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Originally Posted by roosterk0031
Have at it Leaf vs Versa Note, don't think anything closer in the states.
I checked MSRP Note SV 16,300 Leaf SV 31,000. Quick math say it takes 304,000 miles to break even at 38 mpg & $2.00 gas on purchase price assuming electricty is free.
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How is there nothing closer then two different Nissans? Ford makes an electric Focus and a gas Focus. There is an electric Fiat 500 and a gas. There is an electric Chevy Spark and a gas one. There is a Kia Soul electric and gas. And finally there is a Smart electric and gas.
The Ford Focus gas can be had as low as $16,775 (an average SE automatic is about $20,000 msrp), the electric is $29,120
According to Ford a 39 month lease with 12,000 miles a year no down is $245 on the base and $354 on the electric. The gas gets 31 mpg combined or 33 gallons a month at 12,000 miles a year. Average price for a gallon of Focus gas is $2.19 or about $71/month. Add that to $245 and you have $316 and $38/month savings over the electric. About a $1500 savings over the life of the lease. Now if you can get a better tax rebate because the electric then that $1500 might be easy to offset, oh and about $50/year for oil, throw that in there. The E version is nicer as well (why don't they just make a stripped version though, what are they hiding?)
Personally I know I could do a lot better then the $245 base lease deal, while the electric version looked like a special program with a big rebate cooked in already (I would imagine because a $30,000 focus is currently a tough sell compared to a Tesla X.)