Just bought a Jan (24) pre reg Renault Megane E-Tech Iconic (top spec). Five months old from a Renault group dealer. List £39.999 now £25.500! Nothing in the C sector beats a Megane E-tech, it is that good. Renault have really got this EV spot on. Nothing annoys and the Google dashboard is simply the best. Finally, driving a EV makes sense...!
I recently purchased one of the cars on your list, ID7, it was fully loaded with every single option including the heat pump, 24 plate with 18 miles on the clock for £3k more than the one you highlighted. Very happy indeed.
I've had nothing but problems with my ZS EV - faux leather cracking and tearing (outside of the 1-year upholstery warranty) head unit freezing and restarting during journeys (despite continuous updates), wing mirrors seizing up and the reversing camera misting up (both of which the showroom blamed me for). I may be an outlier, but it's royally put me off the brand
Great video! Defo bargains out there to be had but if you aren’t in a position to pay cash the 0% APR deals available on new cars need to be considered. Went into Tesla this week to test drive a high spec pre reg Tesla Model Y priced at £39995, came home thinking the new Model 3 was actually the better buy!!
I bought a Mégane CC in 2007 for £13k from a car supermarket. They registered it to me the week after I viewed it. List was over £18k. No wonder they deprecated a lot compared to list price according to the guides. Great video, thanks
Had company cars most of my life, but since 2006 was buying my own (still company funded til 2013), but always looked for a bargain (MG EV pre-launch), pre-reg (Vauxhall), fire sale (Daewoo/Chevrolet) and ex-demo (Nissan). Never had a problem and none with more than a couple of hundred miles on. Despite the deals will not be getting a Fiskar.
Think I’m going with Model Y in a couple of months. What I have noticed is that if going down finance route don’t just go from lowest list price as the rate may be higher and sometimes mean you pay more overall than a more expensive list price with more attractive rates. The Citroen looks very appealing though in terms of value.
Tesla are currently offering 0% on PCP for Model Y and 3, don’t know how long for though. I thought I got a good deal getting my Y last year at 2.8%😢. Oh well it’s still a great car though. (IMO, other cars and opinions are available).😁
@@keithwillis5662 yeah I saw this recently and I guess you just have to cost it up v a used model that will be priced lower but incur interest and then to decide if the difference is worth the extra cost. Obviously with newer car you will get the longer warranty and benefit of a new car.
Not a pre-reg but I bought 2023 MG4 trophy in a private sale, newer software, grab handles and rear wiper for just under £20k, 1700 miles. Lovely red colour too. Even the LKA is behaving itself so much that I don't switch it off. So many good deals going about. My last car was a 3 year old Passat for £14k 10 years ago which equates to £18750 with inflation. 😊
Early 2020, I got a 6 month old low miles ex-demo i3 with mostly my preferred spec. Discount a bit more than 25% but short of 30%, perhaps paid slightly too much but the spec was scarce with the ACC. Of course I got stuck with the first i3 REx for the next three months until business re-opened again, timing eh?
Talking to an owner of an MG4 as I thought I'd take a look at a new one. Horror story from the owner who after leasing it couldn't afford to get out of the deal . Loads of software issues and regular trips to the dealer with no resolution
Always felt that for some people rather than leasing borrow the money from a bank and buy a pre reg, gotta make more sense. Leasing generally works from the list price, wonder why !
Things are changing very quickly in the BEV world that's a key reason for leasing. Its like the olden days when more people rented a TV. High purchase cost and low resale value made renting the latest colour TV a great option.
@@st200ol Exactly this I am leasing a pre reg ID3 works out £7k over 2 years. Pre Reg cars are £26k now, I doubt these will be worth £19k in 2 years with 20k miles.
@@RyoHazuki911 Sounds like a good deal and its another car in the pool of available second hand vehicles. Its all very well people saying new cars are too expensive and I won't/can't have one. Anyone can predict what not buying/leasing them will do to second hand prices in a few years.
I bought a demo model Ioniq 5 just before Christmas. Here in Holland we don't get the sort of deals you seem to get in the UK but it was a pretty good price for a high spec car and cheaper than new, even though new cars were being sold with end-of-year discounts. The alternative for me was an inventory Model Y, which worked out a few thousand more expensive, had harsher suspension and disappointing customer support. (Tesla messed me about when I was trying to spend money, what would they be like if I bought the car and then had problems?)
Recent experience walk into Volvo dealer EX30 twin performance “ Thank you very much Sir that will be £43k” factory ordered. The same Car and loaded the same with 1200 miles and months old £35k 😮 1200 miles is just run in as they used to say. I like that extended range EX30 for £32k on your list.
Hi Andy. Why has 'timed discharge' been removed from the givenergy system? This was the perfect setup for me on octopus go, with the low night import, and higher export prices. The technical department at givenergy could not give me a reason for its removal.
Some of those pre-registered deals are amazing. I'm going to be in the market for a small EV at the end of the year and I'm hoping to find a steal somewhere. I'm hoping the ZEV mandate leads to some crazy deals as manufacturers push to hit the 22% target
Just saw a video on the refreshed Dacia Spring. That Leaf was about the same price. That's a lot of car for the money! Wonder what the pre-reg Springs will go for? 😄
I have often found going into the dealers at the rigt time and being prepared to walk away, I could buy a brand new car cheaper than a 1 year old model. Many car brands have majorly over priced their EV's and £10,000 above their equivalent ICE version. Second hand prices seem to reflect more where they should have been priced. So yes some great bargains. Unfortunately I test drove the Model 3 Highland and I was mage impreseed so wanted that one. Only option was new. But for a second car there are so many options under £20,000 which is great to see.
I'm considering the eC4/Megane. I really like both cars, and they are reasonably priced, but while my Zoe still works, the extra space/range/charging isn't enough to get me to put down the extra cash. At some point that's going to change...
I have been considering the Fisker ocean, for a 24 plate with 27 miles on the clock it’s £22,500 which is less than half price BuT I don’t think you get any warranty. Is it still worth buying without any warranty? The larger battery on at 113kw is £27,000 and only 6 months old.
Interesting this came up for just this week I purchased a Mach-E AWD registered in Feb 2024 with just under a 1000 mls for £18k less than the discounted new. Besides the massive reduction in price I obtained a good market value to my nearly 3 yr old Mach-E but got Avery special deal to increase the warranty to 5yrs (extra 2 for a 1/3rd cost) plus an excellent deal on ceramic coating. Certainly considerably cheaper than the New Explorer & newly released Capri. I was extremely happy with my prevous Mach-E & my partner has a back injury & she found this car extremely comfortable even on 300ml journeys.
EVM Just got myself a id buzz on the car settings it saying I can do bi-directional charging got myself givenergy set up, van saying it let's me use 4000kw of battery. If that works I belive on the right octopus tariff I could make 1-2k selling the electric? Do you know anything about this? Cheers for your time.
Barrie Crampton, who has access to Auto trader posts lots of these pre regs. You don't have to wait months cars registered in June are available today. Typically with 40-50 miles on them. The Auto trade has always used pre regs for slow moving/old models but with EV's it's a fire sale. What the EU lost trade in values will be in 2 years is anyones guess. Possible bargain if you are brave and are keeping the car for life?
Back in 05 we brought a new Citroën pecaso, we hadn't planned to buy new but by the time we left after 4 coffees the dealer gave in and we got it cheaper than the pre regs and demo car's, that was back in the day. It was the worst car we ever had so it was a lesson learnt. When they start discounting the new cars by a considerable amount it makes people think the second hand value is going to plumit, I'm looking to change my car I have now but as I can't charge at home or at work I would have to rely on public chargers and with that the sums don't add up against a petrol or diesel, with libour getting in it looks like they want to hammer the cars and sadly I think evs are going to cop it first because of pay per mile and congestion charge and ved, ice cars already pay tax per mile as in fuel duty but they need to find ways to put a fuel duty on the electric and if you have solar and home battery then technically you drive for free, if they do start bringing in charges in line with ice then I think many people will dump the ev.
Is there a specific way to look for pre-reg car, or do you just have to look at the mileage and description? Looking at maybe getting an EV 6 GT line S
All manufacturers are lowering prices because no one is buying cars at the moment. Some manufacturers are only letting you buy a car that is already in the UK and no factory orders, SEAT being one. Nice to see you using the viewers comments to make a video as we knew there were these discounts a month a go.
My next purchase is to consolidate both my MG ZS EV Long Range Trophy Connect and my wife’s MG4 for Ionic 5 N but at £65k I’m waiting for the right time to save some £’s
It's a bit misleading saying they're pre-reg when the Cupra and Volvo were advertised with ~1200 and ~3000 miles respectively and the MG ~2000 miles. I assume demo vehicles.
I would never buy a new car if a relatively new pre-reg option was available. Few months, or even a year or two makes no difference to me. But, I bought our EV new three years ago, just because at the time there were no pre-reg options available. Take advantage of the situation people!
I'm favoured, Getting my own Truck has always been my Dream for my business. I just acquired 2 recently, earning $32K weekly has been really helpful. I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support Charity Organizations.
Wow. I'm a bit perplexed seeing Elizabeth Regina Nelsen been mentioned here also Didn't know she has been good to so many people too this is wonderful, I'm in my fifth trade with her and it has been super
After I raised up to $225k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God shalom..
I thought that pre-reg was the same as inventory. ie. Registered, for whatever reason, but never driven. It sounds like your definition is basically a low mileage 2nd hand car. Am I missing something?
It's where the dealer pre-registers it so they can count it as a sale in that period. They have to get rid within 6 months of doing that and technically you'd be the 2nd owner. So yes, a very nearly new used car.
not sure if you're short of video ideas but here's one... i've no driveway, tight fisted as hell with plenty of time on my hands. so happy to sip the lowest cost electricity possible without a home charger and use as little as possible. a top ten electron sippers per mile perhaps and tips on getting cheap public charging. oh, and i'm wondering how much electricity i would lose having the car parked. are some cars worse/better than others on draining the battery when stationary? now i type it occurs to me you may have done this already.
I've left my Kia eNiro parked for 2 weeks while I was on holiday. The loss was negligible when I returned.... If I still drove an ICE, I'd be way more concerned about the 70% loss in efficiency as I drove along the road......
@@leesmith9299 I was finding with my 2020 Tesla M3 it was losing about 1% charge per hour - took a while to realise because it was lockdown and it was almost always parked in the drive plugged in! Fortunately there's plenty of information telling you what system is using the energy. It was the Sentry Mode. With that turned off, the loss of charge while parked is negligible. I now leave it turned off 🤫 It's not required to be turned on for the insurance and I reckon of things people know about Teslas after 1) They're really fast 2) They have self driving that doesn't really work, the third thing most people know* is that they have Sentry Mode and it wouldn't occur to people that you'd turn it off. Keep the secret! *OK, a lot of people have read the stories about the build quality and have diametrically opposed opinions on whether that's true. My ID3 loses very little charge while parked.
My present car, a 2011 Smart diesel has 1983 miles on the clock, it was 5 months old, it's now covered over 152000 miles, never missed a beat, I would love an electric vehicle but to get a vehicle that I could run for a week before topping up, I would have to buy a much bigger car and obviously it would carry a much bigger price tag, I don't have access to off road parking and at present there's still only one working charge point in the town where I live, as someone who works an average 15 hour shift and travels up and down the motorway on a daily basis, my daily commute is 60 miles, as much as I like the look of the Corsa or Fiat 500, not that I could ever afford to buy one, but if I could, they wouldn't manage my weekly commute without the need to charge, so I would be looking towards the £30000+ mark for something like an Ioniq 5 or an EV6, (I didn't even pay that much for my house and that's appreciating whereas a car is depreciating), the initial purchase price is way out of my league and the infrastructure is still a long way off, I recently bought a mild hybrid, I was looking for a Toyota Yaris hybrid but one garage contacted me a week after I initially enquired about the car, 7 weeks on and the car isn't ready to be seen yet (???), I still haven't seen or heard from the garage, the other one i looked at was way overpriced and not very impressive, so for less than half of my initial budget I found a tidy 2010 Honda Jazz hybrid with 70000 on the clock, I pick it up this week, it drives lovely, everything works as it should do, I probably paid a bit over the top, but I can take it into most major cities without having to pay the clean air taxes, its self charging so I don't need to find a credit card to pay for electricity, I can still pay cash for fuel, even though i objct to the extortionate cost of fuel, as someone who is not considered credit worthy, I can't get an electric vehicle unless I could charge at home, not use the vehicle for long journeys and I'd have to be able to afford to buy the vehicle outright with cash, none of which is possible
As a recent convert from VW to Tesla (Medel Y) I have to admit the ID7 station wagon is attractive, or the new ID Golf (Cupra Born) Seems to me some of these cars are really overpriced new, and so the discounts take them closer to what they should be anyway.
@@Joe-ud2hb great. Easily the best car we’ve owned and OTA updates have significantly improved it in the 2 years we’ve had it. We have a dog and dog mode is transformational for daily life…the message on the screen that the temperature is set and ‘my driver will return soon’ is brilliant.
As someone not in the car sales business, what is a pre-registered car? Did the dealer register it and then could not sell it, or is it just a second-hand car?
The used market will decude if these EV are bargains and anyone thst pays anywhere near list is clueless. The low BIK is in effect a subsidy that mostly benefits the relatively well off folk who gave a car as part of their renumeration package and i cannot see the salary sacrifice schemes being widely rolled out before they are culled.
Well done on highlighting some of the choices facing the consumer. I'd like to share my thinking as an Ev is still a calculated risk. A year ago, I got a used Renault zoe on a two year pcp. The Zoe has proven technology for 12 years of production and the batteries are not a particular worry. The car is ultra cheap to run but what was a second car became the first choice for journeys up to 120 to 150 miles a day. I have only once used public charging. As I already have home charging, I am considering a larger second car, probably the EC4 Citroen pre reg or two years old. In a year's time the C4 could replace the Zoe or I could get another Zoe cheaper than the Pcp price. This buys me a year to consider whether charging in public appeals to me on 12 long journeys a year. RU-vid and newspapers love EV scare stories and have clearly damaged sales. Someone will go bust, either legacy autos or this likes of MG. Opinions welcome.
The Citroen electric C4 can be picked up on Autotrader with 10k miles for less than £12k. Yet I've seen one at a dealers and they're trying to get £33k for it brand new. Madness
Do you know the definition of a pre-reg vehicle? It is not one with "a few thousand miles". Nearly new is what you are showing here, not pre-reg. Anyone who has worked in a dealership knows the difference and the reasons why dealerships do it.
Isn't it time to admit that Hyundai Group sets the EV benchmark due to the Tesla brand 'backing out' for the last few years ?. Tesla is discounting because orders for the ageing lineup are in decline........and the factory output is excessive.
Why do you say that? From experience? Or from bar stool experts? Data from the SMMT (the organisation who collates sales data from all car dealers dont concur with your comment.
@@David-bl1bt I’ve had some experience, two EV’s from two different manufactures. So yes, I’ve been through my whole EV evangelist phase and now returned to petrol. But I don’t think one needs hands on EV experience to see the problems with both the new and second hand EV market. I’m not anti EV, just a realist about both the upsides and downside.
Id love an ev just nowhere to charge it, work doesn't have chargers, no home chargers... The joke of public charging not working or ridiculously over priced has made me upset with EVs
No wonder these are so cheap though. Demand is zero they are ugly and nobody trusts their reliability from these low end brands. The high end of the EV market doesn’t have good reliability either so what chance does this lot have. Tesla and maybe bmw are the only two brands that have reliability. Stelantis is a shit show company.
@@ElectricVehicleMan No. Fleet and salary sacrifice has driven 90% of all of the EV volume. Because people get 40% off the lease cost on those schemes. The private market is on its arse which is why tesla just put 0% interest free on all its 3 and Ys
@@mattx4253 Exactly, it’s not an EV thing. That was the original point. www.smmt.co.uk/2024/02/uk-reaches-million-ev-milestone-as-new-car-market-grows/
U should wait one year and get it for 15 K. U can also try to buy a cheap electric Audi cause it was so popular they had to close down the factory 😂😂😂😂😂
