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I had a Nissan Leaf 30kWh for 3.5 years and liked the car but got frustrated with realistic range of around 90-100 on the motorway. Just before I retired I changed to an Ioniq Hybrid 2019 Premium SE and that has been my car for the last 14 months, 6000 miles. I liked the car but just felt ‘dirty’ going back to petrol even though it returned 62-68mpg. I longed for the days of electric again.
Today I went back to my dealer who had a Aug 2019 28kWh Ioniq Premium for a good trade in price with just 36 miles on the clock and I put 26 of them on test driving it! Loved the car but was tempted by a 2018 Leaf Tekna 40kWh due to the bigger battery. The Hyundai dealer also has a Nissan dealer next door and let me go out in their Leaf 62kWh e+ which I did. The ioniq returned 4.4 m/kWh and the Leaf I could not get higher than 3.5 m/kWh. Quick calculation showed a realistic range on the Ioniq of 130-140 miles and similar for the LEAF 40kWh.
I didn‘t enjoy the leaf drive and loved the Ioniq so I bought it! I am now the owner of a 2019 very low mileage 28kWh Ioniq Premium - should I have gone for the bigger battery LEAF, although older and 24k on the clock, or have I done the right thing with CCS charging and a 28kWh Ioniq which I need to give me 120+ range ideally for me not to feel frustrated.
What do you Ioniq 28kwh owners think?
John
I had a Nissan Leaf 30kWh for 3.5 years and liked the car but got frustrated with realistic range of around 90-100 on the motorway. Just before I retired I changed to an Ioniq Hybrid 2019 Premium SE and that has been my car for the last 14 months, 6000 miles. I liked the car but just felt ‘dirty’ going back to petrol even though it returned 62-68mpg. I longed for the days of electric again.
Today I went back to my dealer who had a Aug 2019 28kWh Ioniq Premium for a good trade in price with just 36 miles on the clock and I put 26 of them on test driving it! Loved the car but was tempted by a 2018 Leaf Tekna 40kWh due to the bigger battery. The Hyundai dealer also has a Nissan dealer next door and let me go out in their Leaf 62kWh e+ which I did. The ioniq returned 4.4 m/kWh and the Leaf I could not get higher than 3.5 m/kWh. Quick calculation showed a realistic range on the Ioniq of 130-140 miles and similar for the LEAF 40kWh.
I didn‘t enjoy the leaf drive and loved the Ioniq so I bought it! I am now the owner of a 2019 very low mileage 28kWh Ioniq Premium - should I have gone for the bigger battery LEAF, although older and 24k on the clock, or have I done the right thing with CCS charging and a 28kWh Ioniq which I need to give me 120+ range ideally for me not to feel frustrated.
What do you Ioniq 28kwh owners think?
John