Hi,
I have been following the Tesla story for a while now, have my stock options purchased, not a lot, but a little.
Just wondering how the rest of the potential UK market is feeling for the Model S car now we have some reasonable user experience to fall upon?
Having the charger installed and ready to go I am still finding the UK price of £55,000 basic just a little too much.
Incentives are at £5000 for a plug-in, 100% business write down, but no VAT re-claim.
The cost of the car, depreciation, no petrol costs, cost of ownership I still feel this comes down to a lifestyle choice and not a "the numbers work here" decision. I would love to have the car, but still uncertain.
How is the rest of the early adoption UK purchasers feeling right now as it is about to hit the market? In Germany it seems only about 100 were sold for July/August, Norway they flew off the shelves due to their huge incentives to go electric.
Do we have UK figures yet for reservations and possible real world purchasing numbers? My feeling is it will be quite low as per Germany.
Or have I read this all wrong. Residuals will be strong due to their rarity, plus would any dealer take them used or perhaps there is a UK market waiting for the used examples to go in for their first purchase? But that would be a year away I imagine.
Any thoughts out there, has anyone put down a deposit recently based on the store opening and fresh UK press bubbling away? Or do I wait for the Model X which must be at least 2016 for the UK or best end of 2015?
Cheers
Dan43 Cotswolds/London
Want to consider Model S for my daily 98 mile each way commute, M40 corridor, only charging stations I found are at Oxford Services
I have been following the Tesla story for a while now, have my stock options purchased, not a lot, but a little.
Just wondering how the rest of the potential UK market is feeling for the Model S car now we have some reasonable user experience to fall upon?
Having the charger installed and ready to go I am still finding the UK price of £55,000 basic just a little too much.
Incentives are at £5000 for a plug-in, 100% business write down, but no VAT re-claim.
The cost of the car, depreciation, no petrol costs, cost of ownership I still feel this comes down to a lifestyle choice and not a "the numbers work here" decision. I would love to have the car, but still uncertain.
How is the rest of the early adoption UK purchasers feeling right now as it is about to hit the market? In Germany it seems only about 100 were sold for July/August, Norway they flew off the shelves due to their huge incentives to go electric.
Do we have UK figures yet for reservations and possible real world purchasing numbers? My feeling is it will be quite low as per Germany.
Or have I read this all wrong. Residuals will be strong due to their rarity, plus would any dealer take them used or perhaps there is a UK market waiting for the used examples to go in for their first purchase? But that would be a year away I imagine.
Any thoughts out there, has anyone put down a deposit recently based on the store opening and fresh UK press bubbling away? Or do I wait for the Model X which must be at least 2016 for the UK or best end of 2015?
Cheers
Dan43 Cotswolds/London
Want to consider Model S for my daily 98 mile each way commute, M40 corridor, only charging stations I found are at Oxford Services
