The year 2024 is going to be difficult for the Dacia Spring. Although it benefits from a restyling presented at the start of the year, it will have to face competition from the Citroën ë-C3. This larger and more versatile electric city car also benefits from the ecological bonus of €4,000, to which the Spring no longer has access due to its production in China. This aid allows the ë-C3 to be priced from just €19,300.
The prices for the restyled Spring were therefore awaited with great impatience and a certain reluctance as to whether Dacia would manage to keep it competitive. A first element of response was given to us with the publication of the prices for Spring phase 2 in the United Kingdom, where it is particularly accessible.
The entry-level version disappears from the French catalog
Bad surprise, it will be sold significantly more expensive in France, from €18,900, or €500 more than the entry ticket for phase 1. But there is a reason for that. So, while the restyled Spring still offers its 45 hp engine with the basic Essential finish, this entry-level version is skipping the French market. For us, the range therefore starts directly with the Expression finish and the 65 hp engine. It also runs the Extreme version, billed €1,000 more, or €19,900.
If these prices remain very attractive and still make the Spring the cheapest electric car on the market, they are therefore close to those of the Citroën ë-C3 bonus deducted, while the French offers much more on paper. It is larger, more modern, has a range of up to 300 km (225 km for the restyled Spring) and its engine has a much more decent power of 113 hp.
On the other hand, the ë-C3 charges quite a lot for its top-of-the-range Max version, priced at €23,800 with bonus deducted, and does not offer the intermediate Plus finishing level of the thermal C3, which could advantage the Spring. The latter still offers a very correct level of equipment for its price and has also revised its standard equipment with its restyling, in particular to comply with European GSR 2 regulations. As such, it is now equipped with numerous aids driving regulations that have become mandatory in the EU.