The new Dacia Spring vs The People! EXCLUSIVE | Electrifying

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By now, most of us have either read, seen or heard all about the all-new Dacia Spring. When it lands in showrooms later this year, it’s going to be the most affordable new electric car on the market. Not by a few hundred pounds, either. This is going to be THOUSANDS of pounds cheaper than ANY other new electric car you can buy.

At Electrifying, we don’t just like the sound of our own voices. We like to know what you think. And since we started producing our video reviews, we’ve had thousands of comments on our channel. Some interesting, some helpful, some downright rude.

But the comments section can only tell us so much.

Which is why in this video we’re bringing you a real-life, live and kicking YouTube comments section. Join Nicola as she invites Nichola, Sara, Alison and Richard to have a look around the new Dacia Spring - months before it arrives in retailers.

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

Do you agree with our reviewers? Let us know in the comments below.

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[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!

[trixiepickle]

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.

[mev]

The project manager lady in the purple, represents I'd imagine, over 60% of car drivers. No idea what most of the buttons do, I need air con and radio buttons and I'm happy. Dacia seems to have hit that perfectly.

A great video of real people from different demographics. Bravo electrifying.

And loved the outfit.

[Brian-omhh]

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

[glennmckenzie]

Fun format! Congrats - so watchable and interesting

[JohnSmith-gttg]

I love that they added the V2L functionality. We need two cars but if the weather is good everybody is going to work and school by bike. So at least one car is most of the time at home. The Spring could there be used as an additional home battery.
As a beekeeper it would also be very useful to have access to electricity no matter there the hive is located.

[bogdanpopescu]

love how the presenter pronounced Dacia perfectly ❤

[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

[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.

[GaryV-ph]

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.

[BMWHP]

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.

[richardjohnson]

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.

[ianrob]

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 !!

[pefranel]

Tengo uno hace dos años y medio, 85.000km, encantado.

[laurie]

I live in Romania and one of my friends has a Dacia Spring. I've been in it once with THREE adults in the back seat! When he first got it the price was just under 10k Euros including VAT. He uses it for a short commute to work and as well as charging at home, he can if necessary charge it at work so it suits his needs perfectly. I like the way Dacia have styled it to fit the corporate look of their ICE and hybrid cars and not given it a slab front like the Polestar, the Ioniq and many others.

[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.

[ISuperTed]

Nice colour co-ordination at the start with the Yellow Brolly and trousers and the Orange Spring. Just needed to add some Lime Green for a full house of Oranges, Lemons and Limes. As for the car, we have a Dacia already, but this is too small and not enough for range for us. Bravo to Dacia for getting it out there at that price though.

[turbogeek.]

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

[jamesmccormack]

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.

[akf]

That front charging port, like the Leaf, is so good, really wish my Ariya had that