The All-new Nissan Leaf Is Off To The Races In Europe, Will Its Sales Take Off When It Hits Showrooms In The States?

Nissan Europe's electric vehicle boss says the second-generation Leaf is selling much better than expected.

After less than two months of availability, 3,500 Leafs have been sold in Europe. By comparison, it took Nissan a year to achieve the same total when it launched the first-generation Leaf in the region seven years ago, Nissan Europe EV Director Gareth Dunsmore told Automotive News Europe at the auto show here.

Norway was the first European market to get the Leaf, starting in early September...

MDarringer - 10/27/2017 10:30:57 PM

-2 Boost

The Leaf is merely restyled. It is not all new.

TheSteve - 10/28/2017 1:22:07 AM

+1 Boost

As long as sales don't do worse than the previous Leaf, it'll continue to be one of the best-selling EVs. I don't anticipate a significant sales increase.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 10/28/2017 9:23:07 AM

+2 Boost

9,000 orders sounds promising. $32k in Euros is not a cheap car. Maybe they can get to Corvette type numbers 15k-30k. It will be some time until these BEV's are affordable to drive sales of 300,000 units a year.

jeffy210 - 10/28/2017 3:20:36 PM

+2 Boost

It's because they finally made an accessible EV that looks like a real car, not a futuristic bug.

vdiv - 10/29/2017 1:50:50 PM

+3 Boost

Many people that drive one liked it because of the futuristic bug. In my view it has aged rather well, perhaps even better than the first Volt which was a bit Bob Lutz retro even when it came out.