Sales of Nissan Leaf: the electric car, whose first delivery date back a week before Christmas (in Japan and the United States) is not as coveted as the Japanese manufacturer thought and hoped. The statistics of the first two months indicate that only 40% of 20.000prenotazioni received would be maintained.
The other 12,000 drivers would not lodge an appeal to the $ 99 down payment and would not have completed the purchase transaction. According to insiders, the flop would be mainly due to a lack of confidence towards the zero-emission vehicles and a preference for the rival par excellence, namely the Chevrolet Volt to market entry in stars and stripes on the same days of the Leaf: the product of General Motors also has a gasoline engine, which increases the discharge significantly.
But there is another factor which should not be underestimated: if you buy the Volt must go through a dealer "in the flesh", the Leaf is sold only through the Internet. And, apparently, is still psychologically unreliable buy a car with e-commerce. 
The other 12,000 drivers would not lodge an appeal to the $ 99 down payment and would not have completed the purchase transaction. According to insiders, the flop would be mainly due to a lack of confidence towards the zero-emission vehicles and a preference for the rival par excellence, namely the Chevrolet Volt to market entry in stars and stripes on the same days of the Leaf: the product of General Motors also has a gasoline engine, which increases the discharge significantly.
But there is another factor which should not be underestimated: if you buy the Volt must go through a dealer "in the flesh", the Leaf is sold only through the Internet. And, apparently, is still psychologically unreliable buy a car with e-commerce.
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