The new Dacia Spring vs The People! EXCLUSIVE | Electrifying

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By now, the majority of us have either read, seen or heard all about the all-new Dacia Spring. When it lands in showrooms later on this year, it's going to be the most budget friendly new car on the marketplace. Not by a couple of hundred pounds, either. This is going to be THOUSANDS of pounds less expensive than ANY other new electrical cars and truck you can purchase.

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Which is why in this video we're bringing you a real-life, live and kicking YouTube comments section. Join Nicola as she welcomes Nichola, Sara, Alison and Richard to take a look around the brand-new Dacia Spring – months before it shows up in sellers.

How do they rate the Spring? Has the cost-cutting gone too far in some locations, or has Dacia pulled off a masterstroke and created a brilliant bundle? Will the series of just 137 miles be a deal-breaker for our customers, or has Dacia got its sums right?

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39 responses to “The new Dacia Spring vs The People! EXCLUSIVE | Electrifying”

  1. @thecontinuedvoyage3746 Avatar
    @thecontinuedvoyage3746

    Hey, how do you get onto the test team??

  2. @simonevans8979 Avatar
    @simonevans8979

    When its time to replace the Peugeot, this will be high on my list. Need to go over the spec though…

  3. @mastarce Avatar
    @mastarce

    Your fashion sense is spot on! Anyone who tells you otherwise is just crazy 😂

    1. @user-ol6rd7pl5t Avatar
      @user-ol6rd7pl5t

      My dad was colourblind too.

    2. @mastarce Avatar
      @mastarce

      Sorry to hear that. I’m just fine thank you ❤

    3. @user-ol6rd7pl5t Avatar
      @user-ol6rd7pl5t

      @@mastarce It didn’t bother him much either.

  4. @BMWHP2 Avatar
    @BMWHP2

    Nice item, and good info by the people. This should be done more often. Invite a group of 4 to “feel” the car and let them tell what they think of it.
    The Dacia EV will have some competition in 2024 and 2025, with the new 200km range Citroën ë-C3 for €20k. And possibly with the Hyundai Casper?
    But both are indeed €5k more expansive. At €15k this Dacia is blowing the competition out of the water.

  5. @lewismcnicholas2631 Avatar
    @lewismcnicholas2631

    Looking forward to having a go in October – only thing for me is that given it’s a NMC battery you only want to charge to 80% regularly so probably more like 80 mile range – obviously can fully charge but imagine it will impact degradation?

    1. @MatthewStanford51 Avatar
      @MatthewStanford51

      and no active cooling for the battery

    2. @peteygti1 Avatar
      @peteygti1

      ​@@MatthewStanford51does an nmc batt need it?

  6. @Yanquetino Avatar
    @Yanquetino

    Why does it not surprise me to see Nicola in matching trousers and umbrella…!?! 😂 Yep: it’s a *city* car, with that range. I guess it’s selling point is the price: more affordable than other EVs with limited range.

  7. @user-ol6rd7pl5t Avatar
    @user-ol6rd7pl5t

    Give it 5 years when these start to hit the secondhand market & it will be great, they’ll only be used as city cars so will be low mileage, what’s not to like for a small city car or a second car for the school run & popping to the shops.

    1. @Brian-om2hh Avatar
      @Brian-om2hh

      Exactly right. For those who simply need to get the 10 miles or so to work, and home again, used EV’s like this will be just the job….

    2. @user-ol6rd7pl5t Avatar
      @user-ol6rd7pl5t

      @@Brian-om2hh Yep, the average mileage here in the UK is 20 miles a day/ 140 per week, this will be ideal for many people, meny will only need to charge it once or twice a week meaning you don’t even need off street parking for a home charger, just charge it when you go shopping.

    3. @andreabollani6746 Avatar
      @andreabollani6746

      In Italy it’s been out since 2021. You can find 3 years old cars with low milage at 10k€

  8. @grahamcastle8189 Avatar
    @grahamcastle8189

    Good idea to have a viewers panel, such a pity they didn’t get to drive the car though. Probably worth repeating video with another panel of EV virgins once you can have a road test. Be interesting to see how the Kia 2 compares and its a shame we don’t have the Nissan Sakura in the UK. Both would give the Spark a run for the money.

  9. @Brian-om2hh Avatar
    @Brian-om2hh

    This car is intended as a commuter city car, and nothing else. If you buy it for that reason, then you’re unlikely to be disappointed. The EV market needs cars like this now. We’ve had all the high end £40k plus cars. The EV market now needs to cater for potential EV buyers at the opposite end of the market…. The new Renault R5 and Citroen e C3will cater for those who are willing to spend a few grand more, and want more style…..

  10. @ianrob4760 Avatar
    @ianrob4760

    great idea but how about getting someone who has never driven an EV and let them check out the new Renault 5 later this year !!

  11. @trixiepickle8779 Avatar
    @trixiepickle8779

    I have a Spring, bought it last June. I live in the heart of the French countryside with winding lanes and lots of hills. I drive into the towns, to the airport, shop etc. I absolutely love it. The range is just under 300 km in the Summer and I am getting 225 km out of it in our Winters. I love it. Defrost while I’m in the house, top it up at home. Fun to drive and behaves like a small SUV which is handy on some of our roads. No complaints at all.

    1. @drfisheye Avatar
      @drfisheye

      The WLTP is 230km. No way you get 300km out of it, sorry. WLTP is about the most optimistic range a manufacturer can quote.

    2. @alapar73 Avatar
      @alapar73

      Belive it or not, Dacia Spring is the only EV which can do more then VLTP. On a longer journey I can allways can go around 300 km with a consumption between 7-8 kwh/100 km. It is a very light car. Has only 970 kg.

    3. @AR-rs2dy Avatar
      @AR-rs2dy

      That’s more than 180 miles which on a 27kWh battery is well over 6 miles per kWh so I’m prepared to call you a big fat french liar.

    4. @sebastiansandvik825 Avatar
      @sebastiansandvik825

      @@drfisheye No, CLTC is far more optimistic.

    5. @drfisheye Avatar
      @drfisheye

      @@alapar73 that’s an admirable efficiency, but enough video’s show much worse range for this car, unless you drive at low speeds (like 60kmh) with very little stopping. WLTP is measured at 80kmh. I mean, every EV gets further than WLTP if you drive slower. But people want to know the range for speeds higher than that.

  12. @richardjohnson5529 Avatar
    @richardjohnson5529

    i like the fact that the charging port is were it should be on a EV at the front, not were ICE cars had the filling cap by the fuel tank.

    1. @ohyesitsme Avatar
      @ohyesitsme

      Except if you have a frontal bump it could render your charging port useless

  13. @AndrewTSq Avatar
    @AndrewTSq

    we miss the most important in this video, and that is how it handles on the road, and how it is to drive. Seats etc? how are they ? Otherwise can not complain to much for the price I guess.

  14. @bill_heywood Avatar
    @bill_heywood

    I think the Spring is very well targeted for its market. It’s a small cheap EV and that is all a lot of people want or need. It’s cheaper than a lot of the combustion competition too, which will be great for helping EV adoption

  15. @turbogeek.421 Avatar
    @turbogeek.421

    As someone who does about 30 miles a week and have access to a 2nd car for longer journeys… This is almost perfect!

  16. @richardgledhill Avatar
    @richardgledhill

    Thanks everyone at Electrifying for my opportunity to be on the channel! (I am the EV geek in the brown jacket…) The video is completely representative of what we said on the day too. Really, really impressed with the Spring – it’s everything a cheap, cheerful runaround should be. The right things, done right. Well done Dacia!

    1. @Peoplestariff Avatar
      @Peoplestariff

      It was your comment that got me here 🙂

    2. @thedreamfactory6964 Avatar
      @thedreamfactory6964

      Did they inform you you were sitting in a Dongfeng with Dacia logo, and the technology is still the same as in 2015? You know there’s no 3 fase charging? As a result it can only be used as a second car. And not in the city because you need time and space on you driveway to charge it…. You also need 1 to 2 miles to pass a semi truck. If you ever succeed in passing. So weird not one negative point was mentionned. And you guys really weren’t paid to act all this?

    3. @sIightIybored Avatar
      @sIightIybored

      @@thedreamfactory6964 given they all already own EV’s, they’ll already have a way to charge them and won’t be concerned about that. They didn’t drive it so didn’t experience the lacklustre performance, though as the former owner of two Fiesta’s with less power than the ~60hp variant it’ll drive fine anywhere but a motorway (and better off the lights).

    4. @thedreamfactory6964 Avatar
      @thedreamfactory6964

      @@sIightIybored They could at least speak out the words: it is cheap, and it definitely looks and feels cheap. Just looking at the spec sheet makes you turn around. I just mis some criticism. Looks like a paid ad this video.

    5. @sIightIybored Avatar
      @sIightIybored

      @@thedreamfactory6964 cynically, you could say they, pulled the same trick as the car manufacturers. Took some people, made them feel good then asked for a review.

  17. @ObiePaddles Avatar
    @ObiePaddles

    Great idea and great to see innovation in the channel. It’s interesting to compare what the people want vs what some reviewers talk about (scratchy plastics is my personal gripe ).

    Well done.

  18. @jamesmccormack3229 Avatar
    @jamesmccormack3229

    Really enjoyed this vid! Like how it was described as an honest little car, I think that perfectly describes the Spring its not trying to ne everything to everyone, it’s happy being a daily city drive for folks wanting to change from ICE to EV.

  19. @yetufekci1 Avatar
    @yetufekci1

    Finally some manufacturers came to their senses and realised that your usual bloke doesn’t need 0-60 under 5 seconds. Well done Dacia.

  20. @brucekennedy5274 Avatar
    @brucekennedy5274

    This is a shopper, a runaround, a second car basically, that could be the gateway drug to EV for a lot of folks. As a city car tho, the real challenge is still charging infrastructure – you’ll need a long cable to dangle out of your tower block apartment. That’s not the cars fault tho – I think it’s great.

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