Renault 5

Mega! Pictures please when you get your hands on it!

Congratulations, any discounts at all?

The dealers seem to have inflated prices on done deal etc vs the Renault Ireland list prices.

Glad to hear they aren't trying to take advantage.

The pricelist has the max delivery charge as €1075, which does seem a bit pricey for a small car in particular

52 by a long way according to my salesman.

Makes sense that people will go for bigger one I'd say its going to be a first ever EV for many and they'll be range anxious like all are making the move at first.

I would have been happy with 40 and the lower cost as Im a few years into driving EVs and have a longer range one also but with the colour change I wanted its only available with 52 without a delay so I'll take it.

The bigger battery will be a comfort to the missus too heading to the shops and her mothers and sisters house/ work all about 10kms away

Congrats, great colour. Surprised there hasn't been a call for a grey colour for the Irish!

With the inster, you can get the big battery with standard colours for 23,750 I think. The trick is to order online or show the dealer the online portal.

They of course pretend not to be aware or shocked but they will honour it.

I noticed they increased the khaki green colour from €295 to €595 last week too so it must be selling well.

I think this will be a very popular car second hand (no less new)- assuming that range will increase on future cars over the coming years, to have the 52kw will make selling it on even easier- you’ll lose a little on the price difference, but not a huge amount - I think you’ll get most of that money back

I dont think its going to be great for range to be honest, cd is 0.29 which isn't great for higher speed driving. It will be the local car for us, unusual to travel much more than 100kms in a single day.

I do about 2 journeys a month that are about 400kms each I'll take the R5 on one of them as soon as I get it just to get a feel for it but I can't see myself using it for that long term, even if I do have destination charging on one of them. Ill be using the bigger car for that, better motorway cruiser I imagine

Yeah in fairness it’s strength lies as a city and runabout car- I don’t think I’d enjoy regular long journeys either- much prefer a bigger car for those also

I've had it 3 years and thought it was a gimmick but used it yesterday for first practical time parallel parking when I wasnt sure if I would fit or not, it actually did a great job. But up to know its been a gimmick I just used to show people etc

However it tells you it has found a suitable space if you're not sure yourself for parallel parking so maybe it could be used for that and then take over yourself.

However, if it adds 500 quid or whatever to the price of the car id prefer if they kept it out and reduced price ill just go find another space.

But id say the same about most assistance systems and beeps and bongs, not too bothered with them.

That green colour really pops.

That would be me too - “trusting the technology” - and when you need it most, ie parallel parking, it’s usually in a hurry with traffic building up behind you- you want it act fast in that situation

Mines confirmed to be ready first week of July.

Can't wait!