CUPRA Born receives a £2,350 pricing reduction across the range
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Electric cars aren't selling as well as expected and have been overproduced by manufacturers. It looks like CUPRA is trying to get these shifted.
I sympathise with anyone who may have just bought one with their ‘hard earned’ at the pre-reduced prices, as they’ll take a bigger depreciation hit than they might have anticipated. Hopefully not too many people in that position as I dare say most Cupra Born EV’s will either a) be on PCP with a contractually agreed GFV, or b) leased, so the monthly lease payments will be known up front at the start of the lease.
For anyone considering a nearly new Cupra EV, in light of the new car price drop, I wonder if the price of used Born EV’s on dealership forecourts will be adjusted downwards to reflect the new car price reduction?
(probably not IMHO).
For anyone considering a nearly new Cupra EV, in light of the new car price drop, I wonder if the price of used Born EV’s on dealership forecourts will be adjusted downwards to reflect the new car price reduction?
(probably not IMHO).
0% finance and reduced prices will still not tempt me, but it shows how the manufacturers will act to meet the government targets. What next, increased costs for all ICE cars?, instead of a better charging network and range of these so called future cars.
It could just be Vag in distress. I'm not getting a home charger till 2030 
. Give it another six years. For local use I can see the merit of these. I keep an eye on the electrics round here. The Tesla is a second car but doesn't go out much, never see it on home charging, must be a local Tesla charging station tucked up somewhere. Belongs to an ex traffic police head who obviously is interested in cars. The sister VW to the Born is used on shopping runs, belongs to a farmer, home charging. Then the electric VW van for the school run, another farmer, home charging. Three households got a bob or two. Two as second cars.
Tavascan on the roads later this year, if I havent missed something, will be interesting to see how Cupra folk take to it. That's going to be the dream motor and sign post for big Cupras of the future or not. On more prosaic things what's going to happen to my local Seat dealer
. Feels like Seat dealers will have to get other franchises if the Cupra models can't support the business. We'll see.
. Give it another six years. For local use I can see the merit of these. I keep an eye on the electrics round here. The Tesla is a second car but doesn't go out much, never see it on home charging, must be a local Tesla charging station tucked up somewhere. Belongs to an ex traffic police head who obviously is interested in cars. The sister VW to the Born is used on shopping runs, belongs to a farmer, home charging. Then the electric VW van for the school run, another farmer, home charging. Three households got a bob or two. Two as second cars.Tavascan on the roads later this year, if I havent missed something, will be interesting to see how Cupra folk take to it. That's going to be the dream motor and sign post for big Cupras of the future or not. On more prosaic things what's going to happen to my local Seat dealer
. Feels like Seat dealers will have to get other franchises if the Cupra models can't support the business. We'll see.
Looking on autotrader - there are some big price drops for all EV's. I-pace and E-tron are now under 20k so have lost 40-60k+ in 4 years! 
I would imagine the vast majority of new EV sales are business tax write offs or on finance - who on earth would buy a new one with cash!
Not going to help EV's with the government removing the free VED incentive - so from 2025 all EV's will be paying standard VED rate of £180-£190! or more if over the 40k threshold.
An EV could suit me well for 90% of the time - I have a small drive so can easily charge from home - and work round trip is less than 60 miles. Where it doesn't work is my car is also the family wagon - for trips on family holidays to Devon & Cornwall.
I would imagine the vast majority of new EV sales are business tax write offs or on finance - who on earth would buy a new one with cash!
Not going to help EV's with the government removing the free VED incentive - so from 2025 all EV's will be paying standard VED rate of £180-£190! or more if over the 40k threshold.
An EV could suit me well for 90% of the time - I have a small drive so can easily charge from home - and work round trip is less than 60 miles. Where it doesn't work is my car is also the family wagon - for trips on family holidays to Devon & Cornwall.
That is indeed the issue planning long coffee breaks on holiday. Then at your destination finding a charging point. When I use to do 120 miles a day I'd be charging it up every 3 days on that basis. Fighting with charging points on service stations, do-able but long coffee breaks. Charging points are getting there. Why I'm giving it another six years. As a second car they are OK now, you'd select the car for where you are going. Mine is used for long journeys why I reckon I'll hold off. For local run around and home charging fine. Reckon there will be a lot of old bangers on the road in 10+ years.... eventually you'll have to go to EV. City driving will thin out since people living in towns probably won't have charging points on street parking. The infrastructure won't be able to support it for practical reasons for city folk for example London. Exciting times .
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For practical reasons and exciting times our second car is a 5.0 droptop Mustang 
I still have the motorcycle for that, and free parking too.For practical reasons and exciting times our second car is a 5.0 droptop Mustang
Yeah, it's all well and good getting a big discount from new, or a dealer contribution of £4k (Peugeot), but if the P11D is high HMRC will be laughing as they collect their luxury car tax from on EVs from 2025Looking on autotrader - there are some big price drops for all EV's. I-pace and E-tron are now under 20k so have lost 40-60k+ in 4 years!
I would imagine the vast majority of new EV sales are business tax write offs or on finance - who on earth would buy a new one with cash!
Not going to help EV's with the government removing the free VED incentive - so from 2025 all EV's will be paying standard VED rate of £180-£190! or more if over the 40k threshold.
An EV could suit me well for 90% of the time - I have a small drive so can easily charge from home - and work round trip is less than 60 miles. Where it doesn't work is my car is also the family wagon - for trips on family holidays to Devon & Cornwall.
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