Tesla S UK lease prices

[Welshbeef]

http://www.fleetdrive-electric.com/electric-cars-l...


So £630 PCM for a £55k car which does 300miles plus range costing £3-4 per charge
1/4 miles on you tube show c12 seconds and 110mph and from the clips I've seen it just loses to a Bi turbo E63AMG and beats a Vioer SRT.


So total monthly cost of ownership if lease is what £660pcm!!!

Lack of noise not good
Looks really good
Lots of storage
Low weight
Great performance

Tesla have nailed this one. If this is how other electric cars will go and only get better don't think petrol heads have much to worry about

[McWigglebum4th]

Welshbeef said:

Lack of noise not good

I beg to differ

[Welshbeef]

McWigglebum4th said:

Welshbeef said:

Lack of noise not good

I beg to differ

I want to see one in the flesh.

As for noise I do enjoy a V8 etc as a powerful engine they sound nice.

[notax]

Figures look quite tempting but the quality of the interior (leather, trim etc) was well behind European cars when I looked at one in the summer. I personally think it should look a bit funkier too... As a package it seems pretty good for me - although for considerably less cost I'm leasing a C63 AMG and the saving helps with the 20mpg...

[Codswallop]

Welshbeef said:

I want to see one in the flesh.

Been in their Westfield showroom, and the car does look good. However, the main display screen on the inside is a complete eyesore imo - far too big, and I found it got in the way of my leg. They should have fitted either a smaller screen, or one with rounded lower edges.

[McWigglebum4th]

Welshbeef said:

McWigglebum4th said:

Welshbeef said:

Lack of noise not good

I beg to differ

I want to see one in the flesh.

As for noise I do enjoy a V8 etc as a powerful engine they sound nice.

Well just borrow the sound system from an M5

[Rick1.8t]

Like it or not, tis the future....

Thankfully it seems the future wont be as boring as I feared - aside from having an applemac on its dashboard it seems like a rather nice package.

[Sods Law]

Quite tempted by one if these, one of my colleagues has one being delivered in holland next week so will see, as a partner to the M6 I'd have a nice balance.

A quirky alternative to the usual mid management 5/E/XF/etc

My main concern in the UK is the charging on the go, or leaving it at the airport every week to find it flat on return!

The first electric car I've really considered, looks good too on the 20"turbines, saw one last week on the road.

[B17NNS]

Welshbeef said:

So total monthly cost of ownership if lease is what £660pcm!!!

Presumably VAT to go on the lease? Also what deposit? Term, mileage?

[Wills2]

B17NNS said:

Welshbeef said:

So total monthly cost of ownership if lease is what £660pcm!!!

Presumably VAT to go on the lease? Also what deposit? Term, mileage?

Yep article linked says £636 + VAT so £763 per month (I'm talking personal lease) + deposit + mileage the fueling of the car will be cheap though.

[-Z-]

Don't forget thats likely a price for the base 60kW version only 5.9 secs to 60 and only 240 mile range.

I think the top spec P85 'quick' one is additional £16k so I reckon closer to £1k/mnth inc vat.

[veevee]

Welshbeef said:

So total monthly cost of ownership if lease is what £660pcm!!!

Total cost of ownership only includes the car itself, and fuel?

[CrowCrow00]

Codswallop said:

Been in their Westfield showroom, and the car does look good. However, the main display screen on the inside is a complete eyesore imo - far too big, and I found it got in the way of my leg. They should have fitted either a smaller screen, or one with rounded lower edges.

That dash is so American.

[retreat]

I saw these at the Festival of Speed this year and was deeply impressed, the photo does no justice to the actual dash, it looks like a big IPad . I wanted to hate the thing but spent half an hour looking around it. The finish seemed to be of a good quality and I actually mistook it for the new Jag. I think these thing have a few Government incentives to encourage us to buy!

[McClure]

Very nice. Not as expensive as I was expecting, thought they'd be £80k+. I could easily be tempted to one of these next time round.

[Chicane-UK]

If you do a lot of mileage and can afford to stop along the way at places with free charging stations, I'm sure the free energy could almost make the car pay for itself.

[southpaw]

I do find it quite funny when everyone talks about the "free" charging. I know someone who has just ordered one, and whilst there are govt grants to have charging points installed for free in residential properties, the wiring going to his garage isn't of a sufficient spec to run a charger. So he's looking to tap into a mains wire powering a street light, which probably needs permission from 27 million council departments, plus the fitment of a meter, looking at well over £1k.

To have a charging point installed in our office, simple installation on a rear wall close to the main fuse box and not needing any ground works, we're looking at over £3,500.

So there is well over £4,500 just for charging points, plus the electricity (more likely £8-10 per charge), not so cheap now! That's a hell of a lot of petrol...

[kambites]

I think you can charge one from a standard 13 amp socket if you're not in a hurry, which will be enough for most people.

[southpaw]

You can, but a Tesla told me that it takes a very long time on a standard 3 pin socket. If you want to recharge in a reasonable time you need a proper, high amp charging point.

[Benbay001]

Its only so cheap because the rest of us are fking subsidising them!