Discussion
cc3 said:
Witchfinder said:
The price is likely to be about £50k including incentives which is pretty much the same price as the Performance Model 3. There's no way the Polestar 2 is going to match the PM3 for acceleration. I think the sacrifice will be worth it for a more premium quality build and features like matrix lights and Harman Kardon sound.
If it's £700 per month including tax, insurance, tyres, maintenance, and access to public charging, I think that's acceptable and broadly in line with what I expected.
Agree that would be an absolute max including the performance option pack. Anymore and I probably wouldn’t go ahead. If it's £700 per month including tax, insurance, tyres, maintenance, and access to public charging, I think that's acceptable and broadly in line with what I expected.
£699 a month including insurance and maintenance seems cheap to me
what other brand new 400bhp "super saloon" packed full of the latest technology can you run for £8.5k a year??
to my mind you'd do that in depreciation alone (and a lot more if you bought a brand new BMW M3 !)
OR - you'd be paying at least that but probably quite a bit more, to do a personal lease (plus a few £k deposit) As a rough and ready proxy: an Audi S4 -
the outgoing petrol one - just as a similar size, similar kind of thing... well thats £600 a month on a 36 month personal lease, plus 6 months deposit you dont get back ... thats just the car not the "all in cost", and its effectively the same monthly (£600 plus £3600 / 36 months)
if Volvo want to drive adoption or build the brand equity of Polestar this way - I'm all for taking advantage
connoisseur21 said:
lol, and all without using the 'ski' hatch.....seen at Trafford Centre?
Yes. Very impressed with the car. Pricing sounds keen too - they suggested you'd put about 5% down (so around £2500 in the UK), and then pay £699/month for a three year contract that allows 60,000km (works out about 12k miles per year). At the end there would be options too extend, return, or possibly even buy the car. The monthly payment covers pretty much everything, so once you take all the costs into account, it looks very competitive.Interior space was snug but ample for a family of four or five. The interior on show was the cloth from the 2021 "cheap" version, and not the premium Weavetech, so I can't really comment on that. Basic colour will be black, all others are optional metallics.
Witchfinder said:
connoisseur21 said:
lol, and all without using the 'ski' hatch.....seen at Trafford Centre?
Yes. Very impressed with the car. Pricing sounds keen too - they suggested you'd put about 5% down (so around £2500 in the UK), and then pay £699/month for a three year contract that allows 60,000km (works out about 12k miles per year). At the end there would be options too extend, return, or possibly even buy the car. The monthly payment covers pretty much everything, so once you take all the costs into account, it looks very competitive.Interior space was snug but ample for a family of four or five. The interior on show was the cloth from the 2021 "cheap" version, and not the premium Weavetech, so I can't really comment on that. Basic colour will be black, all others are optional metallics.
SWoll said:
So basically a 3+ 35 PCH with maintenance included? £770 a month and a 3 year commitment seems expensive to me as maintenance costs on EV's are pretty low and assuming they don't include any charging?
No idea about charging, but I'll save £200 a month on fuel alone even if I pay for all my own juice. I was looking for the quote but can't seem to find it. I do recall something around access to public charging being included.Reckon I'll save £80-100/month on insurance, £20/month on tax, a couple of sets of tyres at around £800 per set, three services, an MOT.
All told it'll be about the same to run as my leased Volvo V90, only way better!
Let's be honest, price parity isn't there yet. If this or the Model 3 were a petrol car, it would undoubtedly be less expensive. I can live with that though, for the great technology, reduced emissions, and the general EV mental-acceleration smile factor.
The fact that it ultimately works out around the same cost to run is bonus. In a few years, EVs will be a lot cheaper to buy, and then the lower running costs will really come into their own.
If you're used to running a 1.0 Fiesta, you're not going to save a whole lot. Reducing your fuel bill from £60/month to £10/month isn't all that big.
I worked out I could probably run a Model 3 SR+ for the equivalent of about £200/month after fuel savings... But there's no way I could live with that boot.
The fact that it ultimately works out around the same cost to run is bonus. In a few years, EVs will be a lot cheaper to buy, and then the lower running costs will really come into their own.
If you're used to running a 1.0 Fiesta, you're not going to save a whole lot. Reducing your fuel bill from £60/month to £10/month isn't all that big.
I worked out I could probably run a Model 3 SR+ for the equivalent of about £200/month after fuel savings... But there's no way I could live with that boot.
Went to have a look at the Trafford centre today. Looks pretty good though the performance model’s gold painted brake bits and gold seat belts are far from attractive to a shy, retiring chap like me 
£55k for the performance model in the uk, available July next year. Reasonable size boot, decent interior, choice of non-leather interiors. If it had been around now I might have got one instead of the iPace. Though would need to drive one really. Certainly looks a good addition to the marketplace.
£55k for the performance model in the uk, available July next year. Reasonable size boot, decent interior, choice of non-leather interiors. If it had been around now I might have got one instead of the iPace. Though would need to drive one really. Certainly looks a good addition to the marketplace.
cc3 said:
Will cancel my order if Chinese get heavy handed in HK
What about all the Chinese stuff you already own and will no doubt be buying as well as a car?I sympathise with your emotion but you’ll have to make far more significant change than just cancel a reservation on a car that’s not yet built, I fear.
REALIST123 said:
cc3 said:
Will cancel my order if Chinese get heavy handed in HK
What about all the Chinese stuff you already own and will no doubt be buying as well as a car?I sympathise with your emotion but you’ll have to make far more significant change than just cancel a reservation on a car that’s not yet built, I fear.
REALIST123 said:
Or the opposite? Buy only British, or perhaps non EU, because Brexit?
No, the opposite, only buy EU! Many of the people working in British manufacturing and farming supported Brexit and should be punished for that decision.Or maybe we should just accept that most of the people getting hammered by these boycotts were likely conned or, in the case of HK, nothing at all to do with it.
kuro68k said:
REALIST123 said:
Or the opposite? Buy only British, or perhaps non EU, because Brexit?
No, the opposite, only buy EU! Many of the people working in British manufacturing and farming supported Brexit and should be punished for that decision.Or maybe we should just accept that most of the people getting hammered by these boycotts were likely conned or, in the case of HK, nothing at all to do with it.
I have no idea what any of that means. "Glasses for your ears"?! Isn't that a hearing aid? Do you have to have a hearing test first? Sounds like marketing w
k to be honest.
k to be honest.Article said:
“For example, you don’t want too much oomph in the base at Volvo because it doesn't have that kind of image and neither does Polestar,” he said.
I beg to differ sir, I like the buttery biscuit base.Edited by Witchfinder on Wednesday 21st August 20:39
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