Just picked up our new blue SV. Ordered mid February, in Canada . Won’t get to play with it and plug in Leaf Spy until tomorrow, but initial impressions are very favorable.
The blue is really nice and matches the blue interior stitching and rear trim strip.
E pedal is great. Lane keep assist seemed to drift a bit side to side in the lane, but I did not get a chance to try on the highway. Intelligent cruise control worked well, but I personally found the default 3 bar distance was too much, and backed it off to two. Really need to do a highway test.
Alta Nissan RH, say sales for the Leaf are still strong. They have delivered 46 units to date, and have over 60 on order. Sales rep claimed this one dealer ship accounts for 9% of all Leaf sales in Canada.
They do have a red SL on the floor now. They are proceeding on the expectation that the Ontario rebate will be reduced to about $5k after the election, and that existing deals will be honored for about 90 days after the change.
They have not heard any encouraging words on availability of 2019 model with a larger battery, and are taking a we will believe it when we see it approach.
I asked about the poor performance of the app, and he explained this was a mistake made by Nissan. To save costs, they went with satellite radio data, rather than 3G. There is apparently no SIM card or 3G modem in the Leaf sold in Canada. This makes it slower, and satellite reception dependent. I have read on this forum that earlier Leafs in the US did have 3G and SIM cards. Can anybody else confirm this?
Before buying the 2018, we had a 2015 Leaf, bought in 2014.