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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, USA Nissan has "almost" sold all of its model-year 2012 Leafs in the US on a jump in demand for the all-electric model during the latter part of the year, Nissan spokesman Travis Parman told AutoblogGreen. The Japanes...

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How does $3,950 off sound? That's the amount (converted) that Nissan decided to drop from the price of its all-electric Leaf in the UK, bringing the MSRP down by 2,500 British pounds to just 23,490 pounds ($37,115).

Nissan, which is due to start making Leafs at its Sunderland UK factory this spring, is also offering a 6.9-percent financing rate (we guess that's considered pretty good across the Pond) as well as a lease option equivalent to about $375 a month.

For anyone keeping score, Nissan earlier this month said it was cutting the base price of US Leafs by $6,400 to $28,800, making it the least expensive five-seat EV in the States. The US Leafs here also for a federal tax credit worth up to $7,500, and possibly also some state incentives.

Nissan has a few tricks up its sleeve to try and spur sales in the UK. In October, the automaker's UK dealers sent a letter to its customers saying that any Nissan owner could get access to a Leaf as a courtesy car during vehicle repairs as a way to possibly lure potential customers into buying electric. As Leaf salesman Paul Scott knows, getting "butts in seats" is a great way to turn interested parties into EV owners. Nissan UK's press release about the price cut is available below.

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Nissan drops price of all-electric Leaf by £2,500 in UK originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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