IS300H replacement ordered.....

[ganzoom]

Put down the deposit on the replacement for our IS300H today.....Sadly it wouldn't be with us till 2019 at the earliest.

Rather strange feeling today sitting in the IS, I really cannot fault it and in many ways it opened my eyes to a new world of hybrid/EV motoring. But sentimental values cannot stand in the way of progress.

[C Mclean]

Waiting to see what the final specs and cost is going to be.

[200h]

have you ordered the model 3 yet ??? i had been looking into the model 3 dont know if i would get

used to the speedo being in the corner of a tablet and not in front of you ,after speaking to tesla in

knutsford i was also quiet surprised the second yr service could be so expensive at about £700

and the teslas are all insurance group 50, for me the extra it would cost to insurance and service

would outweigh the savings in fuel,its  a shame as i feel tesla is the only viable EV car in the market place today.

[ColinBarber]

43 minutes ago, 200h said:

and the teslas are all insurance group 50, for me the extra it would cost to insurance and service

hopefully the model 3 won't be that high.

[ganzoom]

49 minutes ago, C Mclean said:

Waiting to see what the final specs and cost is going to be.

Tesla change spec/pricing every 4-6 months. But the starting price will be sub £30k (so cheaper than our IS), 0-60 5.6 seconds (quicker than our IS), and have a significantly better media system.

Am weighing up if we should go for the barebones car for <£30k or go all out and get the 'P' version when it's announced for £45k+. Got 2 years to decide.

[ganzoom]

45 minutes ago, 200h said:

have you ordered the model 3 yet ??? i had been looking into the model 3 dont know if i would get

used to the speedo being in the corner of a tablet and not in front of you ,after speaking to tesla in

knutsford i was also quiet surprised the second yr service could be so expensive at about £700

and the teslas are all insurance group 50, for me the extra it would cost to insurance and service

would outweigh the savings in fuel,its  a shame as i feel tesla is the only viable EV car in the market place today.

 

Reserved today but 500k+ people ahead of me in line.

Model 3 pricing is 50% pricing of current S/X. 

[ColinBarber]

14 minutes ago, ganzoom said:

 But the starting price will be sub £30k

I wouldn't bank on that. European regulations, shipping costs, import duty, and VAT will bring it up almost to parity with the $ price in the US.

[ganzoom]

10 hours ago, ColinBarber said:

I wouldn't bank on that. European regulations, shipping costs, import duty, and VAT will bring it up almost to parity with the $ price in the US.

Using current Model S pricing structure is US to UK, $35k car before federal incentives will cost £27k here after the £4.5k EV grant.

The EV grant wouldn't last forever but should still be there is 2019/20, so no harm in ordering now. Hopefully the Model 3 will be our 4th car to get benfit from the EV grant:).

 

 

 

[dutchie01]

I seriously do think that this tesla will be on the shortlist of many of the IS300H owners. I personally can't wait until 2019 as i have to decide early next year but it certainly would be a strrong contender.

[DanD]

I was in Paris last week and was amazed as to how many Teslas are run as taxis over there!

[capese21]

9 hours ago, DanD said:

I was in Paris last week and was amazed as to how many Teslas are run as taxis over there!

And many Lexus GS300h and some IS300H to when I was there two months ago. Diesel has gone out of favour in Paris.

[paulrnx]

I'm keen to see how the Model 3 turns out. If Tesla can build enough of them and reliability is ok I could see me buying one too.

[ganzoom]

https://lexusenthusiast.com/2017/08/01/lexus-july-2017-sales-report/

Lexus really need do something to push up car sales. In the US to-date  IS sales are down 27% compared to last year, and GS down 50%. 

BMW is reported to be on the verge of releasing some news on their 'Model 3 rival' soon, as Tesla ramp up their production everyone is who haven't got a competing product to the Model 3 will see their sales fall. Toyota/Lexus really really need to get a move on with their EV program before its too late. 

[Carl1983]

To be fair, Toyota/Lexus have released the car which is hydrogen fuel cell coming over to the uk very soon a believe. Granted it's ugly but certainly looks interesting around how it works etc. I'm still 50/50 if pure EV is the way to go yet 

cheers