New cars you have seen

[dgl]

A selection of new electric cars at an obviously electric car event on Weymouth seafront, there was at least one BYD that turned up as I was leaving and very interestingly a Swiss registered LHD Mazda.
Some Deepal's, electric Frontera, Honda E:NY 1, Micra electric and a couple of electric Ford's.

 

[Silent]

I notice Jaecoo, copycat range rovers

 

[birchesgreen]

This could be a useful link to aid our new car spotting, the 33(!) Chinese car brands either selling or thinking of selling cars here.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/33-chinese-brands-who-are-selling-cars-uk-now-or-soon-will-be

 

[birchesgreen]

Spotted my first Renault 4 EV out in the wild this morning.

Pretty nice, though not as nice as the 5...

 

[Bald Rick]

Spotted my first Renault 4 EV out in the wild this morning.

Pretty nice, though not as nice as the 5...

Gosh they are two a penny round here, and R5s are 6 a penny.

Meanwhile I saw a sporty EV that I couldnt tell what it was this evening. An MG Cyberster.

 

[Islineclear3_1]

A Renault 5... like this one?

 

[Bald Rick]

A Renault 5... like this one?

As I’ve said elsewhere, there’s 3 of those within walking distance of my house. All GT Turbos.

 

[telstarbox]

Possibly not brand new, but I was alongside a fully electric Royal Mail lorry on the M1 yesterday.

 

[90019]

Possibly not brand new, but I was alongside a fully electric Royal Mail lorry on the M1 yesterday.

That'll be an electric DAF XD.
There's currently 8 of them in the fleet, 4 at Crick and 4 at Warrington, so they're still a fairly rare spot.

 

[telstarbox]

Nissan Ariya electric - must be quite rare.

 

[joieman]

Nissan Ariya electric - must be quite rare.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure that I can remember the last time I saw an Ariya myself.

I spotted a Nissan Micra EV in Coventry last Friday, and another one earlier this morning.

 

[Bald Rick]

Nissan Ariya electric - must be quite rare.

There’s loads of them around here.

 

[dgl]

Attached is a picture of a DAF electric truck delivering to M&S in Weymouth, my first electric truck spot.

Also out of a bus window my first Chery. Alas no picture of that.

 

[ABB125]

Also out of a bus window my first Chery. Alas no picture of that

Did it look a bit like this*? I had the (dis)pleasure or driving one of these for a week in Italy recently. It was awful - especially for mountain passes.


*This one is actually a dr 6.0 (yes, I'd never heard of them either!). It's apparently an Italian rebadge of a Chery Tiggo 7.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Two days ago, I saw a 2026 model Honda Prelude. Its owner didn't want me to photo it; but, my goodness, what a glorious looker.
I am old enough to remember Honda's five previous Prelude incarnations...

 

[thejuggler]

'76' day yesterday. Only seen one new reg, an Enterprise van hire Transit.

The Prelude looks a good car apart from the choice of colours, which is really poor. Honda dealerships are also a rapidly disppearing breed. We had two locally, both have now gone so its a 30 mile round trip.

 

[Kite159]

Saw a 76 plate car in Chelmsford earlier, some sort of black SUV on a driveway from the road between the city centre & the Springfield area.

 

[dgl]

76 plate BYD spotted in Lyne Regis, and no picture but a 76 plate Nissan in the new car parking at Dorchester Nissan

 

[telstarbox]

Ora small electric car - newish as a 24 plate.

 

[dgl]

Ora small electric car - newish as a 24 plate.

A Great Wall Motor, wonder where they're from

 

[birchesgreen]

Spotted my first 76 last night, on a Range Rover.

 

[Bald Rick]

Just seen a brand new micro-Honda EV, looks like nothing I’ve seen before! Honda Super-N.

Which reminds me; I’ve seen around 25 x 76 plates on the road so far this month, and every one of them is engine-absent. Which is slightly annoying, as it means I can’t catch out forum readers who are fans of old DC electric locomtives with an updated version of my (nearly) annual “What happened to the 71s / 73s / 74s / 75s” thread.

 

[Lloyds siding]

Two days ago, I saw a 2026 model Honda Prelude. Its owner didn't want me to photo it; but, my goodness, what a glorious looker.
I am old enough to remember Honda's five previous Prelude incarnations...

My current car is a 22 year old mk7 Honda Accord, they are up to the mark 11 now, and that's been out for a few years. I sort of remember them all...

 

[Jamesrob637]

My current car is a 22 year old mk7 Honda Accord, they are up to the mark 11 now, and that's been out for a few years. I sort of remember them all...

Mk8 being the last to have been sold in the UK?

 

[thejuggler]

Another Honda super N.

Like many EVs I don't expect to see another anytime soon.

 

[ABB125]

Two 76 plates today, in Malvern. An Isuzu D-max and one of the Jaecoo variants. Both with engines (though the Jaecoo is probably hybrid)

And an electric Ford Transit in Birmingham

 

[Bald Rick]

In the last 24 hours I have seen 3 x Nissan Micra EVs, a car I didn’t know existed (until the first one), and one which must be hateful to drive.

 

[GLC]

based on a Renault 5, and slightly cheaper!

 

[birchesgreen]

Spotted another 76, a Ford Puma though so nice but not that exciting.

 

[Bald Rick]

based on a Renault 5, and slightly cheaper!

I’d happily spend a lot more on the 5!

== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: 30 Sep 2026 ==

So here we are, the end of month 1 of the 76 plates. I’m now seeing about 3-5 “76s” a day and am well over 50 now; as it happens this has been all over the country as I have been travelling a lot this month.

Latest newbie was a 76 Lotus Emeya about an hour ago, which looked menacingly fabulous. No green flash on the plates, as has been the case with about 10-20% of the 76s I’ve seen, however every single one of them was an EV.

I’m sure the SMMT numbers issued next week will show that well over half of the registered 76s have engines, but none of those I’ve seen have!