Megane EV
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zayn

Original Poster:

632 posts

139 months

Saturday 11th September 2021
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looks great, Super smart Google MCU , showing VW, bmw and Mercedes how it should be done

looking forward to this smile

https://youtu.be/cdcdRE-uLms

stu vxr

282 posts

128 months

Saturday 11th September 2021
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Love this, styling is superb we will take 2! we are still waiting for prices to drop though before we can go EVs for our daily's that's the only sticking point for us, meanwhile we will have to stick with our oil burners sadly.

annodomini2

6,959 posts

272 months

Sunday 12th September 2021
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290miles from a 60kWh battery is impressive, curious what real world would be.

zayn

Original Poster:

632 posts

139 months

Sunday 12th September 2021
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Renault have learned from the Zoe and looked at the mess VW have made of the ID 3. They definitely have a winner smile here

Frimley111R

18,041 posts

255 months

Monday 13th September 2021
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very much the end of the Megane hot hatch range frown

anonymous-user

75 months

Monday 13th September 2021
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Some nice touches, but the obvious result of the skateboard platform is that it is starting to look a bit too much like a crossover SUV.

skinnyman

1,844 posts

114 months

Monday 1st November 2021
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That interior, screen layout and Google infotainment system makes the iD3 look terrible in comparison.

Only problem, deliveries due from late 2022 onwards. It feels like I'm looking at Ev's a year too early.

anonymous-user

75 months

Monday 1st November 2021
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skinnyman said:
That interior, screen layout and Google infotainment system makes the iD3 look terrible in comparison.

Only problem, deliveries due from late 2022 onwards. It feels like I'm looking at Ev's a year too early.
Not if your order takes 6-9 months to be built... like the ID.3.

hiccy18

3,619 posts

88 months

Monday 1st November 2021
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40kWh or 60 kWh..... so it's a curvy Leaf then?

M1C

2,156 posts

132 months

Monday 1st November 2021
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hiccy18 said:
40kWh or 60 kWh..... so it's a curvy Leaf then?
Interesting you say that.....as in theory this should give us an idea of the next leaf. I'd expect them to be very veeeery similar underneath. If not, what's the point.

Unless they are going to position the Leaf differently as to not directly compete....buy then...the Ariya is gonna be there isn't it.

Hmm.

I predict this and the next Leaf will be the same apart from interior and exterior styling.

Frimley111R

18,041 posts

255 months

Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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ade73

465 posts

130 months

Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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Frimley111R said:
Next Leaf is going to be an SUV.
No it's not.

zayn

Original Poster:

632 posts

139 months

Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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megane EV will use the same platform as the upcoming Nissan Ariya

skinnyman

1,844 posts

114 months

Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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ajap1979 said:
skinnyman said:
That interior, screen layout and Google infotainment system makes the iD3 look terrible in comparison.

Only problem, deliveries due from late 2022 onwards. It feels like I'm looking at Ev's a year too early.
Not if your order takes 6-9 months to be built... like the ID.3.
Possibly. Although I'll be leasing via my employer. I can put in an order for an iD3 tomorrow, god knows when the Mégane will be available. Renault opens the order book in Feb, I could be waiting another 6mths before it appears on our company lease site. Or I could hold off, wait for this, to find it's silly money.

The lease prices at work are odd. A Lexus UX300e is £100/mth cheaper than a Honda E.

Tractor Driver

177 posts

51 months

Wednesday 10th November 2021
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I agree that lease prices are often surprising and unpredictable.

Does anybody have any idea what ‘usually’ happens with lease prices straight after a new model order book is opened?

Are initial prices usually very competitive to stoke interest and get the orders flowing?

…or are they initially pretty robust, before easing back as initial interest wains?

zayn

Original Poster:

632 posts

139 months

Wednesday 10th November 2021
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Tophatron

474 posts

242 months

Wednesday 10th November 2021
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ade73 said:
Frimley111R said:
Next Leaf is going to be an SUV.
No it's not.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/2025-n...

DMZ

1,973 posts

181 months

Wednesday 10th November 2021
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I’m actually mildly curious about this car. Maybe fwd doesn’t excite me so much but low weight, fairly sophisticated suspension, a focus on being good to drive, it’s quite compact, and it looks quite good. Renault knows how to make cars that handle and it seems they think this is a differentiator.

oldmanbm

469 posts

226 months

Saturday 13th November 2021
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Seriously considering one to replace my e-Golf. I had nearly twenty years use of a Megane Convertible 1.6 with little or no trouble. Exported out of the country and still in daily use! I went to look at the Kia Ev6 but it's massive and I know that the front spoiler lip would last me a week. Similarly a weekend with an Id4 was pleasant but again bigger than I want.

zayn

Original Poster:

632 posts

139 months

Saturday 26th February 2022
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more updates on this. Looking very good smile

https://youtu.be/eOA4IBy9PkM
https://youtu.be/omdfb7juUzI