Very excited here at Fleetdrive today as we took delivery of our Nissan Leaf. the "Buck Rogers " quiet electric whine as it pulled of the trailer was slightly intriguing as I wondered how all the pedestrians in Marlow High Street would cope without the added warning of engine noise!
It's fairly spacy in side - easily more room than a Golf or Focus in the rear.
The Spec of the car is starting to make it not look so expensive at £26k same spec for a Golf Diesel would be £23655 list and £21446 after discounts.
Car comes with Very comprehensive touchscreen satnav including links to Nissan to show you nearest charge point. You can even set up charging and see how charge is going on your phone or over the web. Rear Camera for parking is pretty useful and also has iPod connection etc. as you would expect.
One disappointment - seeing as this is a piece of fairly important automotive history. No one even gives it a second look. Unlike the Prius it lacks the quirky appearance which on second thought is really a big plus point for residual value (who remembers the original Honda Insight - now that was full on Buck Rogers and was out of date faster than a German cucumber).
My initial drive was fairly short but performance seems OK might be a bit different on the motorway - we will see over the next few weeks.
Looking forward to find out if range anxiety is real or just a figment of our imagination.
More next week once we have tried to run it out of charge a few times.
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