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

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In this new Dacia Spring review, we look at what whether this new £15,000 electric car sets a new benchmark for cheap EVs.




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Video chapters:
0:00 Small electric cars
1:19 Exterior walkaround
3:20 Interior review
5:10 New tech in Dacia
6:21 Rear seats
7:15 Boot practicality
8:38 Trim levels
10:10 Performance and range
12:09 Charging speeds
13:04 Dacia’s safety history
14:18 Driving impressions
16:00 2 Bad and 2 good things!
18:07 VERDICT and outro

[megapangolin]

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!

[mikadavies]

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.

[nigelcb]

I can't remember the last time I "interacted" with the top of a dashboard 🙄

[stphnwheeler]

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.

[Darx]

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

[grahamcastle]

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.

[jimross]

I thought this a terrible review. It’s like going to a non-league game and saying the football didn’t look like Lionel Messi at his best.
It’s an excellent car for 15k, but a crap car for 60k. We get it. Most people struggle to pay for their rent or mortgages, so to be able to get a new electric car for 15k is a very good thing. Well done Dacia.

[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.

[zzpaul]

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.

[mikadavies]

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.

[Lando-kxso]

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

[michaelbacon]

I like the way Dacia seems to have a healthy distain for these electronic so-called safety features that the discredited NCAP go on demanding. Its policy is only to fit what is legally required by ignorant legislators. It is strange that journalists seem to criticise cars that are deficient in some of these things and then go on about how they have to switch them all off because they are either distracting, irritating or plain dangerous!

[mumwifeteacher]

The mount for a smart phone in place of a screen is brilliant. Wish this was an option in all cars.

[ladalout]

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!

[trixiepickle]

I have the Spring Expression the previous version of this. Love it. The car was designed by the same team that did the Zoe so had lots of experience. Plastic is good, you can wipe it, which believe me, with kids and a dog it is really, really handy. Love mine, fun to drive, cheap to refill at home. nippy and fun.

[crm.]

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.

[trader]

I know there are some people that MUST have a new car, but for approx £10K you can get a Corsa-e or Nissan Leaf 22-reg with low miles, 1 owner.

[axoz]

Why are we still fed a diet of over sized electric SUV's, who cares whether hard plastic is used. Just don't expect to pay £60k

[nikc]

The price gap between this and it's nearest competitor leaves space for an extra 5kw to the battery and an extra 10hp to the motor. Stick in a leather steering wheel while you're at it and add another 1500 or so onto the price and I'm sure there would still be thousands of potential customers.

[mumwifeteacher]

Nuts value if that sold in the states it would be under 10k with credits if it was made here.