The EV fact thread

[ChipChop]

Why did Nissan set up shop there?

Market demand and govt incentives.

 

[poormansporsche]

In response to falling demand i would imagine. See Tesla's repeated price cuts over the last 2 years.

Tesla were actually up front about it. Nissan were sneaky buggers, they never actually reduced the price to the retail customer. When I went to the Nissan Dealer they had 3 Leafs in the swanky showroom at the full retail price of 32k with the printouts showing the PCP rates and laughable balloon payment. I had to ask about the supposedly "Ex Demo" cars with zero miles for 16.5k. They were hidden round the back with no prices on.

So I know Nissan are a business but what they did just smacks of bad form to me.

 

[ChipChop]

Tesla were actually up front about it. Nissan were sneaky buggers, they never actually reduced the price to the retail customer. When I went to the Nissan Dealer they had 3 Leafs in the swanky showroom at the full retail price of 32k with the printouts showing the PCP rates and laughable balloon payment. I had to ask about the supposedly "Ex Demo" cars with zero miles for 16.5k. They were hidden round the back with no prices on.

So I know Nissan are a business but what they did just smacks of bad form to me.

Savvy buyers like yourself get the good deal. Always been the way with car dealers no?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Market demand and govt incentives.

Government incentives were certainly a factor in why Sunderland and why the UK. Wasn’t the primary driver to build factories in Europe to mitigate the impact of import tariffs on cars manufactured in Japan, to protect the European car manufacturing industry?

 

[poormansporsche]

@ChipChop


Aye,

30 seconds on Autotrader....... Not a lot of sympathy for people who can't do research.

I just think if Nissan are going to pi££ over their existing customers they should have just dropped the RRP, blamed it on being an "outgoing model" and not slipped it in through the back door.