To address the replacement battery cost, the batteries will last the life of the car and in those cases where range has decreased sufficiently to warrant a new battery, you would never go back to Nissan and ask them for a new battery just in the same way you wouldn’t go back to Nissan for a new engine for your knackered old Qashqai. So what do you do? Well there’s companies springing up now that can refurbish your battery for much less than the cost of a new one. I believe there will be early Leafs knocking around for another 20 years as they are a great, reliable family car. Future classic? Maybe!

I have had a 307 Feline 180 for five years, the longest I've owned any car. My car is on adjustable coilovers with poly everything, wider tyres, mild engine mods. The reviews of this car are a joke. It's a good-handling car that is fun to drive quickly. Granted, in standard trim it's pudgy and prone to roll (issues long since eliminated by mods), but now it can tear around Donington Park at 90mph in the rain with confidence and the grip is astounding. The driving position is fine. If you can't work the dashboard, you presumably failed all your GCSEs. The car is vastly cheaper than a copy-paste Golf, its interior is far more characterful and you get more kit. When standard it will keep up with modern 2.0 TDi hatchbacks that seem to be everywhere; modified, it will effortlessly leave them. The engine note is absolutely gorgeous. It's never been off the road and I cancelled my breakdown cover years ago. Is it a perfect car? Hell no. But is it terrible at anything? Hell no. This thing carried me to loch ness and back (a 1000-mile round trip) with no complaints and runs better now than many cars of its age. It has been reliable because I looked after it, something many Pug owners fail to do. It has always brought me safely home.