Wife's New Toy - XC40 Recharge

[smegal]

My wife decided that she didn't want the liability of a car needing unplanned maintenance, so her 6 year old XC60 had to go. She's a midwife, so gets some pretty decent Salary Sacrifice deals. This beauty ended up costing her £364 less a month in her pay packet which compared to loan payments on her XC60 and fuel etc, this was a no brainer. It also helped that the XC60 had gone down in value by £500 in 3 years.

I tried to convince here to get the 408 BHP Recharge Twin, but the lead time was a killer. She could have got a lower trim one for the same monthly cost, as well which is upsetting.

She's only driven it round the block but initial thoughts are positive.

[Joeboy]

Saw one this morning on my way back from Aberdeen, white. A nice looking car.

[smegal]

Saw one this morning on my way back from Aberdeen, white. A nice looking car.

We really wanted a white one, but as this was a "special offer" we were more limited to colour options. It came a month early though, so can't complaint too much.

[dan_b]

Nice. It's basically the same machine as the Polestar 2, just without having been squashed!

[SafetyThird]

That looks great. When my wife's job goes from consulting to salary, she's looking at leasing an EV and most likely a Jaguar iPace. After looking at the leasing options, there's so little salary sacrifice for EV's and payments are taken pre-tax, it really does look like a very good deal.