Jeez thats an expensive car. Do you get certain tax breaks and benefits then?
My man maths at work...
Firstly, my EV, whatever I choose, is company provided and fully expensed, tyres, brakes, insurance, battery gets charged daily at work. None of that has an impact on me either as cash or BIK.
So the only thing I need worry about when choosing a car is the lease cost, and how that impacts my take home. After the tax breaks from the salary sacrifice scheme, the i3 is pretty much cost neutral, what it costs me in net pay for the lease is not far off what I was paying to fuel my Cayman on the commute.
With that in mind, car choice: Sarah and I have learned that 42kWh in the i3 does not give us enough range. A bigger battery was a must, and first choice was the twin-motor Volvo EX30. Done. We were having one. More range, far more practicality. More use at the weekend of the fully charged and free battery. 428bhp plus I think it looks proper cool.
£162 per month over the cost of the i3. Sorted.
Then Hyundai released the 5N. It didn't take long on YT before I knew I had to have one.
Lease costs were initially coming out at £925 + VAT, do-able in my head, just. Interest expressed at the local dealer, dialog established, but no commitment made as I wanted to watch and see if there was any movement or broker deals to be had.
Then Hyundai dropped it to £757 + VAT a month which made it much more palatable, so talk got more serious.
I've ended up with that price, confirmed, but they will also honour and recontract after any price movement by Hyundai Finance that goes in my favour.
So versus the EX30 that we were already having in my head, the Ioniq 5N will cost me a maximum additional £67 a month.
Who wouldn't? LOL
