Renault Zoe EV PCP deal

I ordered one of these on Tuesday. Looking forward to receiving it some time in the next year (lol Renault).

Figured I don't really go far, and when I do I can put up with having to wait an hour on the car charging. It's worth it for the savings - the car is costing me roughly what my current car costs in fuel and VED. Given my current car has broken central locking, a gear box that needs reconditioned, and it emits a high-pitched squeal on occasion (cause unknown) I stand to save maybe £1500 against imminent repairs alone.
 
satchef1 said:
I ordered one of these on Tuesday. Looking forward to receiving it some time in the next year (lol Renault).

Figured I don't really go far, and when I do I can put up with having to wait an hour on the car charging. It's worth it for the savings - the car is costing me roughly what my current car costs in fuel and VED. Given my current car has broken central locking, a gear box that needs reconditioned, and it emits a high-pitched squeal on occasion (cause unknown) I stand to save maybe £1500 against imminent repairs alone.
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Same as me really, I collect mine on Tuesday! Can't wait
 
Anyone got a deal on these recently? Orders now going into the new year as well it seems.

Has anyone considered buying one second hand? Some seem very cheap but not clear if it includes the battery or you still must lease it.

Looking at a deal for £99 deposit and £106p.m. plus battery at £87p.m. For 9k over 24 months. Anyone seen better or think there would be a better option for an automatic car more affordable than this accounting for running cost?

Did a test drive today and found it to be a lot more capable and actually enjoyable to drive about in. Could be a great commuter car.
 
Looking over the deals out of curiosity as I'm looking to buy my wife her first car, and came across the C1 for £38 a month including VAT (£1000+VAT initial) 10k miles over 18 months.

http://www.centralukvehicleleasing....r_lease/64220/citroen/c1/10_vti_feel_5dr.html

I assume these are a similar sized car. I'm actually considering going to have a look at a 5 door model. Though i expect it'll be too small.
 
Nowhere near the same size. The C1 tiny, the Zoe is more Clio mark 3 size.

Had our Zoe since January. Absolutely love it, been using it for my 72 mile daily commute for the past 2 months. Actually prefer to drive it over my 58 plate 150bhp Vectra diesel. I know that doesn't say a lot but it's a great little car and the running costs are stupid.

I got my wife's back when the deal was £150 deposit + £150pm for the car and battery hire on a 2 year PCP (no intention of paying the final fee) . Free road tax, free servicing, free breakdown. Since we've had it its averages 4.13 Miles per kWh. You'll have to use your electric rare if to work out how much it would cost you, assume a 10% loss in electric. I think the Zoe is 22KW.
 
Yeah i know it's smaller, and the older model is tiny.

I've not seen the new model in person, but looking at google images it looked a similar size in the 5 door version to the Zoe

Edit: I've just checked on parkers and the Zoe is about 600mm longer, and almost 100mm wider. So quite a bit bigger differance than it looked
 
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alex24 said:
Anyone got a deal on these recently? Orders now going into the new year as well it seems.

Has anyone considered buying one second hand? Some seem very cheap but not clear if it includes the battery or you still must lease it.

Looking at a deal for £99 deposit and £106p.m. plus battery at £87p.m. For 9k over 24 months. Anyone seen better or think there would be a better option for an automatic car more affordable than this accounting for running cost?

Did a test drive today and found it to be a lot more capable and actually enjoyable to drive about in. Could be a great commuter car.
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That's the standard Renault deal adjusted to suit your mileage and is therefore pretty much as good as it gets. The standard deal is £99 deposit and £99 for the car at 6k miles. Up it to 9k miles and the payments are £106.62 and then £87 for the battery.
That leaves around £315 profit in the car so good luck getting anything else of it. It's been discounted £10,769.06 (including Plug In Grant).
Drop me a message through Trust (more likely to get a response) if you want to know different mileage/deposits and I'll work it out for you.
 
The Zoe is a bit longer than the Clio IIRC. Bigger boot too.

One thing to be aware of though; it's illegal to tow or use a roof rack with the Zoe. I only just found this out. Bit annoying as I was looking at buying a Kayak in the summer...

kkelly said:
Ordered one locally in early September heard nothing since :(
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I heard nothing for a bit as well. If you haven't heard anything in the next couple of weeks, chase the dealer. You'll probably get yours in January TBH. I've got a factory exit date of 20/11, so mid to late December by the time it makes it to the dealer.
 
Heh, we phoned the other week as we hadn't heard anything, dealer still hasn't got a date. Going to cancel if no date by Dec 1st
 
satchef1 said:
The Zoe is a bit longer than the Clio IIRC. Bigger boot too.

One thing to be aware of though; it's illegal to tow or use a roof rack with the Zoe. I only just found this out. Bit annoying as I was looking at buying a Kayak in the summer...
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Why is it illegal to use a roof rack? Towing i can kind of understand, maybe, but roof rack? I was under the impression that electric motors produced good torque so surely its not a power issue?
 
It has never been tested under whatever criteria are needed for a roof rack or tow bar to be legal in the UK. I can't remember the details off hand.

I finally got my Zoe today. Great fun to drive and a giant leap up from my knackered old Swift.
 
New car time and am thinking of going for one of these for my 74 miles a day commute to work, would it be suitable?
 
alex24 said:
No, too marginal unless you have a charge point at work.
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Is the range that close then and are Renault vastly over stating real world delivery? 60 ish of my mileage is the boring A1 if it makes any difference.
Don't have a charge point at work unfortunately so would need to to get there and back on a single plug in.
 
The problem is as soon as you use anything that requires power the milage per charge shoots down.
So using the heater on a cold morning can really affect things. Then you are always looking at the range hoping you have got enough.
For city driving they are great but for any meaningfull milage they aren't very practical.
 
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