Orders open today for the new dacia spring , the cheapest tram on the market: prices start at 16 800 euros, with no incentives included.
But with just 44 hp of power and 125 Nm of torque, this little electric is not expected to be the “king of starters” when the traffic light goes green — there's no instantaneous torque to save it…
Dacia announces a long 19.1s for the Spring to reach 100 km/h, an atypical value these days, especially in light passenger vehicles — even other city dwellers with combustion of modest powers manage to do less than 4-5 seconds for the same record.
Yes, we are used to seeing electric cars starting tests leaving behind combustion-engine cars, but the numbers they present are also large enough for that.
The doubt, however, remained: does Dacia Spring really take that long to reach 100 km/h or is it that the Romanian brand was conservative in official numbers?
Thanks to this video from Mécanique Sportive, it's time to find out the whole truth about Dacia Spring's acceleration:
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