Scandalously low-cost, quick EVs | Six of the Finest

For an assortment of causes which were mentioned at size already – buyer demand (or lack thereof), oversupply, infrastructure shortcomings, regulatory uncertainty, common financial woe – the marketplace for new electrical vehicles doesn’t look sensible. With producers chasing a return on their funding, many if not most appear costly when there’s much less cash than ever, it appears, for automotive shopping for. Which is unhealthy information for the companies making them and the folks shopping for them. The excellent news is that it means used EV bargains aplenty for the canny secondhand purchaser. Each single automotive on this checklist can’t shed the sum of money it’s depreciated (or been decreased by) once more, and none is greater than 4 years previous – so it is onerous to not be somewhat intrigued, even when the sight of a plug socket causes your blood to boil. This Kia EV6 GT is the proper instance of what we’re on about: 585hp robust, good wanting, mega sensible and never unhealthy to drive, however overshadowed now by an upcoming substitute and the associated Ioniq 5 N. Which implies simply £32k for a 20,000-mile automotive from 2023. It was £62,675 as soon as upon a time…  

Whereas the Jaguar I-Tempo not represents the head of family-friendly EV motoring – with its modest 100kW max cost charge and sub-300-mile vary – it’s definitely not with out its enchantment. The design is ageing actually properly, it nonetheless drives with Jaguar-typical panache, and the relative age means an inside that mixes buttons and screens correctly. Thanks partially to the broader journey Jaguar is on, the present bargains out there, with a load of inventory flooding sellers earlier in 2025, are mind-blowing, with dozens of vehicles at tens of hundreds off their checklist worth. The good clearout is clearly meant to make approach for what’s coming subsequent, which can undoubtedly make the I-Tempo look even older – however that new automotive odor will likely be even sweeter with an enormous saving. This 400hp R-Dynamic SE has pink paint, silver wheels, and a pano roof, a welcome break from the blacks and greys. Not so way back the I-Tempo was £70k new. 

Maybe essentially the most well-known poster automotive of the cut price EV era, the Taycan actually was a sufferer of its personal success. It was – and it nonetheless is – a superb EV, the enhancements of the latest facelift however, with first rate vary and correct Porsche polish to the dynamics. So loads of folks obtained them at launch, whether or not privately or by a enterprise, most on three- or four-year offers; that means that by the point they have been up, the EV panorama seemed fairly a bit totally different. Which is to say bleak: there have been many extra vehicles abruptly out there than there was demand to take them. In 2025, a used Taycan begins from round £35k; a Panamera at £35,000 will likely be three years older. Then there’s this one, with one proprietor placing on nearly 100,000 miles since 2021 – and a £31,700 asking worth now connected. It advantages from the massive battery, Turbo wheels and Bose sound as a part of a £13k choices spend from new. Past a shiny wheel, you’d by no means know the mileage. 

The i4 M50 was BMW’s best-selling M automotive in 2022, the 12 months this one was registered. It repeated the feat in 2023, to show it wasn’t a one-off. Then, for emphatic proof of the EV’s reputation amongst enterprise customers, the M50 was BMW’s best-selling M automotive in 2024 as properly. Don’t overlook that ‘M vehicles’ now consists of the M Efficiency fashions as properly, so there’s actually no denying the i4’s reputation (as soon as you have factored within the tax breaks). It’s straightforward to know, too, the five-door fastback not straying too removed from the acquainted BMW design language – it’s a 4 Collection Gran Coupe, except you look actually intently – and due to this fact excellent for many who don’t need to shout about EV possession. It drives like a BMW, too, rear-biased regardless of the xDrive and greater than quick sufficient with 544hp. (A brand new, 601hp, i4 M60 may make offers even juicier on the previous mannequin.) This one seems to be nice on the snazzy wheels and Tanzanite Blue paint; £35,950 is greater than some, however nonetheless about half the worth of a manufacturing unit contemporary one…

Whereas an AMG-fettled model of the EQE could be extra PH-worthy, it’s onerous to disregard a normal automotive on the worth of a Volvo EX30. That is an EQE 350, that means rear-wheel drive and the perfect setup for vary, the official WLTP rating nudging 400 miles when new. Talking of latest, an up to date 350 with somewhat further energy and vary is now as much as £86,000 relying on spec. The automotive most akin to this EQE AMG Line at the moment retails at £75,000. Even when it seems to be a bit unusual, it is a entire lot of Merc EV wizardry and stress-free refinement for not way more than £30k. The mileage is completely common (32k), the pano roof is a pleasant further to have, and the solitary proprietor solely serviced it at MB. Count on the perfect a part of 300hp to be completely nice, and to really feel perhaps a bit much less nervous concerning the world from behind the wheel. Simply be ready, in conventional massive Benz trend, for it to depreciate additional. 

It looks as if barely any time in any respect because the uproar that greeted Ford’s completely wizard concept of utilizing the Mustang identify for its electrical SUV. However it’s 5 years now because the Mach E launched – we’ve even had the Capri furore since – that means there are most definitely offers available. The electrical Mustang line-up provided one thing for everybody, from long-range rear-drivers to twin motor pace machines, all with first rate effectivity. The Rally would be the most enjoyable, however they aren’t low-cost for now. The 487hp GT, nonetheless, is way more inexpensive than it was at launch in 2022. Again then, a flagship Mach E, full with Magneride dampers, bespoke Pirellis and Brembo brakes would have price £65,080. Now it’s from lower than £30k. Or, with simply 12,000 miles and the wonderful Cyber Orange paint, lower than £35,000.