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I only discovered this channel a few months ago but I must say I love the approach, pacing, tone and in short professional way the reviews are carried out. And also entertaining.
I think the price should be even lower. For 20k you already get couple of years old Peugeut e-2008 or Nissan Leaf for example. But if the car really needs to be a new one and you have only 20k then its the only option at this moment
The comparison should never be between a used and a new car. With that logic, I shouldn't get a new Yaris because I can get a used Audi for the same price.
@@carlosrivera3260 Depends on the age and km you're comparing with. You can't compare a 5 year old car with 200k km with a new car, obviously. But a 1 year old with under 50k km? Not that far from being new. From there you can adjust and calculate the risk/advantages as you want for your personal needs/wants.
Why would a 1 year old car be on sale, what's wrong with it? And it's lost a year of warranty, smells of previous owners bum and won't qualify for low APR. 😂
I really wonder if they actually implemented battery cooling / heating this time, but it does look much better than previous version, especially inside.
I’ve said it in other reviews about this vehicle and will say it here again: this thin foil soap box produced in China is a big No No for european market considering safety standards and the fact that EU states are supporting chineze economy directly(with green governmental programs for EVs).
It will still be safety tested and Chinese products can be good quality if you supervise them a little. Plenty of chinese EVs in the EU market already.
Cuz the Chinese state offers money for Ev cars. Last year.in Romania the Government offers tickets of 10k euro for every new ev car, so we bought spring with 7k basically😂
@@brb4903 Personally, only with a 10 year credit! And for what? A cheap platform developed for emerging markets with useless ev range! Give me a break!!!
THIS is what we need, not massive and heavy suvs, we need small affordable electric cars like this or the citroen ec3, really hope we get more like these
@Darx97: Yeah, too bad EV's are not the future, just pure marketing, and also, too bad that cheap cars are all bad cars. All cars for the masses have many problems and are of bad quality, from Opel, Ford, Renault, Mazda, Seat, Skoda etc. They are all very crappy cars. They were good 20 years ago, but not today in 2024. People should wake up a bit more.
@@legioner9 saying that cheap cars are "all bad" and that people should "wake up" for wanting them was a very effective way to throw out your credibility straight through the window. Congratulations! The Dacia Sandero is an example of a cheap car that is decently reliable and cheap to run and this is enough for a huge swath of people. Arguing anytime else is just plain stupid.
That’s the only positive thing I saw in the car… For the rest, it’s underpowered, tiny battery, acceleration from 40 years ago and poor NCAP security. Isn’t possible to do better for an affordable price?
@@paulosmr8160 Apparently, no. Dacia is the master of quality over price paid, so you only have chinese alternatives, or paying at least 10k more for not driving that carefully.
20000 EUR for this Death Car? I am ashamed Renault launched this under the Dacia name... Sandero, Duster, Lodgy or even Jogger are great value from the Dacia brand. Can you compare this Spring to the eC3? They are both pricewise very close... but eC3 is not a Death Car like Spring is...
Great car what we need more of in this over priced car world. Why people drive over priced tech laden speed tanks around in a city when they only average 10 mph has always baffled me, if i had to live in a city this is what i would buy. Great review as ever Thomas👍👍
@@dauerwerbesendung7045 yeah, the Citroen is bigger, much faster (111hp) instead of the miserable 45hp or 65hp of the Dacia, has a much bigger battery (44kWh), can go quite a bit further (320km/199miles) and looks better (in my opinion)
Good review or perhaps preview since there was no driving. Sometimes it is worth being brought down to earth on what is essential and not in a car, and this does it. The UK price was suggested as starting for the mid range trim at about £15k. If you fill up every night or at work a range with a radius of 40 miles or so is not a problem not just for city drivers but for many country ones who do most of their mileage locally. In a small country like the UK this covers a lot of use cases. There is a lot to admire about this car, though I hope I never have to drive one….
A lot of the bad decisions on the inside are fixed, it actually looks nice now for such a cheap car and stuff like LED lights and V2X on such a cheap car are fantastic (cough cough VW). Maybe it can have heated seats now so it can come to the nordics officially?
I think sales have spoken for the Dacia Spring. Many people just don’t care about non essential premium features. They want something basic. Ask Dacia Spring owners. They just live their car.
Affordable, but... here we go again. 20k EUR is too much for the "car" that basically cannot go outside of the city and getting cheaper extremely fast because of the battery degradation. I would say about 10k would be just right price for it, no more than that.
Will it last? - The days of treating cars, and all other manufactured objects, as throwaway products needs to come to an end. To me, it is important to make cars that last longer and that people want to keep for 25 to 50 years. Building cars is very energy demanding. Safe, desirable cars with a long use lifespan would go a long way toward reducing pollution.
Still a Dongfeng E1 platform, that costs 8000$ in China. Renault think Europeans are naive and will pay for that 20000 eur, only because they changed the badge and did a face lift. Really?
Here's the dilemma. Do you go for a New Dacia Spring or a Renault Zoe from 2020 and 30k km for EUR 14 000? It is always great to have more affordable EVs for the city and I like the back to the basics approach from Dacia, but where do you draw the line? Thanks for mentioning the safety aspect Thomas. You're insightful as always.
This is a city car and most of its owners use it as such, which means they drive less than 30 miles every day and at an average speed of 25 mph. The yearly savings on fuel will offset the price premium over a period of 5 years.
Let's wait for NCAP crash test, because of, current Spring is very dangerous car(see NCAP test result of body damage). Spring is made in China, it is not Dacia from Romania. It is good to realize that by buying Chinese cars I am also supporting bad things such as: 1. Non-ecological production (electricity from coal, no ecological production standards, no controls on plastics for biphenyls, lead additives, etc.) 2. Bad working conditions 9-9-6 (from 9am to 9 pm, from Mo to Sa!), subcontractors may also be exploiting slave labor of Uighurs 3. Chinese EVs are cheaper due to government support and non-ecological production, which threatens European manufacturers, without whom we can hardly imagine European prosperity.
NOT cheap! Is severely overpriced, double or triple the price of the actual retail price in china. This car is DongFeng Nano Box and is sold for 6-8000 euro in china to customers there But the ruropean customers are forced to pay a lot more for this 1* crash test coffin on wheels. The small facelift doesn't bring anything worthy to the customers. Dacia Spring (Dongfeng Nanobox / renault kze) uses a crap EV platform, borderline usable. For the asking price to be fair Dacia Spring should be giving 50kwh battery net and 150hp dual motor setup with android 7inch screen leather, panoramic and native internet connectivity using a sim card slot.
Is how a city car should be. But than we can’t show off, as today world is all about showing off , so we need a big SUV that doesn’t even have space in the city car parks
That backend is the ugliest thing ive ever seen🤮 Dacia got better in the last years design wise but with this new model they got the crown back, not even Indian manufacturers can produce such a vomit inducing car😂
It’s such a cute car, looks good too! Thanks for the detailed review, I always turn to your channel if I’m interested in a car as I know it will be good!
Except for the size being unusable for northern Europeans, I'm actually positively surprised. Also manual window cranks are really all that's needed, can't remember when last anyone put the rear windows down in my car.
Well , Chinas BYD is introducing their EV priced at £8000 here in UK soon. It's going to take another 5 to 7 years for the EV infrastructure here in UK to be stable/reliable/working. The price of charging is currently more compared to the price of diesel/petrol (feedback from 2 EV taxi owners). So makes absolutely no sense to buy an EV for the foreseeable future.
Dacia makes crappy cars. Starting with Logan 3 and the new Duster, they all have all sorts of problems, from window seals which tear in the 1st year, to engine problems. And the EV's range is not even 300 km at the most. Just keep your money away from these moneytraps. Renault builds some very bad cars and truly unreliable.
Missing the price... for 20k eur it's ok I guess. My only true concern : safety. But very soon the BYD seagull is there, and the Spring loses all interest
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Data and Spec:
Dacia Spring (Renault Kwid e-Tech)
Available UK right-hand versions now
Design according to new brand design language
Exterior: Only unchanged part is the roof, but roof bars are gone
Colors for example Brick Red or Safari Beige
Extreme trim: more cladding
3,70 m 146“
984 kg of weight even in highest trim Extreme
14“ standard, 15“ wheels from mid trim
Updated suspension
Battery 27 kWh
Around 200 km of range (125 miles)
New B regenerative braking mode
7 kW AC, optional 30 kW DC charger (20-80 % in 45 Min)
3 of 4 customers charge their vehicle at home
V2L
65 hp or 45
0-100 km/h under 14 sec oder under 20 sec
125 kmh Vmax around 80 mph
Trims: Essential, Expression, Extreme
Top of the seats in darker or brighter trim
Steering wheel now height adjustable
7“ digital instruments
10“ infotainment optional for Expression and standard Extreme
YouClip accessories
308 - 1004 liters of boot / trunk
Frunk
Cargo version (2-seater) available
Entry price of predecessor less than 23.000 Euro in Germany
#Dacia #DaciaSpring
Hey Thomas, when will you review the new ë-C3?
This guy is the most detailed, respectful, careful, informed etc. reviewer I saw on the internet. Good job Thomas!
Highly appreciated! Please recommend our channel 😎
And handsome 🙂
biased review.....cheers
Fully agree
Yes, he is such a nice person. Mat Watson could be funny and entertaining, but also could be way too much...
it looks so cute! regardless of it being a dacia. a big step up from the previous generation spring
It is the same generation, but is heavily revised
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If this car fitted my use-case then I'd be more than satisfied with the design and quality. A charming little car.
The fact that Dacia havent cheaped out on buttons says A LOT about other manufacturers.
I think the price should be even lower. For 20k you already get couple of years old Peugeut e-2008 or Nissan Leaf for example. But if the car really needs to be a new one and you have only 20k then its the only option at this moment
It’s also about financing and taxes. A new car is cheaper to finance
The comparison should never be between a used and a new car. With that logic, I shouldn't get a new Yaris because I can get a used Audi for the same price.
@@carlosrivera3260 Depends on the age and km you're comparing with. You can't compare a 5 year old car with 200k km with a new car, obviously.
But a 1 year old with under 50k km? Not that far from being new. From there you can adjust and calculate the risk/advantages as you want for your personal needs/wants.
Why would a 1 year old car be on sale, what's wrong with it? And it's lost a year of warranty, smells of previous owners bum and won't qualify for low APR.
😂
This car would be even cheaper second hand.
Very good for pizza delivery. Pretty much the same car. But nice facelift. Thanks for the clip 👍
Dacia Spring vs Citroen Citroën ë-C3, that's the question.
Definitely the Citroen C3! It's better in so many aspects.
C3 is not made in China, is more more safe and powerful...
@BuildersM8 Not at all.
Admittedly the ë-C3 is also bigger. Then we are also getting the Hyundai Casper electric soon which more directly compares with this, we'll see.
This look so good! Impressive what they've done since the first iteration... Imagine the next gen!
I really wonder if they actually implemented battery cooling / heating this time, but it does look much better than previous version, especially inside.
This looks really nice and upgraded. First spring was just a standard non-worth car.
Sorry but so does this one…
This would be a great car for new drivers. Or a cheap second car if you need a backup car.
NiCe Facelift
I’ve said it in other reviews about this vehicle and will say it here again: this thin foil soap box produced in China is a big No No for european market considering safety standards and the fact that EU states are supporting chineze economy directly(with green governmental programs for EVs).
The production might move to Romania and France
It will still be safety tested and Chinese products can be good quality if you supervise them a little. Plenty of chinese EVs in the EU market already.
France has EV subsidies that de facto exclude all Chinese manufacturers unless they set up local production in Europe.
Romanian Fiat Panda. Like it, not enough range to replace my e-Golf
When does the emabrgo on the RENAULT 5 lift ??
Early next week, stay tuned right here and activate notifications!
@@autogefuehl can't wait 🥳
What! Look at rear window when cranking😮
Tomek, have you mentioned the price?
new one is not out yet, but something 20 k + again
If it priced under £18k or under ₹9Lakhs in India will be successful after its Ice version
I have the 2022 version with 43000 km on it, after looking at this, mine looks like shiet...
Dacia Deathtrap
2024 BYD Dolphin gets lower price model with impressive new features
The Electric Viking
27kwh is just too litle
Hyundai Casper EV!
Is this based on the Renault Quid? If so it has got to be the worst car ever made.
65 hp? I would consider it with 150 hp or so But everything Electric under 100hp is to weak.
150 would be way too much for this, don’t you think ?
150hp electric for a city car with the weight under 1tone😂
A top trim BMW 3 series was 143 hp for the same weight in 1975.
And it was considered as a sports car. 😂
The whole car is saving! Sandero is wat good than this
The first was 7000€ in China...how much of a rip-off will this be ??😅
Every ev is about half the price compared to europe… so normal thing!
@@haukionkannel yeah thats why they wont get my money until they drop the price...!!
Its highway robbery.
Cuz the Chinese state offers money for Ev cars. Last year.in Romania the Government offers tickets of 10k euro for every new ev car, so we bought spring with 7k basically😂
Now compare the size of this guy and the car
I said before he is heeuuuuugggee😬😬😬😬😬😬
Or the car is very very small.
@@robboles5233 I saw him standing beside duster as well and he was huge
Cheap ev? More like expensive CRAP!!!
u need to work 20 years to make these money
@@brb4903 Personally, only with a 10 year credit! And for what? A cheap platform developed for emerging markets with useless ev range! Give me a break!!!
Us Romanians thank you for pronouncing dacia so well!
you re welcome!
Big brand in europe. Time to learn its name is long in the past
Stupid English youtubers say: Daszia... 😂
@@ironman8257 pfff yeah sure
@@chronyk743 It is a rather well known brand here in the EU, you see plenty of them driving around.
You can't hate small cheap cars.
You aren't wrong but I can also have zero interest in buying them.
it's sad how a 20.000 euros car is seen as cheap nowadays
@@notsaab we don't know yet the prices
THIS is what we need, not massive and heavy suvs, we need small affordable electric cars like this or the citroen ec3, really hope we get more like these
Renault 5 will be revealed next week, with a sub €25000 price and 400 km WLTP 👀
@@Saddex yeeee looking forward to that one as well
@Darx97: Yeah, too bad EV's are not the future, just pure marketing, and also, too bad that cheap cars are all bad cars. All cars for the masses have many problems and are of bad quality, from Opel, Ford, Renault, Mazda, Seat, Skoda etc. They are all very crappy cars. They were good 20 years ago, but not today in 2024. People should wake up a bit more.
@@legioner9 Seems like you're the one that fell asleep 20 years ago and just woke up, welcome back old man with shit opinions.
@@legioner9 saying that cheap cars are "all bad" and that people should "wake up" for wanting them was a very effective way to throw out your credibility straight through the window. Congratulations!
The Dacia Sandero is an example of a cheap car that is decently reliable and cheap to run and this is enough for a huge swath of people. Arguing anytime else is just plain stupid.
Good morning! I woke up, and I will start my day with Thomas's review, so, should be a good day 😊
Good Morning! :) Enjoy!
great to get V2L. Respect for Dacia for including it. Many many more expensive cars do not offer V2L
That’s the only positive thing I saw in the car… For the rest, it’s underpowered, tiny battery, acceleration from 40 years ago and poor NCAP security.
Isn’t possible to do better for an affordable price?
@@paulosmr8160it hasn’t been tested by NCAP yet. It’s all new.
@@paulosmr8160 Apparently, no. Dacia is the master of quality over price paid, so you only have chinese alternatives, or paying at least 10k more for not driving that carefully.
I like when manufactures makes cars more simple to reach a lower entry price.
20000 EUR for this Death Car? I am ashamed Renault launched this under the Dacia name... Sandero, Duster, Lodgy or even Jogger are great value from the Dacia brand. Can you compare this Spring to the eC3? They are both pricewise very close... but eC3 is not a Death Car like Spring is...
@@caranicola prietene, mergi cu ursuletul tau si pastreaza-ti opiniile pt tine
O evoluție mare din punct de vedere al designului, față de modelul anterior!
Numai bună de utilizat prin oraș!
O*
Reminds me from my childhood road trips to France with those manual window openings. Thought they were completely gone.
Just buy a lower trim Skoda Fabia or Hyundai i10
Great car what we need more of in this over priced car world. Why people drive over priced tech laden speed tanks around in a city when they only average 10 mph has always baffled me, if i had to live in a city this is what i would buy. Great review as ever Thomas👍👍
Thanks my friend!
Dacia new design language rocks! 👌🏼
An excellent well-balanced review, in total contrast to that of Mat Watson of carwow which was condescending and elitist.
Agree completely, he is getting far too used to reviewing £80k plus luxury cars to give an objective view on an affordable EV.
well-biased review.....cheers
That guy has turned into an arrogant snob,always acting like a clown,now hes just showing off with his expensive watches and clothes
I would take the Citroën ë-C3 instead.
The Citroen being an option now, the Dacia has to be much cheaper (or better, which it does not seem from the video) to still find a buyer.
@@dauerwerbesendung7045 yeah, the Citroen is bigger, much faster (111hp) instead of the miserable 45hp or 65hp of the Dacia, has a much bigger battery (44kWh), can go quite a bit further (320km/199miles) and looks better (in my opinion)
Dacia has revealed its all-electric Spring hatchback, set to become the UK's “most affordable” electric car with expected pricing of around £17,000.
Good review or perhaps preview since there was no driving.
Sometimes it is worth being brought down to earth on what is essential and not in a car, and this does it. The UK price was suggested as starting for the mid range trim at about £15k. If you fill up every night or at work a range with a radius of 40 miles or so is not a problem not just for city drivers but for many country ones who do most of their mileage locally. In a small country like the UK this covers a lot of use cases. There is a lot to admire about this car, though I hope I never have to drive one….
A lot of the bad decisions on the inside are fixed, it actually looks nice now for such a cheap car and stuff like LED lights and V2X on such a cheap car are fantastic (cough cough VW). Maybe it can have heated seats now so it can come to the nordics officially?
I think sales have spoken for the Dacia Spring. Many people just don’t care about non essential premium features. They want something basic.
Ask Dacia Spring owners. They just live their car.
Affordable, but... here we go again. 20k EUR is too much for the "car" that basically cannot go outside of the city and getting cheaper extremely fast because of the battery degradation. I would say about 10k would be just right price for it, no more than that.
Delusional
200km range is somewhat generous for being unable to go outside the city. It could be much smaller for a true city car.
Battery degradation tends to be a non-factor for the majority of EVs, especially with at home charging.
It's 12 000 euro in Germany. But there is too much limitation. 9 hours charging time, 200 kilometer travel time.
9:44 That infotainment system gives me Peugeot/Stellantis(former PSA Group) infotainment system vibes. I know that it's not under the same management
Will it last? - The days of treating cars, and all other manufactured objects, as throwaway products needs to come to an end.
To me, it is important to make cars that last longer and that people want to keep for 25 to 50 years. Building cars is very energy demanding. Safe, desirable cars with a long use lifespan would go a long way toward reducing pollution.
Good news everybody!!!
Cheap, basic, simple, small EVs should revolutionize transport. We're getting there.
Still a Dongfeng E1 platform, that costs 8000$ in China. Renault think Europeans are naive and will pay for that 20000 eur, only because they changed the badge and did a face lift. Really?
Sadly people dont do any research and are naive 🤦
Yes but also so many vehicles are offered at a much lower price in China that are also sold elsewhere, so its not an exception
WW and every other ev cost half in China!
So it is just like that to all cars!
@@haukionkannelso what?! They wont get my money...its just highway robbery!!
many compliments for the very complete review! Any information available on the width (with/without mirrors) ? Thanks and compliments again
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Very nice. Much more competitive than the old model. However I’d pay a bit more for a Citroën e-C3
Here's the dilemma. Do you go for a New Dacia Spring or a Renault Zoe from 2020 and 30k km for EUR 14 000? It is always great to have more affordable EVs for the city and I like the back to the basics approach from Dacia, but where do you draw the line? Thanks for mentioning the safety aspect Thomas. You're insightful as always.
I'd take the Zoe any day. I've driven quite a few of them (car sharing) in the city. Quality is decent and it has plenty of city-punch.
I'd wait for the electric Hyundai Casper instead of the Spring and it looks like it might be even cheaper to buy.
It’s nice when you can wait. Most people buy because they need to.
@@sbomorsethat car will not start from 15500
Zoe, 0 star NCAP under the same regime the Spring got a 1, and that's not just because of the removed airbag. No warranty either.
If the turn indicator still can't click rhythmically then I'm not buying. It sounded like a broken toy.
125miles is way to low as that would be realworld of under 100 even for the price. EVs should be a minimum real world 150 miles
This is a city car and most of its owners use it as such, which means they drive less than 30 miles every day and at an average speed of 25 mph. The yearly savings on fuel will offset the price premium over a period of 5 years.
Let's wait for NCAP crash test, because of, current Spring is very dangerous car(see NCAP test result of body damage). Spring is made in China, it is not Dacia from Romania. It is good to realize that by buying Chinese cars I am also supporting bad things such as: 1. Non-ecological production (electricity from coal, no ecological production standards, no controls on plastics for biphenyls, lead additives, etc.) 2. Bad working conditions 9-9-6 (from 9am to 9 pm, from Mo to Sa!), subcontractors may also be exploiting slave labor of Uighurs 3. Chinese EVs are cheaper due to government support and non-ecological production, which threatens European manufacturers, without whom we can hardly imagine European prosperity.
This is why the production might move to Romania
NOT cheap! Is severely overpriced, double or triple the price of the actual retail price in china.
This car is DongFeng Nano Box and is sold for 6-8000 euro in china to customers there
But the ruropean customers are forced to pay a lot more for this 1* crash test coffin on wheels.
The small facelift doesn't bring anything worthy to the customers.
Dacia Spring (Dongfeng Nanobox / renault kze) uses a crap EV platform, borderline usable.
For the asking price to be fair Dacia Spring should be giving 50kwh battery net and 150hp dual motor setup with android 7inch screen leather, panoramic and native internet connectivity using a sim card slot.
Is how a city car should be. But than we can’t show off, as today world is all about showing off , so we need a big SUV that doesn’t even have space in the city car parks
That backend is the ugliest thing ive ever seen🤮
Dacia got better in the last years design wise but with this new model they got the crown back, not even Indian manufacturers can produce such a vomit inducing car😂
An interesting EV built to a budget price. Probably going to be popular.
This is a small car from 25 years ago (think Punto, Saxo, Clio)... I love it
Could be a winner.
The first one was really hard to justify. This time at least the looks are decent.
80 horsepower + 40kWh battery would be perfect
In Ireland we drive on the left as well. Not just the UK.
Wow, I really didn't know that. Thanks
I wonder why
Colonist Britain @@user-jchjkitv77896
Good news! New Dacia 👏
Not sure this is.......Good News!!! 🤔 or not. Its not james May approved .......yet
5 hours later Thomas is still winding down the back windows
When the cheap electric has one of the best controls...
Nice car. But the term ''City EV'' or especially ''City SUV'' always make me laugh. Because cars don't belong in city centers actually.
Still fast enough to break the speed limit in Wales!
It’s such a cute car, looks good too! Thanks for the detailed review, I always turn to your channel if I’m interested in a car as I know it will be good!
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Nice alternative option. Here in Brazil we've almost the same car, but its name is Renault Kwid and it isn't an eletric one.
Nice video Thomas!
This car looks so pedestrian and is made out of newspaper but it comes with a warranty and that’s what matters. I want one.
0 ncap crash ⭐️
so no thanks.
just shows that legacy just don‘t care about people. 😢
1 star. 0 star was Zoe.
RHD, For your Irish friends too
For sure 🇮🇪
Except for the size being unusable for northern Europeans, I'm actually positively surprised. Also manual window cranks are really all that's needed, can't remember when last anyone put the rear windows down in my car.
Love the manual windows
Surprisingly you haven't done a review for the Renault Austral .Are you going to do one ?
Well , Chinas BYD is introducing their EV priced at £8000 here in UK soon. It's going to take another 5 to 7 years for the EV infrastructure here in UK to be stable/reliable/working. The price of charging is currently more compared to the price of diesel/petrol (feedback from 2 EV taxi owners). So makes absolutely no sense to buy an EV for the foreseeable future.
Model X killer.
Dacia makes crappy cars. Starting with Logan 3 and the new Duster, they all have all sorts of problems, from window seals which tear in the 1st year, to engine problems. And the EV's range is not even 300 km at the most. Just keep your money away from these moneytraps. Renault builds some very bad cars and truly unreliable.
Its much to expensive for its range. Above 20k you should get 450km of range. My 17 year old suzuki almost 600km range.
I don't like that you used the tearm REVIEW. It is more of a FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Specially because there was not even any driving
I couldn’t stop laughing for cheapness and low charging speed.
If Nissan Sakura or BYD Dolphin could be sold in Europe, they would be a better choice.
The Chinese EV starts to kill European manufacturers, for this price 20K Euro Chinese EV more comfortable and more technology superiority
Cracking little car
New old dacia spring saddddd.
Thomas, you are great as usual. But this electric crap will never bit a 10-15 year old diesel, including maintenance etc.Only idiots will buy it.
Missing the price... for 20k eur it's ok I guess. My only true concern : safety. But very soon the BYD seagull is there, and the Spring loses all interest
Not in a million years. Cheap EV is like double lose situation.
I would rather buy combustion MG ZS or HS instead.
The affordable city car has arrived its low tech and v2l is fantastic.
You're going to be rubbing shoulders with your passenger in this car. It's comically tiny.
I'll have to wait and see the ncap results.
They wont change, bad results
Why is it cheap? It's 20k Euros. Way too expensive for a car that gives only 200 km range.