Why is the Dacia Spring so popular?

Why is the Dacia Spring so popular?

Why are so many people buying a daa spring it’s only been on sale for 2 years yet daa managed to sell 120,000 in that time however is it a bad thing that so many people want to buy a supposedly poverty spec car let’s find out right let’s get underway I’m

Actually in a car park at Charles deal airport and I’m heading what looks like the wrong way good start to a location just outside the very very center of Baris to go and do a video of the new Rena 5 electric car now make sure you subscribe to this

Channel so you get to see that video as soon as it’s uploaded I’m just going to find somewhere to turn around and I can go the right way let’s try this again I do quite like the gear selector that’s handy the way we go the correct way this time duh

One of the biggest problems with the daier spring is its range the reason it so cheap is because it doesn’t have a very big battery so youve got a 25 KW usable battery pack that gives you a range of up to 143 mi in the entry level

Essential 45 and 137 mi in the extreme model now I’ve got the details of some of its competitors a Volkswagen eup that has a usable battery capacity of 32 KW hours good for range of 160 Mi and this an Leaf has a battery capacity of 39 KW

Hours it’s a range of 168 Mi of oxal corser 48 KW battery pack and 246 Mi a Perse E28 48 KW battery pack 232 Mi A Renault Zoey obviously Renault owns Dua that has a battery capacity of 52 KW hours and a claimed range of 239 Mi not

Ideal however the daer is supposed to be quite efficient in its use of its energy supposed to be able to do 4.5 m per kwatt hour what would it really do though I’m going to find out right so we have 82% of battery remaining the odometer says 6,080 km I’m going to go

For a drive and see how much battery I have left when I get to my destination what will the true efficiency be let’s be brutally honest this car feels very cheap here on the inside first off the steering wheel it’s so rough that you can actually exfoliate your hands as

You’re driving along it’s managed to get rid of my calluses also there’s just bits missing that you find on normal cars where is the vanity mirror for the drive and the light is it one for the passenger Oh no just a big airbag warning sticker and listen to this the

Noise that makes when you put that back up there’s not much soundproofing in here and the metal on the car just seems so thin and flimsy listen to the door shut in found the whole car wobbles when you did that as well we’re also missing some key things but where’s the colders

There’s no capup holders there’s a distinct lack of money going into the development for instance if someone had spent time developing and testing this car there’s no way they’ to put the USB input up here because look when you have your cable you want to plug your phone in this happens look

It’s material quality throughout is very very scratchy also there’s absolutely no damping on the glove box what’s more you can’t adjust the steering wheel at all that’s frustrating then there’s the seats this is the top of the range version with fake leather though it just feels more like plastic reminds of the

Seats in my mom’s old Mini yes this feels like a cheap car and then when you jump into the back seats you notice that there really isn’t anything besides the seats here no door bins no armrest in fact the seats don’t even appear here to split the just a single bench

Look while we’re at it let’s just test some more door shut so come on listen to it from the outside but this is the worst bit listen to this look at it look at it shake yes it is a bit poverty isn’t it this car or maybe it’s just cheap and

Cheerful the daier spring has pretty poor performance the entry level car has just 45 horsepower and takes 19 seconds to get from 0 to 60 MPH this model the rain chopping version is called the extreme but the performance is anything but it’s only got 65 horsepower and

Takes 13.7 seconds to get to 60 MPH now I’m going to show you just how poor the performance is when you’re cruising along on the motorway I’m doing 80 km an hour I’m going to floor it to get up to the speed limit which is 110 let’s see

How long that takes 80 flooring it now come on it’s 90 that’s 100 that’s 110 right there not terrible not totally terrible but it’s definitely the slowest accelerating electric car I’ve ever driven the daer spring gets a little bit out of shape when you drive it quickly through some Corners leans

Quite a lot in the bends now I could show you that actually happening out on the road but I don’t need to I can give you a demonstration as to what it’s like look look at that it’s soft and squidgy and all over the place this car isn’t

Particularly good at higher speed or longer Journeys not that you can go all that far because of the range basically it lacks any form of refinement you can pretty much hear all the vehicles around you such as that motorbike that just went past there’s quite a bit of wind

Noise something that you really notice on electric cars because there’s no internal combustion engine weing away and there’s like an echo from the rear tires just reverberating around the uninsulated boot this could get very tiring so too could the seats so there’s literally no lateral support so you flop

About in them and I don’t know what it is it’s like they’ve been designed like the seats that you get at airports or at bus stations where they’re kind of designed to actually get you to move on rather than stay and rest for a long period of time oh and then there’s a

Suspension whenever you go of an expansion joint or a little bit of a bump at speed you get a big bounce and the car sort of carries on bouncing because it’s as though they haven’t fitted it with any dampers the cost savings are definitely evident at higher

Speeds so too is the car’s lack of stability it only weighs just over a ton which is quite good for an electric car but then that’s because it hasn’t really got a very big battery and it’s made out of tin foil as a result it does get

Blown about a bit in the wind so you find yourself just like constantly correcting and getting a bit nervous when you go past big lorries cuz they can just push you aside with a draft it feels cheap buying a new or used car then you need to visit carw and we’ll

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Mentioned aren’t enough to put off the 30,000 people in France that have bought a daa spring there’s plenty to like about this car but the key thing is the price you see a lot of people get worked up about the price of electric cars however I’m quite relaxed about how much

This daa spring costs it starts from just 16,000 for the entry level version whereas this range topping model is £17,000 now to put that into context a fat 500e cost £26,000 and A Renault Zoe is £30,000 the spring is super easy to drive around town I it’s perfect for

Places like Paris visibility is good decent VI the wind screen decent Windows decent Siz door mirrors decent view at the back as well another thing is the suspension is all soft and squidgy so it’s okay over speed hums over manhole covers over holes like that in the

Ground that there we go and one of the great things about it being an electric car it has a very good turning Circle it’s just 9.5 M the only other car that you can buy right now which I think has a better turning circle is a citran Amy want to see it in action here we go not supposed to turn around here but I don’t care because I’m a Brit abroad minute I’m not so sure about that what a strange noise from the steering at least the steering itself is nice and light so very light I think I’m annoying

A scooter rider he’s gesturing me to get out of his way here he is he’s probably going to hit the car hello hi you’re right sorry British every an idiot and you know what if I’m being perfectly honest this car has all the kit you really actually need well apart from the

Aforementioned vanity mirrors I got an entertainment screen there and it’s got apple carplay and Android auto and yeah I know I M about this cable but you can get something called Android auto Wireless and it’ll just you know you can stick a little box there and then you

Can connect your phone wirelessly I’ve got air conditioning great I’ve also got cruise control I have a reversing camera and all around electric windows I’d say I’m good considering this car is just 3.7 M long there’s actually an all right amount of space here in the back head

Room it’s all right you might think knee room oh that’s terrible but it’s not as bad as you think because this car’s cheapness actually pays off here in the back cuz look as this is quite flimsy I can jab my knees like that into the back

So people with really long legs will be able to get away with that also unlike in some other electric cars the seats are quite high from the floor so you don’t feel like your knees are up around your ears and the seat base is quite deep so there’s plenty of under thigh

Support and the front seats are raised up slightly so you can put your feet underneath the seating front to stretch out a bit more for a small and very inexpensive car the daa spring is surprisingly practical the boot capacity is 290 L by comparison a box or corser ease boot

Capacity is 267 L and that car costs almost twice the price of this another great thing about the duer spring is that because it’s so cheap I don’t really care so much if it gets damaged it’s not expensive to fix I would bother repairing it PR suited some dents in it

It’s very French a dented car look like a dented van that’s so French no offense French people but you don’t really give a about the condition of your cars the daer spring holds its value really well especially for an electric car after 1 year it will only a fallen in value by

20% so if you pay 16 grand for one it’s going to be worth about £12,000 that’s about twice the price of my watch seems amazing value to put it into context a Rena Z cost new from around £30,000 but will only be worth about £5,000 after 1 year that’s 50%

Depreciation this spring is very very tempting okay so I’ve arrived at my destination let’s see exactly how much energy I’ve used for how far I’ve gone so the odometer is reading 6,18 km so I’ve done 28 km and the remaining battery is 68% so I’ve

Used 14% of the battery so when I do the mass based on this being a 25 KW hour battery pack TR give me a range in the real world of 200 km convert to miles that’s 125 mil on a full charge and this particular version of the spring is

Supposed to do 137 so it’s getting close to claimed it’s just that claimed isn’t all that much when it comes to charging it’s not great either because it’s quite slow fast charging maximum is 34 KW on AC the maximum it will do is 7 KW that’s the trouble with small

Batteries you can’t charge them that quickly but that does bring me on to my overall verdict for the daier spring you see while there’s plenty to like about it there’s also plenty to not like about it and if I’m being brutally honest I would rather have a one-year-old Renault

Zoey than a brand new daa spring oh well anyway I hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like let me know if you agree with my verdict in the comments below click on the video windows for some more videos and on the car box for a special surprise thanks

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Mat’s got his hands on the Dacia Spring!

It’s a cheap and cheerful electric car that isn’t currently on sale in the UK. The question is, even with a £16,000 price tag, should you consider it over other small electric competitors?

When it comes to materials, it’s fair to say the Spring isn’t exactly the most robust car. The doors seem relatively flimsy, and when you step inside don’t expect to find any soft touch, high-quality materials here! Cheap plastic covers the majority of the cabin, and it doesn’t even come with any cup holders! We have the Extreme edition for this review, which comes with fake leather seats, although the quality doesn’t feel all that good.

When it comes to the battery & range, the Spring comes with a 25kWh battery pack. In the entry-level car this is good for a claimed range of 143 miles, while in the Extreme edition, it drops slightly to 137 miles.

Naturally, the performance figures aren’t anything to write home about. The entry-level delivers just 45hp and hits 60mph in 19 seconds, while the Extreme has 65hp and hits 60mph in over 13 seconds.

But of course, it only costs £16,000, while other small EV competitors can cost almost double that! So is it worth it? You’ll need to stick with Mat and see for yourself!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:19 Range
02:21 Interior
04:27 Performance
05:35 Motorway Driving
08:03 Price
08:37 Town Driving
09:48 Tech
10:20 Back Seats
10:59 Boot
11:15 Materials & Value
12:06 Real-world Range
12:58 Verdict