It seems that there is a consensus at Stellantis who as you may know run Fiat, Abarth, vauxhall, peugeot to try to force many to only have an EV choice, when now many older folk and some younger as well do not want EV and still want either hybrid non plug in or pure petrols still. And many who buy cars are choosing to steer clear of EVS due to many factors one that they may not want or cannot charge at home, and the cost of insurance which as many EV accidents are having to be written off due to safety of battery damage which cannot be checked for damage. It has finally sunk in that EV as they stand are not really if buying are not fit for purpose and many manufacturers such as VW recently have said they are cutting production of there EV due to low take up. Just look at how many Petrol Abarths could have been still sold in uk and producing jobs still with new orders yet we are not allowed to have them due to Gov interference fines to Manufacturers of up to £15000 if not enough EV are sold it is like a quota system and quite frankly we have no choice anymore.
Agree with all that. It’s one thing leasing an EV but who in their right mind would even consider buying one with their own cash? I don’t know a single person and for all the obvious reasons with insane depreciation being at No1. The dream is over, even for leasing. The leasing and PCP model isn’t built to take factor of colossal depreciation and it cannot continue in it’s current form otherwise these companies will all go under.
Stellantis of course are yet another manufacturer who have changed to there useless agency sales model so I predict things to get even worse for customers ordering from them. They’ve just announced that they are fitting a 1 L petrol engine to the 500 EV platform for 2025 as already they just can’t move the purpose built 500E in its present form.
Shame about Abarth, I know the petrol cars are long in the tooth now but by far the best fun I’ve ever had in a car when I had one in Motability some 9 years ago before needing a bigger vehicle, still brings a smile now! 😁👍