jaapv said:Hmmm.. Mine cost 57.000 Euro new and is still worth 23.000 according o my dealer; several used car sites agree. Not very good, but not spectacularly bad eitherr. And yes the tax advantage was insane. In the end I will have paid about 10.000 Euro net for the car.
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maby said:With the tax concessions, it just about makes sense - always assuming that your alternative vehicle would also be a rather large 4WD estate. But this assumes that most of your usage is within the EV range of the vehicle - which, for most people, would make a far cheaper and smaller vehicle a realistic alternative.
greendwarf said:maby said:With the tax concessions, it just about makes sense - always assuming that your alternative vehicle would also be a rather large 4WD estate. But this assumes that most of your usage is within the EV range of the vehicle - which, for most people, would make a far cheaper and smaller vehicle a realistic alternative.
Ah! - but I pay no congestion charge and only £2.50 to park all day in Westminster. Beat that suckers :lol:
Which explains why the PHEV was the best-selling car over here for about a year, and not in the UKmaby said:jaapv said:Hmmm.. Mine cost 57.000 Euro new and is still worth 23.000 according o my dealer; several used car sites agree. Not very good, but not spectacularly bad eitherr. And yes the tax advantage was insane. In the end I will have paid about 10.000 Euro net for the car.
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The numbers really don't add up, sir! 57,000 Euro is something over £50,000 (even at today's exchange rate) - the current UK list price of the 4HS is about £41,500 and the current government grant should bring that down to about £39,000 - so you either had a lot of extras added, or prices are higher in your part of the world. Anyway, lets consider UK prices - list price around £39,000. The Ateca is a very similar car to the PHEV in everything apart from the drive train - arguably the equipment level is better. The absolute top of the range petrol Ateca price is just over £31,000 and I think you'll find that the price of the equivalent to the 4HS is more like £27,000 - but lets consider the £31,000 for comparison purposes. That is a price difference of £8,000 - if the Ateca only does 40mpg and you don't consider the cost of charging the PHEV at all, you'll have to do 64,000 miles before you break even. Most of us pay over a pound to recharge a PHEV and get a range equivalent to about £3 of petrol - after which we are lucky to average 40mpg.
With the tax concessions, it just about makes sense - always assuming that your alternative vehicle would also be a rather large 4WD estate. But this assumes that most of your usage is within the EV range of the vehicle - which, for most people, would make a far cheaper and smaller vehicle a realistic alternative.
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