Nissan reduces LEAF 40kWh range by £1,650

Nissan has reduced the ‘On The Road’ price of its LEAF 40kWh range by £1,650 on all grades.

The starting price of a LEAF 40kWh is now £26,345 for an Acenta version (including the £3,500 Plug-in Car Grant), whilst range-topping Tekna models are from £29,345.

For company car drivers, this places the entire 40kWh LEAF range in the sub-£30k P11D price point. As an extra incentive for choosing zero-emission transport, from April 2020 there will be zero per-cent benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax on electric vehicles, rising to just one per-cent from April 2021 and two per-cent from April 2022.

Nic Verneuil, marketing director of Nissan Motors (GB) Ltd., commented; “Nissan is always improving the competitiveness of its vehicles, ensuring customers enjoy a better buying and ownership experience. We’ve not only secured additional factory production to make LEAF more accessible, but as a result we’ve also been able to significantly lower the price tag of the car in market, making it more affordable. If customers are ready to make the switch, they shouldn’t have to wait to get behind the wheel of an electric vehicle.”