KSarge
Member
Good morning everyone,
This is my first post to MNL after lurking for some time... I am an avid Prius owner in Canada since 2006 (365K KM and counting), and my wife and I are planning to replace her ICE (Kia Rio 2006) in the near future. We have been planning to do so for about a year, and have been waiting for the 2016 with the 30kWh as the added range would be much appreciated.
I reached out this week to the Nissan rep we met a year ago when we test drove the LEAF about when the 2016's with the 30kWh will be available, and his first reply was the 30 kWh is only for the US, the battery is remaining 24 kWh for the Canadian market (!). I responded asking if he was sure, as I saw no suggestion of this online, and here is his second reply;
"Hi Kevin,
We have received the specs for the 2016 models with the exterior paint changes and modifications.
It lists the battery as no change from the existing 24 kWh.
You are not the first to inquire about this.
We have had a couple of other potential Leaf Owners interested in the new 30 kWh battery.
We do not have pricing yet on the 2016's.
I would expect they will be available sometime in November.
Thanks,
Carey"
I responded to this last night referencing the recent InsideEVs article (http://insideevs.com/nissan-releases-canadian-pricing-2016-leaf), and am awaiting his reply.
Has anyone else heard this from a dealer?
Lastly, just to add, this sales guy is very nice, and is absolutely no pressure, so I highly doubt he is saying this to encourage me to buy a 2015 now... in fact I am surprised he never even called us last year after our test drive (I work in Sales myself, and I thought that not following up was a big miss on his part, but I digress. )
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Kevin
(A future LEAF owner)
This is my first post to MNL after lurking for some time... I am an avid Prius owner in Canada since 2006 (365K KM and counting), and my wife and I are planning to replace her ICE (Kia Rio 2006) in the near future. We have been planning to do so for about a year, and have been waiting for the 2016 with the 30kWh as the added range would be much appreciated.
I reached out this week to the Nissan rep we met a year ago when we test drove the LEAF about when the 2016's with the 30kWh will be available, and his first reply was the 30 kWh is only for the US, the battery is remaining 24 kWh for the Canadian market (!). I responded asking if he was sure, as I saw no suggestion of this online, and here is his second reply;
"Hi Kevin,
We have received the specs for the 2016 models with the exterior paint changes and modifications.
It lists the battery as no change from the existing 24 kWh.
You are not the first to inquire about this.
We have had a couple of other potential Leaf Owners interested in the new 30 kWh battery.
We do not have pricing yet on the 2016's.
I would expect they will be available sometime in November.
Thanks,
Carey"
I responded to this last night referencing the recent InsideEVs article (http://insideevs.com/nissan-releases-canadian-pricing-2016-leaf), and am awaiting his reply.
Has anyone else heard this from a dealer?
Lastly, just to add, this sales guy is very nice, and is absolutely no pressure, so I highly doubt he is saying this to encourage me to buy a 2015 now... in fact I am surprised he never even called us last year after our test drive (I work in Sales myself, and I thought that not following up was a big miss on his part, but I digress. )
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Kevin
(A future LEAF owner)