Volvo EX90

[Edible Roadkill]

What does the PH ev massive think to this?

https://www.volvocars.com/uk/cars/ex90-electric/?u...

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As a current xc90 owner, I love it, however it’s a bit of a hang up on the price, starting £96k. Nearly double the starting price of the D5 model I’m in now.

It is stacked with tech I guess but the price is a difficult pill to swallow.

£1300 a month on their subscription scheme Current monthlies are 1/3rd of this.

Edited by Edible Roadkill on Monday 27th March 10:33

[SWoll]

Forgetting about the list price for a minute as how many people are handing over £100k in cash, the biggest issue is leasing cost as affects things like salary sacrifice.



£66k for 3 years and 30k miles. They'll be a vanishingly rare sight on UK roads.

Edible Roadkill said:

£1300 a month on their subscription scheme Current monthlies are 1/3rd of this.

That's £1300 a month over 4 years and 24k miles with £5k down.

3 years, 30k miles and nothing down is £1625, so better than that quote above at least.

Edited by SWoll on Monday 27th March 11:01

[Edible Roadkill]

Damn those lease numbers make my eyes water.

Nice big motor but fk me that’s insane!

I can get a salary sacrifice via work, will be interesting to see what that makes it cost. Currently there’s zero interest to jump to the electric version of what I have.

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Edible Roadkill said:

Damn those lease numbers make my eyes water.

Nice big motor but fk me that’s insane!

I can get a salary sacrifice via work, will be interesting to see what that makes it cost. Currently there’s zero interest to jump to the electric version of what I have.

I'd be willing to bet that the gross cost will be £2k, so for a 40% tax payer you're still going to be looking at £1200-1300 per month after the tax saving. Even for someone in the sweet spot for SS (£125k) you're looking at £900+ month.

[matrignano]

Get a Lotus Eletre, it's cheaper

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matrignano said:

Get a Lotus Eletre, it's cheaper

No chance, both Geely products so the Lotus will be even more ridiculously priced.

[Edible Roadkill]

matrignano said:

Get a Lotus Eletre, it's cheaper

No good for 3 kids and a dog though lol

[Edible Roadkill]

SWoll said:

I'd be willing to bet that the gross cost will be £2k, so for a 40% tax payer you're still going to be looking at £1200-1300 per month after the tax saving. Even for someone in the sweet spot for SS (£125k) you're looking at £900+ month.

In the 100-125k range but even then that’s not affordable. As you say I don’t think we’ll see many of these on the road.

Still awaiting on Rivian getting their finger out on the R1S and it hopefully not being stupidly priced.

[ajap1979]

I'm guessing it's like the Polestar 3, the launch cars are fully loaded dual motor cars, but lesser models will follow.

My only issue with the looks is the integration of the LIDAR unit that makes it looks like a taxi sign. Apart from that it is fabulous.

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Edible Roadkill said:

matrignano said:

Get a Lotus Eletre, it's cheaper

No good for 3 kids and a dog though lol

Why not, it's huge?

Edible Roadkill said:

In the 100-125k range but even then that’s not affordable. As you say I don’t think we’ll see many of these on the road.

Still awaiting on Rivian getting their finger out on the R1S and it hopefully not being stupidly priced.

Good luck with that.

[Shabaza]

As above the launch editions are usually top spec/ top price models.

The XC90 T8 (top spec) is not far off in price at over 80k.

It is a fabulous looking thing as far as SUVs go

[Edible Roadkill]

SWoll said:

Edible Roadkill said:

matrignano said:

Get a Lotus Eletre, it's cheaper

No good for 3 kids and a dog though lol

Why not, it's huge?

Edible Roadkill said:

In the 100-125k range but even then that’s not affordable. As you say I don’t think we’ll see many of these on the road.

Still awaiting on Rivian getting their finger out on the R1S and it hopefully not being stupidly priced.

Good luck with that.

Ah……wasn’t even sure what it was tbh just assumed it would be in line with lotus current offerings, some 2 seater ev thing. Looks alright but probably mega monthlies.

[Edible Roadkill]

Shabaza said:

As above the launch editions are usually top spec/ top price models.

The XC90 T8 (top spec) is not far off in price at over 80k.

It is a fabulous looking thing as far as SUVs go

Yeah that thing only does 40 miles ev range as well.

[oop north]

Based on the invite I had to a dealer event this weekend £16k off xc90 T8 is possible at the moment. List is £83k for ultimate so £67k.

The ex90 styling looks too conservative to me and the LiDAR looks silly.

Undoubtedly, cheaper models will be available in time. The polestar 3 looks more sensibly priced at £80k fully loaded (again with cheaper models due later)

Someone suggested I look at the lotus eletre this week - was surprised how big the boot is (580l rings a bell) but I don’t think it’s for me

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oop north said:

Based on the invite I had to a dealer event this weekend £16k off xc90 T8 is possible at the moment. List is £83k for ultimate so £67k.

The ex90 styling looks too conservative to me and the LiDAR looks silly.

Undoubtedly, cheaper models will be available in time. The polestar 3 looks more sensibly priced at £80k fully loaded (again with cheaper models due later)

Someone suggested I look at the lotus eletre this week - was surprised how big the boot is (580l rings a bell) but I don’t think it’s for me

Issue with the P3 is that's it's still more of a crossover than full size SUV though? Has the look of a v60/v90 cross country, a jacked up estate car basically?



Johnny is 5ft8" BTW..

[Edible Roadkill]

SWoll said:

Issue with the P3 is that's it's still more of a crossover than full size SUV though? Has the look of a v60/v90 cross country, a jacked up estate car basically?



Johnny is 5ft8" BTW..

Yeah that’s more estate car looking than suv

[Undercover McNoName]

SWoll said:

Issue with the P3 is that's it's still more of a crossover than full size SUV though? Has the look of a v60/v90 cross country, a jacked up estate car basically?



Johnny is 5ft8" BTW..

Looks great. I prefer crossovers to SUV’s, which just makes it even better.

[Nicks90]

https://thumbsnap.com/i/ei4u4uuf.png

Problem with that will be the low slung roof and underfloor batteries, just like the Kia ev6.
If you have small kids, or offspring with no legs, it will be fine. Put someone 5'6"+ in there and their knees will be up in the air and just the arsecheeks / small of back touching the seat. Top of the squab will be like 12" above the floor and no space under the front seats for feet.
Remember parents evening at infant school and sitting on a chair built for 5 year olds? it's like that...

[oop north]

Nicks90 said:

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Problem with that will be the low slung roof and underfloor batteries, just like the Kia ev6.
If you have small kids, or offspring with no legs, it will be fine. Put someone 5'6"+ in there and their knees will be up in the air and just the arsecheeks / small of back touching the seat. Top of the squab will be like 12" above the floor and no space under the front seats for feet.
Remember parents evening at infant school and sitting on a chair built for 5 year olds? it's like that...

I think you are likely miles off - check out the videos of people sitting in the back and that doesn’t appear to be the case at all

[DMZ]

The I-Pace has that raised look with a low-ish roof and the rear seats are very comfortable for an adult. I’d expect these cars are the same.