Leapmotor B10 EV
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Pistonheadsdicoverer

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1,041 posts

68 months

Monday 16th February
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Dare I say, the best EV deal currently in the market. Even better than the C10 (albeit not when the latter was £169pm).
I have been looking at the videos and it looks good.
Yes, you can get better if you buy with cash but at under £240 amortized on lease, it's the one to go right now.
Anyone purchased one?

Somebody

1,638 posts

105 months

Monday 16th February
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I test drove one at the local dealer and then signed a PCH on a 5k miles p.a 1+23 after getting them to price match at £245 pm.

I wanted the purple but I didn't want to pay extra so gone for the standard blue.

Factory order. Should be here end of March.

Pistonheadsdicoverer

Original Poster:

1,041 posts

68 months

Monday 16th February
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Somebody said:
I test drove one at the local dealer and then signed a PCH on a 5k miles p.a 1+23 after getting them to price match at £245 pm.

I wanted the purple but I didn't want to pay extra so gone for the standard blue.

Factory order. Should be here end of March.
Anything you didn't like?

Somebody

1,638 posts

105 months

Monday 16th February
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The steering felt light and disconnected. I had to ask the accompanying salesman to switch to Sport to get a better drive.

Other than that, lots to like. HUD would be a nice to have. Other missing bits for me are front parking sensors (but there's the 360 cameras), rear wiper and no interior lights at the back.

Some reviewers make a song and dance about the lack of a rear wiper but in my experience in other cars the Rear Windscreen Defrost sorts it. It's not immediate of course, but will keep it clear when switched on.


Pinguu

10 posts

82 months

Tuesday 17th February
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Somebody said:
I test drove one at the local dealer and then signed a PCH on a 5k miles p.a 1+23 after getting them to price match at £245 pm.

I wanted the purple but I didn't want to pay extra so gone for the standard blue.

Factory order. Should be here end of March.
I just did the exact same thing today, price match the 5k 1+23. Car should be available in the next couple of weeks

Somebody

1,638 posts

105 months

Tuesday 17th February
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Pinguu said:
I just did the exact same thing today, price match the 5k 1+23. Car should be available in the next couple of weeks
Excellent!

Interested to know what your insurance is coming in at? I've not shopped yet. Heard some horrendous stories on the leasing thread about £1.5k p.a.

ScoobyChris

2,281 posts

224 months

Tuesday 17th February
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A chap I know through a local group bought one and had an accident the day after he picked it up. After a couple if months, his insurance company are saying they can’t get parts through their supply chain and are looking to close the claim with deductions so he can source the parts himself from China and arrange fitting. Not ideal!

No idea whether this is a common scenario with emerging brands…

Toolslinger

118 posts

120 months

Tuesday 17th February
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Pistonheadsdicoverer said:
Dare I say, the best EV deal currently in the market. Even better than the C10 (albeit not when the latter was £169pm).
I have been looking at the videos and it looks good.
Yes, you can get better if you buy with cash but at under £240 amortized on lease, it's the one to go right now.
Anyone purchased one?
Hi,Replied to your question on the best lease deals thread this morning,checked leasing.com,Eden are now £273 1x23 About a fiver cheaper than anyone else.10k miles

Pistonheadsdicoverer

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1,041 posts

68 months

Tuesday 17th February
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Toolslinger said:
Hi,Replied to your question on the best lease deals thread this morning,checked leasing.com,Eden are now £273 1x23 About a fiver cheaper than anyone else.10k miles
The other thing as well is that they don't seem to offer free delivery. Either collect (e.g. in Cardiff) or pay for delivery.

Toolslinger

118 posts

120 months

Wednesday 18th February
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Pistonheadsdicoverer said:
The other thing as well is that they don't seem to offer free delivery. Either collect (e.g. in Cardiff) or pay for delivery.
When my son went to test drive on Sunday,The salesman was excellent,he not only said he would match any qoute,but would hold the vehicle,to fit in with the return of his current lease.This was leapmotor Sheffield.

Somebody

1,638 posts

105 months

Wednesday 18th February
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Toolslinger said:
When my son went to test drive on Sunday,The salesman was excellent,he not only said he would match any qoute,but would hold the vehicle,to fit in with the return of his current lease.This was leapmotor Sheffield.
I've been informed that the lease has to start (i.e. vehicle registered) before the end of March.

Muddle238

4,354 posts

135 months

Wednesday 18th February
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ScoobyChris said:
A chap I know through a local group bought one and had an accident the day after he picked it up. After a couple if months, his insurance company are saying they can t get parts through their supply chain and are looking to close the claim with deductions so he can source the parts himself from China and arrange fitting. Not ideal!

No idea whether this is a common scenario with emerging brands
It seems to be a common theme with emerging Chinese brands coming in to the UK market. They're very quick to send these things out the door as quickly and as cheaply as possible, but without the proper parts support network in place behind the scenes. I suppose their main interest is flogging the cars, not worrying about actually keeping them on the road. I've heard horror stories about Jaecoo with this regard.

As for the poster somewhere above citing the heated rear defrost button is going to keep the rear window clear; it isn't. Rear windows tend to pick up all sorts of grime and crap, especially in winter. Heating the glass won't stop road salt sticking to it. A lack of rear wiper isn't being sneaky via clever coatings or clever aerodynamics, it's just cheaping out on behalf of Leapmotor.