Did you get a price on the Mach E ?
OK. So a fairly comprehensive list - these are all 36 month leases, with 10,000 miles per annum (I reckon it's not every year we'd get up to 12,500, so 10,000 seems a good compromise).
Manufacturer | Model | Spec | Cost |
Audi | etron | Technik | £448 |
| | S-Line | £527 |
BMW | ix3 | | £426 |
Honda | e | Base | £308 |
| | Top | £338 |
Hyundai | Kona | Base | £257 |
| | Ultimate | £383 |
Jaguar | iPace | S | £567 |
| | HSE | £615 |
Kia | Niro | Base | £269 |
| | Top | £394 |
Mercedes | EQC | Sport Auto | £474 |
| | AMG Premium | £541 |
Mini | | Base | £262 |
| | Top | £328 |
Nissan | Leaf | Tekna | £237 |
| | Tekna+ | £362 |
Peugeot | 2008 | Active Premium | £264 |
| | GT Premium | £328 |
Polestar | 2 | | £425 |
Porsche | Taycan | (Base no options) | £761 |
Tesla | M3 | SR+ | £436 |
| | LR | £515 |
Vauxhall | Mokka | Launch Edition | £273 |
Volkswagen | ID4 | Launch Edition | £403 |
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These prices are Net, so after a 40% tax saving - the prices do change day on day, so difficult to make absolute comparisons until you're literally ready to pull the trigger - but it's enough to give a general idea. The Honda is more expensive than I remembered the other day, I was sure it was less than £300pm.
As far as lower model cars go, the Leaf clearly wins from a cost point of view - we did test drive one a couple of years ago, but it was a bit 'meh', and definitely a step down from the Volvo's interior. But never say never, this is primarily an exercise in zero, or little, cost motoring - and it's a workhorse, not a luxury item for us.
Which rules out cars at the other end of the cost spectrum, such as the Taycan obviously, and the iPace (which is seriously overpriced for what it is) - we looked at this a couple of years ago too, and the interior was on about a par with my wife's Volvo, about the same size - and they want 'how much?' - just because it's electric! We were quite disappointed after the plaudits it had won from the motoring press - but at that time the only competition was the Model X, I'm not sure it'd do quite so well against the newer competition - I digress.
We have a Tesla test-drive booked for later in the week, so we'll see how my wife gets on with that - I have my reservations, I think it'll be too much of a leap for her, but we shall see.
If we do decide to spend a bit extra, without going silly, then the Polestar looks like a real contender. I had a crawl over one (albeit very briefly) before they launched when one was on display at King's Cross station. I was very impressed. And I've just seen my first one out in the wild today - very nice! Basically, a Volvo alternatively attired, I'm sure my wife would get on with it just fine. We need to find one to have a proper look - not the easiest of things to do living in remote Northumberland.
As for the Ford - simply far too expensive for what you get. And the large 'floating' screen worries me - my disabled chap would likely kick it and break it given half the chance. There also seem to be some concerns over its efficiency, or lack thereof.
As I say, if it were for me to commute, it'd be the Tesla LR. But this is going to do a 50 mile roundtrip commute, plus a couple of patient visits per day - so range is hardly an issue.
The purse strings say Nissan Leaf, the desire for new tech says Tesla, and the 'Happy Dragon, Happy Castle' equation says the Polestar.
It could all change tomorrow though!