Looks like a Jimny to me - all electric but not Suzuki

Anyone else see a Jimny here?

New Czech firm launches UK's first electric 4x4 for £50k (msn.com)

It's based on the Indian Force Gurkha, they look similar until you see them side by side

www.carwale.com/news/maruti-jimny-spotted-with-force-gurkha/

The Force Gurkha has a 2.6L Merc based engine and costs about £13,000 in India. They frequently get compared to a G-Wagon rather than a Jimny.

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.

300bhpton wrote:

but £50k seems very steep for a budget entry level 4wd and poor range. £26-333k maybe.

£26-33K still seems expensive for any car to me, 

Phaeton wrote:

300bhpton wrote:

but £50k seems very steep for a budget entry level 4wd and poor range. £26-333k maybe.

£26-33K still seems expensive for any car to me, 
 

That's because you are still living in the World before The War/The Other War/Covid/Brexit.
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.........


 

Phaeton wrote:

300bhpton wrote:

but £50k seems very steep for a budget entry level 4wd and poor range. £26-333k maybe.

£26-33K still seems expensive for any car to me, 

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.

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.

50 to 60 k is defender/grenadier/cruiser money! The actual website isn't mentioning an asking price and given that it's only available in 2 seater form I can't see them being able to justify that level of asking price. That said I am still very keen as it's short and can tow 3 tonnes and goes from 20 to 80pc charge in 36min so the range anxiety is not awful.

Affordable?  Not at all.

£60k, they aren’t going to sell many of those in the UK. Better to buy the Yomper EV.

To whom it may concern.
When in the Highlands, I would fill up when my tank was half empty. Try doing that with an EV. You would need to plan your journeys around suitable power outlets and hope they are still working. Run out of fuel up there and the AA ( or whoever you are a member of ) will deliver a can of your favourite brew and off you go. Run out of amps and you will need a tow to wherever and that's your day ruined.

I will stick with a fluid fuel.

Roger

Roger Fairclough wrote:

To whom it may concern.
When in the Highlands, I would fill up when my tank was half empty. Try doing that with an EV. You would need to plan your journeys around suitable power outlets and hope they are still working. Run out of fuel up there and the AA ( or whoever you are a member of ) will deliver a can of your favourite brew and off you go. Run out of amps and you will need a tow to wherever and that's your day ruined.

I will stick with a fluid fuel.

Roger
 

Or the AA will bring you a generator/mobile charger?

The other thing with a Jimny is that you can put a 10 litre can of petrol in the boot for another 85 miles of range. Putting another 24kWh of batteries in the boot is tricky!