bollox anyway isn't it. Fig Leaf more like.

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 25 Mar 2011, 14:27

Ludwig wrote:
DominicJ wrote:Fig Leaf more like.
Like it!

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 31 Mar 2011, 06:14

AutoBlog - 31/03/11

First UK drive: Nissan Leaf

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