[Vaun Earl Norman]

 

thought this might be interesting to fellow motability customers.
It is taken from Autoexpress Article.

Kia joins Citroen and Vauxhall in offering a new variant that ducks below new Government plug-in car grant price limit.

Kia has revealed a new long-range 64kWh battery version of its e-Niro electric SUV with a price tag of £34,945. The new model undercuts the recently announced lower maximum list price threshold for the Government’s plug-in car grant (PICG) and so qualifies for the cash incentive.

The new, sub £35k long-range e-Niro is available in ‘2’ trim, which includes an 8.0-inch touchscreen display, wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, 17-inch aluminium alloy wheels, a reversing camera system and rear parking sensors. There’s also an adaptive cruise control system that can bring the car to a complete stop and restart it in traffic jams, plus keyless entry and go.

Ka claims the e-Niro ‘2’ Long Range is capable of travelling up to 282 miles on a single charge according to WLTP testing, and up to 382 miles in city driving. Indeed, the brand now claims that this new model has the greatest range of any sub-£35k electric vehicle.

Vaun Earl Norman. I have added a link to the article here. https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/kia/e-niro/354578/long-range-kia-e-niro-launched-grant-friendly-sub-ps35k-pricetag

 

 

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[fwippers]

I wonder if Hyundai will do something similar with the Kona 64kw take off a couple of “non essential” options and reduce the price below £35k.

[joss]

Only Time will tell fwippers. It would be nice if they did. With the cap, they need to be creative to get under the Cap.

Joss
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[Intranicity]

fwippers wrote:

I wonder if Hyundai will do something similar with the Kona 64kw take off a couple of “non essential” options and reduce the price below £35k.

The Kona is already under £35k in the smaller 39kWh battery, this was not offered on motability though

It’s possible that they might make a Long range version, the price gap was £4k between the Premium 39kWh and the 64kWh, but that £4k ontop of the base current base model, the SE Connect would bring it upto £37k, so they’d need to cut a lot out of the car

Plus we still have not seen the e-Niro on the scheme despite being cheaper than the Kona?

Previous Motability Cars
2006 - 2009 Skoda Superb VR6 2.0tdi
2009 - 2012 Citroen C5 2.0tdi VTR Nav
2012 - 2015 Nissan Qashqai 1.5dci tekna
2015 - 2018 Ford Kuga 2.0tdi Titanium X
2018 - 2021 BMW 220d X drive 2 Series Active Luxury
2021 - 2023 Hyundai Kona Electric Premium SE
2023 - Hyundai Kona Electric Ultimate

[fwippers]

It will depend on a number of factors, the scope to discount prices, the ability to reduce the spec without compromise and their motivation to want to strike a deal.  £37000 to £35000 is not such a huge sum, around  4.5%, basically less than the discounts currently on offer.

[Tim]

They’re o reprised as it is. A little less greed on the EV front will sort it out. Let’s see how their sales go.

[Tim]

*Overpriced

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