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NEW Dacia Spring review! – the CHEAP electric car we’ve been waiting for? | What Car?

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0:00 Little electrical automobiles
1:19 Exterior walkaround
3:20 Interior evaluation
5:10 New tech in
6:21 Rear seats
7:15 Boot usefulness
8:38 Trim levels
10:10 Performance and variety
12:09 Charging speeds
13:04 's safety history
14:18 Driving impressions
16:00 2 Bad and 2 good things!
18:07 decision and outro

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44 responses to “NEW Dacia Spring review! – the CHEAP electric car we’ve been waiting for? | What Car?”

  1. @patriotbarrow Avatar
    @patriotbarrow

    What irks me is that a large part of the sale price is shipping and import tariffs. You’re essentially getting a 10000 euro car for 18000.

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    1. @Steve-gc5nt Avatar
      @Steve-gc5nt

      So don’t buy one.

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    2. @jam365days8 Avatar
      @jam365days8

      Euro car made in China 😮

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    3. @patriotbarrow Avatar
      @patriotbarrow

      @@Steve-gc5nt I won’t. I’ll get the eC3 which, despite being more expensive, is much better value.

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    4. @ISuperTed Avatar
      @ISuperTed

      True but they are looking into whether it could be made in Europe in the future. If the final price is the same, then why not.

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  2. @nigelcb1300 Avatar
    @nigelcb1300

    I can’t remember the last time I “interacted” with the top of a dashboard 🙄

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  3. @crm114. Avatar
    @crm114.

    It’s an OK city car for those who absolutely have to have a brand new car but you could get much, much better in the used EV market at that price.

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    1. @stephenballantyne Avatar
      @stephenballantyne

      Strange comparison, this will be much cheaper than those other options once it’s on the used market.

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    2. @crm114. Avatar
      @crm114.

      @@stephenballantyneWhat’s strange? You have 15k to spend; do you buy this new or another brand used?

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    3. @stephenballantyne Avatar
      @stephenballantyne

      @crm114.  if you’re buying used you could get this for well under £10k in a couple of years. That’s the comparison.

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    4. @crm114. Avatar
      @crm114.

      @@stephenballantyneYou have 15k to spend and you want an EV now, not in 2 years

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    5. @ISuperTed Avatar
      @ISuperTed

      Always the classic issue – a new car with that brand new feel and warranty or a nearly-new used. Depends a lot on how you are financing it – new cars always have better finance/lease rates but used are always better value. No answer really, depends on what you want.

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  4. @mikadavies660 Avatar
    @mikadavies660

    Is everyone forgetting the VW E-UP? Plastic interior everywhere, rear windows on a hinges. Yet, when that was tested everyone said how great and simple it was… at £27,000.

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    1. @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px Avatar
      @Sh1tfaceMagee-db3px

      I used to see the odd one at Bca sales, even farm owned, abused to hell inside & out, basic model was.being held on reserve (demanded of) for way.too much money compared to even a.basic leaf or a rare imiev / peugot citroen variant, it was batsh1t crazy

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  5. @mikadavies660 Avatar
    @mikadavies660

    You have some brass balls on you. This car is £15,000 and is a CITY CAR. It isn’t even close to a £30,000+ Mini or Fiat 500 E. You spend the whole video trashing it’s basic interior and then get around to it being HALF PRICE.

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    1. @grahamjohnson4702 Avatar
      @grahamjohnson4702

      You have some brass balls you do, he did not spend the whole video trashing it’, I thought a perfectly good basic interior, rough and tough and hard wearing, he did explain it’s short comings because that is what is expected of a review, I thought a perfectly good and well presented review, but I won’t be buying one as it is just a city car.

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    2. @ziggarillo Avatar
      @ziggarillo

      ​@grahamjohnson4702 There you go, you got from this review that ” it’s just a city car” that is of course nonsense. It’s a car that you wouldn’t use to travel much more than a hundred miles in a day, but that’s inter city distances. Unless you’re talking about metropolitan Tokyo, in which case you could still drive across Tokyo and back, which is about a six hour drive outside peak times.

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    3. @grahamjohnson4702 Avatar
      @grahamjohnson4702

      @@ziggarillo It’s just that your idea of a city car is different to the vast majorities idea of a city car judging by your mixed up post, why you bring Tokyo into it when this car will not ever see Tokyo I can’t imagine.

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  6. @DavidPlayfair Avatar
    @DavidPlayfair

    When will sales of this car start in the UK?

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  7. @Darx97 Avatar
    @Darx97

    Another car “ journalist “ expecting to get a Rolls Royce for under 20k, is a small city car what do you expect

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    1. @Ben-kp6bp Avatar
      @Ben-kp6bp

      He doesn’t expect that literally says it’s built to a budget which it is

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    2. @stephen546 Avatar
      @stephen546

      For around £14,000 it’s fantastic value. He said you’ll get around 4 miles per kW in town, which is nonsense. Some reviewers have seen up to 7

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  8. @megapangolin1093 Avatar
    @megapangolin1093

    Very good video, but I have some observations…This is a budget car, no leather steering wheel? Surprise? Hard plastics? who sits on the dashboard? Who fondles their dashboard, or the doors? It is a non event, and simple hard plastics are lighter. It is a tiny, FIAT 500 sized car, and it has better seating capacity than an Aston Martin. It is meant to be cheap for singles or one or two to run around a city in. It isnt meant to be perfect. Steel wheels- excellent! with cheap and effective, nice trims. But you are ranking this with VW ID4 standards, and it is in a completely different market segment. Why is everyone paranoid about 0-60mph times? This is 21st Century Britain, where everywhere is covered in speed limits and cameras. 80% of people drive daily max 10 miles each way to work, schools or shops, how fast do you need to get there? EVs are meant to save the planet, small and efficient should be praised over huge 2 tonne monstrosities, especially when driving alone. It is a good, cheap, effective second car. Scuse the rant!

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  9. @user-iz8hk1ww7i Avatar
    @user-iz8hk1ww7i

    Given the price, I think Dacia should be forgiven for the copious use of hard plastics, which anyway would serve as functional and offer protection against everyday thuds and bumps. This car deserves to do well in the UK.

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    1. @fasthracing Avatar
      @fasthracing

      For me the plastics are not the problem. Its more the poor range, performance and overall driving experience.

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    2. @sherlockrobin597 Avatar
      @sherlockrobin597

      Never in my life did I inspect plastics until I started watching programmes about electric cars. I don’t care. My first car was a 1.3 Escort Estate and it was heavier (995kg+55kg for a tank of petrol) and had 59BHP new, probably much less than that in 2002 when I owned it, and the 0-60 didn’t bother me at all. Give me small, cheap electric cars, and make the charging infrastructure better to compensate for the range. The back seats may be a little too small on this one though…

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  10. @zzpaul01 Avatar
    @zzpaul01

    Its a car to transport people, basic and efficent, the interior is fine, performance is adequate, the original ford fiesta was 45bhp, it was adequate then and the speed limits are still the same.

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    1. @megapangolin1093 Avatar
      @megapangolin1093

      Speed limits near us are much lower too.

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    2. @stephen546 Avatar
      @stephen546

      Basic, with air conditioning and electric windows 😂

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  11. @zzpaul01 Avatar
    @zzpaul01

    I cannot imagine anyone using this for long motorway trips, leaving it at Tesco for 45 mins whilst doing your shopping for people without home chargine is much more likely.

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    1. @stephen546 Avatar
      @stephen546

      I had a 1 litre petrol Kia Picanto that I drove everywhere in and did 72,000 trouble free miles in 7 years

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  12. @grahamcastle8189 Avatar
    @grahamcastle8189

    A somewhat harsh review of what is a budget city car that will adequately meet the needs of many people and fuel savings will practically make the car pay for itself. I envisage it being popular with younger people, older people and mum’s as a second car. More like this please to reduce pollution and congestion in our urban areas. You failed to mention it has a 5* green rating.

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  13. @andriusbaziuk4331 Avatar
    @andriusbaziuk4331

    I think citroen ec3 for slightly bigger price offers more of everything

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    1. @maximilianholland Avatar
      @maximilianholland

      … which starts from £22, so almost 50% more expensive…!

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  14. @SnazzBot Avatar
    @SnazzBot

    Every car journalist: I have to say it’s a great value car great speed great all round brilliant car but I can’t recommend it because scratchy plastic.

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    1. @smc9291 Avatar
      @smc9291

      Haha nice one!

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  15. @kevinmaynard9561 Avatar
    @kevinmaynard9561

    Talks about flush door handles whilst showing door handles that are anything but flush 😂

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  16. @ladalout245 Avatar
    @ladalout245

    Reminds me of the last generation Panda I bought for my daughter. She and her partner absolutely loved it for its cheap n cheerful character and toughness that meant they could take it anywhere without worrying about damaging it. They’re both doctors now so they’re not short of money but still prefer the charming simplicity to fancy cars they subsequently bought and used it more than the new cars. I think it’s a perfect second car and fine for most people’s everyday life, it’ll sell like hotcakes and hold its value well, with less to go wrong and damage easily, so it’s a thumbs up from me!

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  17. @rushja Avatar
    @rushja

    I love the fact you can get such a basic model. I’d like to see an even more basic version tbh

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    1. @ISuperTed Avatar
      @ISuperTed

      3 wheel version? 😂

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    2. @rushja Avatar
      @rushja

      @@ISuperTed Maybe not take it that far, but I don’t mind winding my own windows

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  18. @ISuperTed Avatar
    @ISuperTed

    Whilst this is too small (size and battery) for me I think this is going to be a real Springboard for further cheap EV’s and in a few years there will be 200+ mile versions for this price.

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  19. @Lando-kx6so Avatar
    @Lando-kx6so

    The Dacia Spring is an A segment city car so does not compete with the MG 4 or the Ora which are C segment like a Golf or Citroen E-C3 or Mini which are B segment superminis. The Spring is more comparable to Fiat 500, the Renault Twingo, or a Toyota Aygo

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  20. @iandavidson99 Avatar
    @iandavidson99

    On the face of it this is a great car! It’s main challenge however is what ‘nearly new’ EV you could potentially buy for £15k

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