Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 113: Ferrari’s hit, bargain Fiskers and Dacia’s £12k shock

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July 5, 2026

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22 responses to “Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 113: Ferrari’s hit, bargain Fiskers and Dacia’s £12k shock”

@AutoTrawler

July 5, 2026

The monthly price is pretty meaningless if you have to pay £2-5k up front (which you don’t get back!). You need to look at the total cost of the lease compared with the list price of the car, that’s the only fair way to compare and find good deals.

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1. @jimmylaw7380
  
  July 5, 2026
  
  Agree with that.
  
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@dmocl3s

July 5, 2026

The BMW app doesn’t need a bin… Just a qr… Somebody show her

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@kevinmair7571

July 5, 2026

Took me a few days to get rid of the previous mg.
In the app, select the old mg, then request a code to remove it.

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@AndrewInverness

July 5, 2026

YES to the fiesta AI render! Imagine if Ford tweaked the twingo styled as a Mk1 Ka! It would be awesome!

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@J500ANT

July 5, 2026

Definitely with Ginny on the Kia colour palette, EV6 is available in other markets in some stunning colours. UK gets four, all shades of grey.

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@leswhitehouse

July 5, 2026

My new Toyota C-HR+ EV had a qr code to scan and setup was simple. This was done with me by the salesman who went through EVERYTHING before I drove off 😃

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@GaryCono

July 5, 2026

No its the second way you said Drogheda😂😂

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@HHGTYG-u6g

July 5, 2026

Round the corner from me someone has a Fisker Ocean looks great.

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@gavkenny

July 5, 2026

Not sure I love the Fiesta render. Seems to remind me too much of cars from the 1990s that never started

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@henronweekes2796

July 5, 2026

Great podcast from a great team, keep up the great work.

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@johnnodge4327

July 5, 2026

We love our Ioniq 5, so would definitely choose the Kia EV6 GT for road trips.
On a recent 300 mile trip to east Kent from mid Cornwall, we stopped at Ionity in Basingstoke for a 17 minute top up with the charge rate peaking at 237kW, before continuing to Kent, arriving there with 55% remaining in the battery.
The 800V architecture is just brilliant for charge and get going scenarios, which is pretty tough to beat for the money.
On a Tesla open to all charger, the charge rate is a solid 98kW, which it sustains from 20% right up to 85%, before tailing off, so that’s a 30 minute charge, which is a perfect time for a mid journey rest stop.

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@adinigel

July 5, 2026

I test drove the Spring but sadly the seats just were not comfortable.

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@Maxxwellification

July 5, 2026

BMW is using QR since ages. Not sure why you use the “manual“ way.

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1. @timoliver8940
  
  July 5, 2026
  
  Minis too and the Mini Connected App is very good.
  
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@WagnerGimenes

July 5, 2026

Nearly a quarter of a million subs will be ecstatic to see the Electrifying Half Hour + 20 minutes. Love the show as always.

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@UnknownUser-rb9pd

July 5, 2026

I believe many European markets get more basic specs than the UK because people are less bothered about loading their cars with spurious extras. I believe this also includes Germany where poverty spec Golfs were common as they were considered basic transport similar to Fords rather than the premium product that marketing they are considered by UK buyers who are IMHO victims of clever marketing.

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@helipeek2736

July 5, 2026

Mazda “6e” does no one in Japan say model names out loud before they commit to them?

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@timoliver8940

July 5, 2026

I agree with Ginny about the Fisker Ocean – I had one short test drive followed by a much longer one and was about to order a One as I thought it was a great car in all respects except much of the software was “coming later” and I read on the forums that there were financial problems in the company. One thing I found was that having driven air suspended Range Rovers and RR Sports and now Defenders the Ocean’s coil suspension was the closest steel suspension I’ve experienced to air springs.

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@bryandavies6074

July 5, 2026

I feel really sorry for the people who paid full price for the Fisker. It seemed a good proposition – one that would support family life for a long time. Doubtless there are some poor souls who dug deep into a loan and made an outright purchase. I’m surprised that a legacy manufacture, under-represented in EVs, hasn’t bought out the designs, jigs, tooling etc.

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@bryandavies6074

July 5, 2026

Ginny – do the nails match the IX3?

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@jnksgb

July 5, 2026

🏅for Mike 😁

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