The Niro was sold here as a hybrid, a plug-in hybrid and a fully electric car, all on the same body. Which of the three you own is the first thing that decides the price. What is left of the Kia warranty is often the second.
The first Niro arrived in 2016 as a hybrid, gained a plug-in version in 2017, and the fully electric e-Niro followed in 2018. The e-Niro reached the Netherlands at a point when electric company cars were taxed lightly, so a large number of them went out on lease. The second generation, from 2022, covers the same three drivetrains and renamed the electric car the Niro EV.
All of them are compact crossovers with an automatic, but what is underneath differs. The hybrid and the plug-in use a six speed dual clutch gearbox, which is unusual for a hybrid and means the car drives like a normal automatic. The electric one has a single speed reduction gear and nothing in there to service. The plate tells us which is which.
We will not quote a number on this page, it would be stale within weeks. These are the things that genuinely shift what we offer.
Kia sold these with a seven year warranty, capped by mileage, and it stays with the car when it changes hands provided the servicing was kept up. On a Niro still inside that window the remaining cover is a real part of the value. Find the service record, because without it the warranty is hard to lean on.
The three are priced as three cars. The plug-in sits in the most awkward spot of the three second hand, because it only makes sense with somewhere to charge it and the buyer has to want both systems at once. Tell us how you charged it, if at all, and what the electric range gave you in practice.
Charge it to full and send us what the car shows for range, with the mileage next to it. The 39 and 64 kWh batteries have held up well and we are not expecting bad news. What we want is the figure the car gives today, not the one from the brochure.
The mode 3 cable, the charge card that has been living in the door bin, a towbar, winter wheels, the boot floor. All of it counts and all of it is easy to forget on the day. Write the list down when you ask.
The register covers the facts. The rest of it is only in your head, so this is the part of the request worth a minute.
Yes, that is how Kia set it up, within the original term and mileage limit. It is one reason a Niro inside that window sells more easily than it otherwise would. Keep the service record together, because the cover depends on the car having been serviced on schedule.
That is more common than Kia would like, and it is no problem for us. A plug-in that mostly ran as a petrol hybrid will show higher fuel use on record and a battery that has barely been cycled. Say so plainly, and tell us whether the charging cable is still in the boot.
Electric cars pay a reduced rate of Dutch road tax, the motorrijtuigenbelasting, for their weight, and that reduction is being scaled back in stages. It affects what any electric car costs to keep, which feeds through into used prices generally. It does not affect whether we buy yours.
Yes, at no cost, anywhere in the country, villages included. Tell us the address, whether the car drives, and whether there is a gate, a barrier or a height limit between it and the road.
Your number plate is all we need to start.
