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Lucas Premium 3

Yuasa is no longer supplying batteries to Lucas, but this doesn’t seem to have been detrimental to their performance

By:Auto Express team

19 Sep 2007

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Introduction
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UKBatteries Value
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UKBatteries Platinum Prestige
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Odyssey PC 925
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Lucas Premium 3 - currently reading
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Exide Excell
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Numax Premium
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Exide Maxxima 900DC
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Exide X-Tra Plus
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Halfords Standard
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Halfords Advanced

Lucas Premium 3 rating

3.0

Price: £39.34
Guarantee: Three years

Contact: LSUK 0800 0433643, www.lsuk.co.uk

Yuasa is no longer supplying batteries to Lucas, but this doesn’t seem to have been detrimental to their performance. With ratings of 370 cranking amps and 43 AH capacity, this should be on a par with Exide’s Excell (above). And it very nearly is. It didn’t score quite as well in the headlamp bulb discharge test, but actually seemed more enthusiastic in both cranking tests.

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Introduction
On a charge to find the best car battery from 8 top buys
UKBatteries Value
Value by name but not by price or performance, judging by our test
UKBatteries Platinum Prestige
This first offering from UKBatteries couldn’t be more different from its Value battery
Odyssey PC 925
Flat-plate AGM technology means stunning performance from a battery that’s actually smaller than the 063s in the group
Lucas Premium 3
· currently reading
Yuasa is no longer supplying batteries to Lucas, but this doesn’t seem to have been detrimental to their performance
Exide Excell
One of the few batteries tested here to be priced under the £40 barrier, which makes its average performance in the test rather more acceptable.
Numax Premium
A commended performer in our last big battery test, but the Numax Premium couldn’t repeat that kind of result this time around
Exide Maxxima 900DC
Our first AGM battery boasts 900 amps of cranking power, despite not being much bigger than a standard 063 casing
Exide X-Tra Plus
This wasn’t the outright best performer, but no other product here can beat this battery’s trade-off between output and price
Halfords Standard
A surprisingly good battery, considering it’s from Halfords’ standard range
Halfords Advanced
The advanced range of batteries from Halfords uses calcium technology, which bumps up the price, warranty, and, in theory, the overall performance

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Lucas Premium 3

Yuasa is no longer supplying batteries to Lucas, but this doesn’t seem to have been detrimental to their performance

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