Tuesday saw the first day that the order books opened in the United States; now it is the UK’s turn for pre-orders.
For Europe, Nissan bills this as the “first step in securing a place on the list to receive the ground-breaking Nissan LEAF and means… British customers will be first in line to receive the car in Europe when it launches early next year. Nissan LEAF deliveries begin in…the UK in March.”
Much like the reservation system that was in place for the US, customers need to go to the Nissan online web site to sign up, along with placing a (fully-refundable) deposit of £257.
Now if £257 sounds like a strange and totally random number as compared to the US $99 dollar special, you would be wrong. Nissan (UK division) gave us the reason behind this number just recently, stating that it was the approximate cost of electricity over one year’s use of the LEAF. Snoozy Math Equation Time — 10,000 miles x LEAF elec. consumption rate) x EDF London Band B Electricity Rate inc VAT
After government rebates, the LEAF is advertised for sale as £23,990, but act quick if you want one, Nissan reportedly only has about 1,000 copies to go on sale to the public in 2011.
Nissan has of course always talked about world-wide sales of the Leaf, and of course the U.K. deserves some chances too. Still, I can’t help but wish that everything was focused on us for a while
And I’ll bet everyone in the world thinks that too, with who is “us” just moving around.
/ smile, not a serious post
RB(Quote)
I am not sure what the average is in the UK, but its more like 15,000 in the US. With men driving around 16-17 and women 10-12.
Jay (Statik) Cole(Quote)
Statik,
Has Nissan released any more information on the battery warranty? Did you get any more information when you ordered your Leaf?
Jason(Quote)
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You mean in terms of prorating etc ? None.
evnow(Quote)
I guess there seems to be a lack of interest in the Leaf in the UK judging from this blog. I sure wish that we in Canada could get some of their 1,000 units – eh…
demetrius(Quote)
I wouldn’t jump to conclusions let’s wait and see what Nissan has to say about UK interest.
James(Quote)
Indeed, all the stories aren’t “big comment” ones, more just a general curiousity to people outside the specific region. In truth only about 10% of the readership is international on any given day, so I try to just pepper in a story like this about once a week-ish.
…that and somedays there just really isn’t anything terrible interesting happening in the US with Nissan, (=
Jay (Statik) Cole(Quote)