Dacia Spring

Reviews:

For a small little town runner it does perfectly for me. The regenerative break-in feature is brilliant for local and the standard drive feature is brilliant for motorways. At 70 mph on the motorway you can expect your range to be no more than 70 to 80 mi. But at 56 mph you can expect about $120. If you do what I do, I'll lower it down to 45 or 50 when there's no traffic you can honestly expect To reach the advertise range (if not, running accessories). My honest guess is that the air conditioning or heating will affect the range by about 10 mi, I'm just travelling at night icing. The headlights take off are possible 5 mi (accessory use figures are just my own opinion). I am 6'1 tall and I do struggle with the low roof for my size. When stopped right at the stop line for traffic lights, I have to crane quite a lot forward until my head sideways to be able to look up at the traffic lights. The sun visor is of zero used to me unless I wish to drive like Stevie Wonder. I find the driving position very close to the driver's door, so much so that it's hard to relax, but I figured this before I bought it being as it is only a small car. It is feature rich and all controls are very easily accessible. You can fully control this car without having to touch the screen at all, although the screen does have a lot of useful functions, it's main purpose is entertainment. Android auto compliant and works very well. The dachsha app works very well for monitoring, charging and battery state and also to activate air conditioning or to flash the lights and beep the horn three times when necessary. All in all this is a wonderful little car but is not going to be useful. If you are a giant who wants to do many, many miles. I will finish on the most important part which is charging. From 10% to 100% on a fast charger will take around 60 mins. 20% to 80% takes around 22 minutes.

My Spring has most of the extras and I find it fun to drive. It has all the tech I could possibly need, including an APP. A 100% battery charge gives an indicated 131 miles range, which would probably stretch to over 140 with regenerative braking. I rarely drive in ECO mode. I would like the gear lever/switch to work in the opposite direction, push forward to go forward. Having a proper handbrake is a bonus but using an ignition key to start 'the motor' feels a bit weird, but I easily got used to it.

I like size, performance. I dont like the software. Looses connection to App needing me to allow it again from car. Radio often doesn't work without changing chanels or restarting multi media screen. Why?

In terms of value for money, this car is perfect. It is a little tinny when you shut the door and the battery could do with being slightly bigger, but at the price I paid I cannot complain. The screen and interior is good for the price point but I would think that some cup holders and other convenient features could be added without any extra cost.

Absolutely a dream to drive never had an electric car before but I am totally converted. So economical and it has all the bells and whistles that I have never had before like a reversing camera

It has replaced my 18 year old Audi TT. Whilst it may not have the performance the Spring is a delight to drive. For a small around town car, it is quick, comfortable and silent (apart from the music system). It is a delight to drive and costs very lttlel (as we have solar panels and only charge when the sun is shining).

Good value for the money you're paying for these spring also it's good on the electric and the screens good you can see them sat nav easy and different information and the apps very good as well

Very helpful sales. Felt valued. Great price. The car is ideal for me 72 years bought the automatic electric. And it has been fantastic. First time for both electric and automatic would highly recommend. Would have liked a manual, not just on the internet.the blind spot is much larger than I was used to. So need to take care until used to it.. All in all very happy.

Need far less tech stuff to work out. I just want to drive the car! Very disappointed in the non operating of the radio frequently. You need to switch off the system totally to get the sound back and this is happening almost daily.

Great little car. Too small maybe for some but perfect for a family of two plus dog. Very maneuverable and surprisingly quick of the mark. Fantastic car for town and city. Needs a recharge in tje middle of a long journey but for those who dom't often go far its perfect. Very economical to run and quiye comfortable to drive.

Very easy to drive. Very comfortable. As both of us are now retired it is a very good size for us. With the price of petrol it is very economical.

It's really paying for itself due to the petrol prices and really nice to drive only issue is I'm 82 and not tech savvy but definitely electric is the way forward

Love it ! After driving much bigger cars for many years I was apprehensive but a smaller car was now necessary. It is nippy and compact yet very comfy and pacey when it needs to be. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend

The price was good value for money.Well equipped and very practical. The charge cable release.mechanism could be better.

All round performance of the car and the look of the model. Good acceleration for a small car and easy to handle. Only improvement would be to extend mileage.

The spring is a very good little run around for me it’s nippy easy to drive easy to park and most important it’s electric.

Best car we ever bought especially with fuel Prices so uncertain at the moment. Great little town car wouldn’t be without it now.

Lots of features not normally available on a budget car. Great to drive (and park!) Excellent value for money

Simple tech, easy/joy to drive, manual handbrake, light steering, easy access in/out due to car design. The car is tall/narrow for it's size which makes it an ideal for a town driving mature with a disability.

The Dacia is a fab little car, so economical to run if just pootling about locally. My work is 10 miles round trip, 6 days a week, and I only have to charge once a week. Downside is the Infotainment system. Have to reset weekly at least as the radio will just stop working, clearly shows the station playing and the volume is high, but nothing comes out. It randomly changes radio station also.