Before orders for the Zoe get underway I should finish writing up my experiences of reserving one, as I started here. Two months after registering I received my first ‘free gift’ from Renault, a Zoe-themed notebook:
A couple of weeks later I received an email about a special offer of free ‘Zoe’ training shoes:
I took up the offer; things went quiet for a couple of months and then they arrived:
The trainers aren’t bad, and are reasonably comfortable most of the time – except, ironically, when used for driving.
Free gifts are all well and good, but they aren’t why I reserved a Zoe. I did that to get to the front of the queue for a Zoe order – at least, I assumed that would be the case at the time, and there have been rumours to that effect since. Specifically it has been stated that Zoe reservers would get early notification of the opening of Zoe orders, and have a period in which they could exclusively order. If the reported opening of orders this week takes place, however, this clearly isn’t true since I’ve not been contacted so far on account of my reservation. I am beginning to wonder what Renault thought was the point of opening Zoe reservations – just a marketing exercise to gauge interest?
I think you are right a marketing ploy just to see what interest is out there. It’s going to be quiet interesting to see if you go to the front of queue for first deliveries, I presume you will keep us posted. I will wait to the end of the month before I order mine.
Hello Trevor,
I have reserve one from Spain and conditions say that we order the car three weeks before the official sale. If not, I will claim the 50 €
http://www.fororenaultzoe.com
Fernando – it’s good to hear from you.
You’ve got a very nice forum there – I’ve created a new page (see Forums in the menu) to highlight the best ones.
Thanks Trevor for the link to my forum. Believe me it was very simple to create it.