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Last Auto account – Nissan Leaf accessible to pre-order from September Leaf to amount £23,990 if UK adjustment books open, Portugal gets aboriginal European cars.

The approaching is accessible to order! Nissan is now demography deposits for its electric Leaf in Portugal and Ireland. The two markets are the aboriginal in Europe to get the groundbreaking EV. The UK will be third, with Nissan demography orders from September 1st.

Customers will be appropriate to put down a absolutely refundable £257 deposit. Those who do will be arrive to test-drive the Leaf in December, at which point they will charge to formally affirm their order.

Deliveries are set to arise next year, with the aboriginal cars accession in Portugal in January, Ireland in February and the UK in March. The car costs £23,990 in the UK including the array and the government’s £5,000 ‘Plug-in’ car grant. Running costs are advancing at beneath than £1.59 per 62 afar in the UK.

The Leaf is advised to be no added big-ticket to buy than a accepted hatchback, and abundant cheaper to run. It appearance air conditioning, sat-nav and a parking camera as standard, and its array ambit is 100 miles.

Nissan already has about 12,000 barter active up in Europe for approved updates on the barrage of the Leaf, while the close has accumulated added than 23,000 orders for the car in the USA and Japan, area the Leaf is already accessible to order.