Why are the Nissan reps at the Philadelphia Auto Show (and perhaps others, dealerships, etc.) still telling potential buyers that the Leaf range is 100 miles when they ask them?
This raises their up-front expectations right away and then you have people who buy Leafs becoming irritated that they were misled. Forget the heat related decline. How about the drive-off decline from the point of purchase?
I actually want to add a Leaf to my garage to sit next to my Volt to take advantage of the new lease deals Nissan is offering. But hearing the Nissan reps spouting the 100mi range is troubling and this really turns me off from dealing with the company. It's like a bait and switch. And at worst, it's outright sales-fraud. Of course, it's only really fraud if there is a guarantee, which there isn't.
Anyone else irritated that Nissan continues to give the totally incorrect 100 mile range claim? It's not an estimate - it's a utility claim by someone representing the company, even if they are simply an auto-show demo-model.
This raises their up-front expectations right away and then you have people who buy Leafs becoming irritated that they were misled. Forget the heat related decline. How about the drive-off decline from the point of purchase?
I actually want to add a Leaf to my garage to sit next to my Volt to take advantage of the new lease deals Nissan is offering. But hearing the Nissan reps spouting the 100mi range is troubling and this really turns me off from dealing with the company. It's like a bait and switch. And at worst, it's outright sales-fraud. Of course, it's only really fraud if there is a guarantee, which there isn't.
Anyone else irritated that Nissan continues to give the totally incorrect 100 mile range claim? It's not an estimate - it's a utility claim by someone representing the company, even if they are simply an auto-show demo-model.