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Looks like a Jimny to me - all electric but not Suzuki
01 Feb 2024 17:24 #253940
by 300bhpton
Replied by 300bhpton on topic Looks like a Jimny to me - all electric but not Suzuki
They were selling a UAZ running on electric previously. Looked pretty cool tbh. Although for obvious reasons there is likely a bit of a supply issue.
Don't know much about the Gurkha. I know the EV bits cost money and maybe a tiny bit of R&D, but £50k seems very steep for a budget entry level 4wd and poor range. £26-333k maybe.
Don't know much about the Gurkha. I know the EV bits cost money and maybe a tiny bit of R&D, but £50k seems very steep for a budget entry level 4wd and poor range. £26-333k maybe.
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01 Feb 2024 23:12 #253943
by facade
Car prices have skyrocketed across the board.
What was a £200 car (anything with a decent length MOT) is now £1000. £2000 today buys the sort of banger you'd have paid £400-£500 for then.
New Prices? A poverty spec. Dacia Sandero was £6,995, today they are £13,795.
An Ignis was £10,499, today £17,949.
Pretty much everything has gone up by the same amount, except our income.........
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Looks like a Jimny to me - all electric but not Suzuki
That's because you are still living in the World before The War/The Other War/Covid/Brexit.
£26-33K still seems expensive for any car to me,but £50k seems very steep for a budget entry level 4wd and poor range. £26-333k maybe.
Car prices have skyrocketed across the board.
What was a £200 car (anything with a decent length MOT) is now £1000. £2000 today buys the sort of banger you'd have paid £400-£500 for then.
New Prices? A poverty spec. Dacia Sandero was £6,995, today they are £13,795.
An Ignis was £10,499, today £17,949.
Pretty much everything has gone up by the same amount, except our income.........
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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01 Feb 2024 23:49 #253944
by 300bhpton
That said, this Gurkha EV is actually £60,000 not 50k, they seem to be quoting the ex VAT price, which isn't really realistic for many. And even if you can claim the VAT back, you'll still have to pay it initially.
So I still think it is hugely over priced for what it is. A new MINI Electric is way less money for more technology and specification. And it isn't as if any real R&D has gone into the Gurkha EV. They have only bought EV bits and bolted them too a donor vehicle, a bit like building a kit car. They haven't had to develop a transmission, motors, batteries or even likely controllers.
Replied by 300bhpton on topic Looks like a Jimny to me - all electric but not Suzuki
Well me too if we are talking cash in the bank kind of money. Although PCP deals and the like make many new/newish cars far more affordable than their headline price tag. Small deposit and an affordable monthly payment can buy you quite a lot of motor vehicle these days.
£26-33K still seems expensive for any car to me,but £50k seems very steep for a budget entry level 4wd and poor range. £26-333k maybe.
That said, this Gurkha EV is actually £60,000 not 50k, they seem to be quoting the ex VAT price, which isn't really realistic for many. And even if you can claim the VAT back, you'll still have to pay it initially.
So I still think it is hugely over priced for what it is. A new MINI Electric is way less money for more technology and specification. And it isn't as if any real R&D has gone into the Gurkha EV. They have only bought EV bits and bolted them too a donor vehicle, a bit like building a kit car. They haven't had to develop a transmission, motors, batteries or even likely controllers.
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