Resolved Question: Would you choose the Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt?

28 July 2010, 11:14 am

The Associated Press has a very detailed article on these two cars: http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1485/gm-nissan-compete-for-best-deal-on-electric-car/ The Nissan Leaf is a fully electric car with 100 mile per charge range. The base model will cost $25,280 when accounting for the federal tax break (some states have additional tax breaks), and Nissan offers a $349/month lease with $1,995 down. It comes with an eight-year,100,000-mile battery warranty. The car goes on sale in select markets in December. The Chevy Volt is a plug-in hybrid which gets 40 miles on purely electric power, then switches into hybrid mode to extend the range much further if necessary. The Volt will sell for $33,500 when including the federal tax break, but they're offering a similar lease to the Leaf at $350/month with $2,500 down. The Volt also has an 8 year, 100,000 mile battery warranty and goes on sale in select markets in November. Both will be available nationwide about a year later. Which of these cars would you choose to lease or buy?... Read More »

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