The electric Dacia Spring is available from €16,900 with this new version
In 2021, the Dacia Spring only cost from €12,403 bonus deducted. The former cheapest electric car on the market, however, has since lost competitiveness, since it was stripped of its ecological bonus in 2024, due to its production in China.
In addition, restyled at the start of 2024, the Spring first abandoned its entry-level 45 hp version on the French market in favor of the single 65 hp engine, which is admittedly more suitable. Result, it was now necessary to pay at a minimum €18,900 to afford this mini electric city car, which has certainly made significant progress with its restyling, but which must now face increased competition. Its sales thus fell by more than 80% in France between 2023 and 2024.
A stripped-down Spring to lower its prices
Dacia now reacts by reintroducing said 45 hp engine and the entry-level Essential finishing level, which is quite stripped down. THE price floor of the Spring thus falls to €16,900, for those who can be satisfied with a car without air conditioning, which requires 19.1 seconds to go from 0 to 100 km/h and which does not even leave the choice of color of body. The battery of this entry-level model is unchanged and offers a WLTP range of 225 km.
The 45 hp Spring is also available with the intermediate Expression finishing level, billed €1000 more, but its equipment then remains well below that of a Leapmotor T03, currently the cheapest electric car on the market since it has the right at a discount of €4,000. This Chinese car distributed by Stellantis only costs €14,900 at the time of writing, with very complete equipment, a 95 hp engine and a WLTP range of 265 km.
It would therefore take another effort from Dacia for the Spring to be able to compete with the T03. The latter could, however, see its prices increase if it turns out that it is ultimately not eligible for the ecological bonus. The discount currently in place, aimed at compensating for the (temporary?) absence of bonuses, may in fact not be sustainable in the long term.
