@@garethbrown89 Thank you for your comment. The delivery wait is here due to supply chain disruptions affecting the whole car industry. We have been working hard on delivering all ordered cars though. Thank you for understanding and have a nice day. 🙂
Spot on review of the ENYAQ. I got mine as i needed a high boot. 2years on, absolutely love it. Cheap to run. (Im averaging about 4miles/kwh). Spacious and comfortable. Paid for the faster charging (now std) amd heat pump with the smaller battery as the time difference is minimal
So glad you have covered the Skoda Enyaq IV60, most reviews are the IV80 loaded with extras. I have had cars on the Motability Scheme for some years and I definitely favour another EV. Unfortunately EVs with a decent range are either not available or expensive on their deposits. I currently have a Kona 64kw, a great car but I cannot tow my folding camper with it, so the Enyaq fits the bill. I will be getting an IV60 when I'm due to change my car, thanks for reviewing this model as it has helped me make up my mind. The IV60 is currently available for nil deposit, a bargain.
I have both the Enyaq IV60 and a Tesla model 3 LFP. I use the Enyaq for day to day, and the Tesla for road trips, so I feel we have the best of both worlds.😊
Tried all 3. Got a Tesla Y as only had to wait only 6 months, but the other 2 were over a year on the NHS fleet solutions. All are good cars, but the Y just had the edge with load carrying and charging/range.
At last the Enyaq! Thanks great vid we've had our for over a year now and love it, I barely miss my 335d, Mustang and V8 Dodge RAM. Best EV bang for your buck out there!
Picked up my May ordered Model Y and love it. It’s my first EV. The responsiveness and ease of one pedal driving is amazing. Very happy. I charge from home with Octopus Go so only costs a few pounds a day to fuel.
I ordered Škoda Enyaq iV 80 as Sportline in August this year. Just wish they could ramp up the production a bit. They are doing their best of course. I'm just excited and really looking forward to drive it next year hopefully!
I really like the Ionic5, but it would be the Model Y for me. The efficiency, range and luggage space, together with the charging network make it unbeatable, as far as I'm concerned.
At the moment, the Ioniq 5 long range (300ish mile) is £43k, so Tesla is substantially more expensive. Biggest issue for me is the delivery times for all these cars at the moment.......
I was charging my Ioniq 5 this week and talked with the driver of the Model Y also charging. He'd had it two months and was on the fence about it. He certainly wasn't as keen about his Tesla as I am about our Ioniq 5 after 12 months and 25,000 km.
At Last! been waiting for you to reveiw the Enyaq. I've had an iV80 ecoSuite on order since last October, I'm being told it will finally be built next week (wk40).
Great video - and been a while since my black Enyaq was that clean and shiny ! 100% bang on regarding company car BiK. I think it’s costing me about £350 per year instead of nearly 5 grand a year for my last few company diesel chuggers! And the Skoda PowerPass card gets me Ionity charging up and down the country for 25p per kWh. Happy days!
The enyaq was on my shortlist against the model y. Supercharging network sealed the deal but I’ve just gone onto the Skoda configuration tool and in very similar spec to model y it’s the same price and over 200kg heavier. You then realise Tesla isn’t that highly priced when you go like for like
@@maxflight777 I have 19” as wife only wanted one change so we went for the midnight silver. The ride is a bit harsh on local roads but fine on a and motorway runs. Averaging 4m/kWh so well impressed so far.
As ever another great RSEV video. That said, one of your best comparators was missing: miles (or km) per minute of charging. For those that only charge at home, this is (mostly) irrelevant, but for those using rapid charging, I suggest this is a key metric to consider. Miles/minute of charging takes account of both vehicle efficiency and average charging speed (as opposed to peak charging speed), which dictates how long you’ll spend charging for a given distance travelled. On longer trips, in particular, that’s a key difference. Thanks for another really good video!
I went to test drive MG4 today and ended up buying Skoda Enyaq 60. It has always been on my radar and didn't disappoint. It lacks some features I must admit but overall package it is very good. I was impressed by the interior and how spacious it was. Looking forward to collecting it next week. Good value for money I shall say.
Great review Rich - it's a choice between the Tesla & Skoda but the Tesla infrastructure is a no brainer for me, coupled with its tech & v pleased with mY.
Had the Skoda and Tesla on the short list . In the end I went for the Tesla, as once spec'ed up to Tesla level the Skoda was a bit more than the Tesla (back in February) so far have done 6k since end of June and loving it.
I was very impressed by the Enyaq when I took it out - however it does lack the supercharging network and software was so so, coupled with 1 yr wait put me off. Nevertheless this video does make me pause once more before finally committing to the model Y
Great video and comparison, got my Enyaq 5 weeks ago and absolutely love it. (So do all the family) Your observation about driving and comfort were spot on and the savings I am making through BIK is great. Overall, I would recommend the Enyaq as a family car and especially for a company car driver with great cost benefits.
Owned the Ioniq 5 for nearly a year now. Great comfy car that turns many heads through its design. Good performance and economy especially through our 9 KW of PV. Looking to replace my Kuga PHEV so will drop in to see you.
I ordered my Skoda Enyaq 80 in November 2020 before I had even seen it in the metal. My thinking was that I wanted a bigger boot for my dogs. I ticked a few options boxes and paid about £48,000, I included the heat pump. I have been very happy with it, although the wait was agonising! I have a client who has an Audi Q4 Etron which was much more expensive and not as big, and doesn't FEEL like an £10, 000 more expensive car. I thought that there would be a waiting list as big battery packs are expensive, and a lot of people would choose the Skoda.There are still a few badge snobs who simply couldn't have a Skoda on their drive, but not too many. And now the wait is 14 months if you are lucky and have ordered an expensive coupe version. Although I cart my dogs around in it, it still feels premium and drives beautifully. I am very pleased with it. Great review.
Thanks for sharing! I agree we tried the q4 the enyaq and the quality difference was very minimal. There was just no way to justify paying for the audi. And prestige or badge is just not enough reason, as no one truly cares. We have ordered the skoda, and coming from an Audi q5 we are very excited to be getting it.
I had an Ioniq 5 on order but delivery date jumped back by 6 months so I swapped to a model Y which arrived within a month. I love the Tesla. Production quality on my car is superb. My first EV and I’m glad I went Tesla. Zero range issues and charging is so simple.
@@nialldunleavy1935 I’ve had the Y for 11 months now and driven 25,000 miles so far. Zero range anxiety with the Tesla. My two gripes with it would be the automatic wipers are dreadful and the suspension could be a tiny bit softer for town driving. Dual carriageways are fine it’s country and city roads where you feel the bumps. My car has the standard wheels. My last car was an XC90 and that was very soft. I honestly love the Y and so do the family. Getting used to it was like moving from an old Nokia mobile to an iPhone - lots to learn but it’s all second nature now.
Couple of hundreds quids and the Enyaq would have a flat boot floor and button's to fold the seats flat from the rear too. USB in the rear is an optional extras too , that's just crazy. I run a cable from the boot through the ski hatch for my son and his gadgets
@@enyaq_gorm That's cool. Personally I love memory seats since I'm 6'3" and the wife is 5'5" and the Tesla just moves the seat back into my position when I open the door, but it's absolutely a luxury. But I also appreciate the base Model 3 is absolutely loaded with stuff like that and the options list is super short. Pick the paint colour, interior colour, and the wheels. Pretty much it.
@@NickFoster yeah, I had them on my model 3 but my wife refused to drive it so they were never needed. Decided not to bother with them on the enyaq and to spend on things like the HUD instead. And it cost less than my model 3 SR+
Great comparison. These were the ones I looked into (plus id4 and mustang). I ordered the model y because id4 and enyaq have circa 18 month wait time 🤯 in Germany at least. The ioniq is great but model y just felt cooler
One thing that makes the skoda the outright winner in the phv/taxi world is proper door handles. Manufacturers please stop fitting flush door handles we (taxi drivers) don't want to have to explain to the elderly and less knowledgeable members of the public how to open vehicle doors every time we are about to pick up! Cheers
I have an Enyaq Iv60 Lounge as my company car - when I leased it, all the interior options were around the same price (within £500 of each-other, equipment was the same on all - it was just styling choice). I can confirm it is a GREAT all-rounder, queiter and more comfrotable than many, also very spoacious & practical for alarge family. My only real gripes are: (1) the initial software release was very buggy (locked screen etc.) - there is a new version, BUT it's no over-the-air, it is dealer installation (2 hours). (2) lots of cost-options e.g. you mentioned USB sockets, but also fast-charge, heat-pump, different driving modes etc. I don't think a heat pump is essential in the UK, but fasy-charge shoudl have been standard, as should USB sockets in rear. The way they bundle some of the options is weird, so you end up getting things you don;t want/need just to get the one important thing. BUT, I don't like paying extra for safey options like adaptive cruise, or blind-spot detection - car makers should be forced to make those standard imo. Having said that I get 3.5-3.8 m/kwh - which is good for the size of vehicle with a great boot. The interior is FAR better than the ID4 and ID3 - which are just "plasticky". The looks are contentious for sure, but Skoda is all about angles in their design ethos. Surprisingly quick for a big beast, I've clocked 7 secs 0-60mph - it has great low-end punch from 0-50, and 40-60... but loses acceleration from 70-90. As a first attempt by Skoda it is a great all-rounder. Sure the Ioniq/EV6 have more tech... but also cost a lot more once you spec them out.
@@maxflight777 There is an option to buy faster acceleration for cash even though the hardware is already installed? Seems like Tesla is partnered with EA…
Expecting mine next month :) We tried Kia EV6 (love the styling but the headrest bumped my head and the long wait removed my enthusiasm), tried Ioniq 5, nothing wrong, just didn't inspire. Tried a Model 3 and didn't like it. I couldn't get my feet under the rear seats and being a saloon didn't solve anything for me. Went back a few months later to try a Model Y and didn't hate it, I'll be hooking up a trailer to it, just to out drag the kiddies off the lights in their fartcans for giggles. (I should be too old for those larks but some things never get old right?! ;) ) The other factors that swayed me to Tesla in the end were the maturity of the technology in terms of efficiency, supercharger network (having previously had a Leaf and gave up on the concept of public charging) and the wait time was *only* six months. We actually don't need another car but with the number of muppets that seem to infest the roads now, a car with a better safety score became a higher priority.
I love the Skoda, it's a great family car. I would definitely get one for my Mrs, she doesn't want loads of tech and would prefer to have a more normal car. She doesn't want to drive my Tesla. Everything is an option on the Enyaq though including the rear USB sockets. They get quite dear when you add the things you'd like on.
first?🎉 great video as always! if I were öooking for a family car the Enyaq would have been on the list. but the iV80 (doing too much long distance for a smaller battery) with logs of necessary addons here in CZ easily crosses 65000€ . but indeed I also poved the interior (the interior of the smaller version I even preferred over the higher level ones) one big advantage I think the Tesla MY RWD and Model 3 RWD is that they have an LFP which one can charge to 100%, giving a bit more range
After driving the ID3 from VW for work, (similar in quality to the ID4 from reviews Ive watched which Skoda shares its platform etc with) then sitting in an Enyaq as we considered one, I think the Skoda embarrassed the VW’s for premium feel. Wonder how that goes in the board room discussions with Skoda supposing that be the ‘budget’ brand of the VW/Audi group? I say this as I just don’t think it is budget in its feel at all compared to VW’s options. 🤔
nice job. thanks for all the details. it is shame in 2023 an electric car doesn't have rear usb , heated back seat 360 rear camera etc. all should be standart
I bought the Model Y new 12 miles on the clock loaded up for two of us, clothes and essential stuff . We had not even got anything in showing in the rear. Put in two bikes and away we went. One charge from Newcastle to The Tunnel. Charged at the Tunnel then drove all the way to Reims (200 miles avoiding tolls) for the next charge. We got to Beaune to visit the longest Tesla supercharger in the world 28 charges all in a line. Once on the journey the car told us to not exceed 115 kilometres per hour to reach the charger we had planned to stop at, so we just selected another charger on route. No problem charging in 2400 miles. No need for a back wiper, as on the way back it was torrential rain and lorry spray. the rear screen did not get one bit of water on it. Its not all good though. the automatic headlights are terrible and don't even adjust automatically for driving on right, and the auto wipers are poor waiting at times till the windscreen was obscured before a wipe. Other times they turned on in clear sunny conditions. My 7 year old Ford Mondeo had way better auto lights and wipers. Auto pilot made motorway driving so easy. Don't think the running costs are cheap compared to ICE Mondeo insurance £350 Tesla £1000. You have to do a lot of miles to make up that. One other thing get a pass for the toll roads as even with a passenger the Y is wider at the base than it is at the window and reaching for the ticket and paying is a nightmare. Scraping the wheels is a big risk getting close enough.
To me, model Y looks like a hippo (compared to M3), enyaq looks a bit boring, but the ioniq 5 is my favourite looking electric car - just looks so cool, and they completely stuck by their concept!
I looked at the Hyundai but I couldn't sit in the back seats, then I tried the Kia twin and I had trouble getting in and out of the back seats and then I tried the Tesla, totally different and I went for a test drive some months later and I bought it
Not sure how the Enyaq wins the boot space category when it's smaller (34"x41") compared to the model y's (37" x 43") and that doesn't include the under-storage. Even in the video it's clear the model y is bigger.
Great review... But "why don't more people drive EV's" interesting comment... When the obvious answer is because we can't bloody well buy them because the manufacturers are just not making them fast enough!! No one wants to wait a year for a car....
I did consider the Skoda Enyaq iV as I like the car's styling, practicality, and build quality, but by the time you have finished adding on all wheel drive plus the packages to give it an equivalent specification of the Tesla Model Y Long Range, and current pricing of both cars is about the same. For me, the Model Y wins easily, since the software is the best compared will all cars I've driven, and then you have the Tesla charging network. OK, the public charging network is improving, but it still has a long way to go.
Hi Richard another great with review, very interesting and very helpful, you really do know stuff, would love to know the charging rates compared as well Regards John 😇
Thanks for the review. I test drove the ŠKODA yesterday. Like the size and interior, though found the heating controls fiddly. But the deal breaker for me was the bad ride around town. So choppy. Couldn’t live with that. Fine on smooth roads. I’ve test driven loads of EVs the last six months. Ionic 5 would be my pick apart from one thing. Too big !! I’m still looking .... 😐
Tesla's interior looks so cheap, especially in the back. The design of the seats is so ugly. I like the interior of the Skoda the most. This channel is awesome, I don't understand why there are so few subscribers
It’s too bad they don’t sell the skoda in the states. I need that cargo room! Not a fan of the odd grill on it, and strangely would prefer the Tesla front end
We moved from the US to France this summer...ordered an Enyaq on our prep trip back in January...it's finally built and on its way to me next week, can't wait (and yes, cargo room awesome, and was able to get options here that were unavailable on ID4 in the states.) Our old neighbor ordered a 7-seater Y around the same time and is still waiting.
Great there are so many good EVs now! Now it’s getting colder, I’d love to see a comparison of summer vs winter range across the brands. My Tesla 3 performance loses a bit in the winter, vs my Audi etron (big one) which loses loads of range!
@Max Flight I also much prefer the enyaq over the tesla. Hands down the tesla is faster, but that of no interest to me. In every other respect I prefer the enyaq.
@@briankavanagh7191 after 14 months it's not once been back in the workshop (after a similar time the tesla had been back 8 times, on one occasion for 4 weeks) and still tesla didn't want to fix all the faults, the paintwork doesn't have sand embedded in it, the cruiser control and auto pilots work much better, it has longer range, and I can use waze, Google maps, my podcast app, audio book app etc etc etc.
I very nearly pulled the trigger on one of these when they first came out, but waiting time, combined with less than stellar value as soon as you add any options on, made me hold fire. Also, it just felt a bit slow compared to our Renault Zoe. On the plus side, I believe you can put a roofrack on the Enyaq too.
When we were looking for a second EV last year we considered all of these. MY was out of our price range, Ionic 5 looks great but we felt the boot wasn’t gonna be big enough for our dogs. We were going to order an Enyaq as it seemed like an ID4 with a better Infotainment and HVAC setup, but we were going to have to wait over a year. In the end we got a Q4 E-Tron which is marginally smaller in the boot but otherwise very similar to Enyaq. Monthly payments were virtually identical (yes the Enyaq had more equipment), but we liked the look of the Q4 better and I was able to get one in 3 months. 11 months later I’ve no regrets 👍🏻
I think EV9 is more of a niche segment. It's really large like Tesla model X or KIA Sorento. Not everyone needs that big cars. So you won't have a good highway consumption, it will be pricy (around 70k for a good spec I assume) and of cause the large size is not that nice when your driving profile is mainly in town. Really depends on your preferences though.
You can get Fiat 500e laPrima for around £30k with similar range. So £10k less though much smaller so good for couples. But it is one of the best EV for range-to-price ratio and with great build quality. The 500e is build from scratch and has nothing in common with the ICE version, other than name and similar shape though it is wider and taller.
Last September I tried all of these together with an Audi Q4 and VW ID4. In terms of the best car the Tesla was my favourite, followed by the Ionic 5 and then Q4/Enyaq tied for 3rd. However the Tesla was massively expensive to lease (didn’t have the SR then) and the Ionic 5 not practical enough for camping trips etc. Went for the Q4 in the end as it was cheaper than the Enyaq (on my company scheme). Have to say though they are all great cars - wish the SR Model Y had been around then though!
The thing with the buttons is a critic I will never understand. Its fancy that Tesla etc don't need a button, but it comes with its negatives. Especially when the cars will switch on/off when you actually don't want that to happen. For example when getting out of the car I may want to keep everything running (in case of EVs that means all connections are kept alive, climate still active etc etc) With just a simple button that decision now rests in the hand of the driver. And of course the Hyundai also got the ability to switch on and off with a button press on the remote key if desired.
Have I5, but selling it to get MY RWD. Just need more boot space. Enyaq has a long wait time, and quickly gets $$$. MY RWD is only €50k in 🇳🇱. Also, it has much more WLTP than the others with 58 kWh battery. Even similar to I5 73 kWh on 20".
Oh before anyone asks... I can sell the Ioniq 5 now for about what I paid for it. Only a negligible write off. Otherwise, I wouldn't have sold such a new car...
We just did back to back test drives of the Kia EV6, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Nissan Ariya, over the same route and all within a 3 hour period. There was a constant whine from the motors on the Kia, which would get on my nerves after a bit, the Hyundai was a lot quieter and definitely smoother than the Kia, but our favourite and currently top of our shortlist was the Nissan Ariya, really impressed with the interior, smoother ride than even the Hyundai and just a little higher seating position, a bit more like we're used to in our Skoda Kodiaq. It's down to a choice of the Ariya or an Audi e-tron Sportback.
Any car with the charge port on a different side than the Tesla has a big problem, as the Tesla supercharging network is by far the biggest and least problematic charging network. And they are opening it up more and more now.
I was all set for an Enyaq earlier this year. Loved the drive, loved the practicality. Just a solid, solid family wagon. But,.... There was a 12 month waiting list and my then car's lease was up in 6. A quick word with the Hyundai dealership down the road told me they had an unreserved Ioniq 5 waiting on the docks of Korea for a ship,... Which was lucky. They also offered me a Lease deal that was cheaper than the Enyaq PCP per month. So I now have an Ioniq 5, which is an absolutely TREMENDOUS car for long distance driving. Long range, extremely fast charging, so, so comfortable to drive. Still have a soft spot for the Enyaq that got away but I've no regrets.
My pet peeve are cameras. Why don't all new cars have front and rear cameras for insurance purposes? It's only Tesla am I right? I'd hate to buy the Enyaq and a ruin it with a camera on a dash.
Just looking at speccing the Skoda, but was disappointed it only has a centre rear lap belt, no 3 pointer. For a family vehicle for a family of 5, that's a straight fail. No idea of the other two have a 3point centre seatbelt and think they are all missing a trick! Shame. Looking like a hybrid for me if I ever manage to leave my diesel.
Got the ioniq5.. the best car I have ever owned even after an Audi Q7. Went for ioniq5 instead of Y because of price and delivery time, and I am definitely not a fan of Tesla car design except Model S.
Although I'd choose the TMY over the others because of the obvious benefits of Supercharging and comfortably superior software, I am slightly intrigued by the Skoda. And I wonder how it compares to its group sibling VW ID4. I've been informed that the Skoda has better software than the ID4 [which wouldn't be difficult], but from what I can see it's a larger display [nice] and different graphics. The base software behind it is probably just as poor and laggy. Be very nice if it wasn't.
Comparison vid of exactly that here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ALLG8aK-8c4.html TLDR: the Skoda was better than the ID4. And the software+buttons were good too.
@@xxwookey Hmm, yeah. Watched the video. Didn't surprise me too much that the ID4 was 3rd. It's pretty uninspiring, and although they still didn't really show it, the software is decidedly poor. One happy day one of these car reviewers is going to realise that a modern BEV is a computers on wheels. Therefore that enlightened reviewer will test the on-board Sat Nav in detail. How easy is it to use, what are it's good and bad points. Does it get you there, which ever way you want it to? Voice Control - can the bloody thing understand me? Example - ID Series VWs can't, and many functions don't come under the Voice Command menu. Why not? Which car software does? What about rapid charger identification and availability, and battery pre-conditioning? How clunky and lagging is it? Is it that bad that you just give up and connect to Android Auto or Apple Car Play? Or is it that good that the next time you use your phone is to text someone while the car drives itself? And how good is that software? Will it kill you or keep you safe? Do you see what I'm getting at? Nobody compares these things. Tesla YTers post video after video of this stuff because they know how good the car software is. But that's a Tesla. Nobody does a detailed comparison view. Is it because they're all pretty crappy or because the reviewers don't know how to? Because this stuff is important and will become very much more so, as autonomous cars arrive.
@@ramblerandy2397 Bjorn tests that stuff. And Doug DeMuro to some degree. But yes most don't go into any detail. VW's software _architecture_ is actually pretty good (better that Tesla, who know how to make it pretty but clearly are a bit clueless about embedded development - it's amazing how well it works considering what's under the hood.) VW have gone the other way. Good underlying architecture, but a really crummy hardware implementation and a load of annoying bugs and missing UI features. The main problem from my point of view is all of this stuff is totally proprietary so I can't fix any of when stuff is anoying and broken. Like the Buzz not having a camping mode should be a trivial software fix, but we've not got any access to do that. So I'm really waiting for either some manufacturer to get a clue and make something hackable (aptera have promised to do so) or people to work out how to get in and root it anyway. Any new car I buy will basically be locked-down, as opposed to my current old mechanical machine (or my phone/laptop/router) where I can do whatever I like - the whole control system is fettleable. This is not an improvement (apart from the 'no more diesel' part).
I have ordered the Skoda IV4 80. What decided it for me was the cheaper price than the Tesla, big boot, ability to fit roof bars and still have a sunroof. With that we can go on a camping holiday and also have room for the dog. As far as Tesla supercharging is concerned, that is pretty overrated. There are plenty of alternatives and a charging network dedicated to one make might have made sense in the past but will become as daft as Ford having a network of garages selling petrol specially for Ford cars.
I like the Skoda like I liked my Ioniq. It looked more normal and didn't scream "look at meeeee I'm an electric car" Have crossed to the dark side with a Tesla for the moment :-) but will probably get the Skoda once delivery delays are resolved.
Tesla model Y is unbeatable. I had Ioniq5 for 9 months it was scraped after an accident I did not want another Ioniq5 after I had a test drive with a Tesla model Y long range ! All the others just try to catch up with Tesla but nothing is better Tesla is the KING 👑
Small but annoying complaint about the enyaq, the drinks holders are too small for Thermos cups, only paper cups from McDonalds fit correctly. Also had bother with the parking camera going off, great car apart from that.
Thanks, all good cars, but in preference order, I would go for Skoda, then Hyundai and finally Tesla. I find the Tesla look boring and do not like the touch screen, but, each to their own.
Hello. I have a disability and can’t walk far. I’ve been thinking of having the Enyaq 80. How much loss of mileage do you have when using the heater and lights? I live in Birmingham and want to visit Bridgwater in Somerset (my son).
Objective view. . Skoda It's potentially the EV Mondeo Repmobile. (That's coming from a former Model diesel Estate driving Service Rep) . Fleet managers and BIK drivers(!) will like the price/ tax, fleet running costs, etc. Supercharger availablity will help the case. Same "Mondeo" 8.5 0-60, won't get you too many tickets, space, ride, sufficient features. . Space for spares in the back(!) "VW Killer". Has a bit more Character than its cousins. . Hyundai. Liked the retro look when I saw it...... In certain colours.... (silver/ blue) not black... Has (imo) the "Kia problem" of looking like they couldn't get the lines quite right so they stuck bits on to truck the eye. I suspect the access is easier than the Kia (which I tried) for Tall chaps? (me) Same rather haphazard controls (voice control?) Seats, usb, etc good. Headroom? Better than the Kia? Again.... Shallow (Kia) in the boot (but better roofline?) . Charge port better than the Kia which looked like it would be broken quite easily. . Tesla. It's a Tesla. Firm= funtion Frunk Efficiency (reliable efficiency!) Clean inside, (not 1990 hi-fi controls) Ui just ...... better. Voice control Great navigation (including to chargers) (I'd have the black trim!) Boot space 👍including the *double* underfloor and side bins (Richard, make some accessory bags to fit those bins! £££) Oh.... Charging, of course!! . "Horses for courses" but if the Fleet Manager told me I was getting the Skoda I wouldn't punch him! . (Subject to the 3 way test? 😉)
This couldn’t have been timed any better! I’m in a position to press the button on a new EV through work. I’m between top spec Polestar 2, BMW i4 M50 with all the packs and a Model Y. Any advice? I’ve had a Model 3 SR for the last couple of years which maybe swaying me towards the Y. I’d love to know what you think. Polestar is the cheapest and BMW would work out the the most expensive (just). Thanks very much 👍🏻
Depending on whether or not you actually need 4-wheel-drive, the rear-drive BMW i4 e-Drive 40 is the sweeter car to drive (and a whole chunk of cash cheaper than the M50 version) with a longer range, too. Like others have said, though, it down to what you need the car to do day-to-day. But, on my goodness, WHAT an enviable choice to have, fella...!! 😎
Have you tried the GTX Enyaq? Doesn’t the 4*4 add extra security in winter and slippery weather? It’s not really the extra horsepower I need, just want the best driving safety
Having had an Enyaq 80 from January 2022 it is the worst car that I have had in 46 years. The faults started about day 3. One on the motorway when the car thought it was on the slip road and approaching a roundabout as I cruised past at 60mph could have caused an accident. Because the car thought it was not on the motorway and had come off and was approaching a roundabout it applied the brakes itself. If a vehicle had been following closely and I had not reacted quickly then it could have been another story. I have had traffic assist faults. Indicator faults. The steering wheel replaced. Airbag faults and volume control issues. The puddle lights are faulty, mirrors do not always fold when using the control wheel. The front nearside door does not always unlock. Breakdown attended yesterday to airbag fault, came up in red words on the small screen. Could be a faulty steering wheel, or communication error or faulty hardware or software. I have had enough of this car and I will be asking Skoda for a full refund as it is not fixed, cost 50K and is a disaster. My wife is now refusing to travel in the car. I was told by the garage that this is the worst one that they have sold. The car could be very good if it weren't for the terrible build quality ?
Hi Richard, I have a Model Y and whilst I agree with you regarding the software, I disagree with the usability of the touchscreen in the MY when your actually driving it. I think it would be a useful addition to your reviews to compare usability of the infotainment systems whilst driving. E.g. try searching for a song or track on a USB drive or streaming media. Try searching or changing nativigation destination.
A Shanghai factory Tesla Model Y (no parcel shelf) I test drove had the worst ride of any stock car I’ve experienced. It was ok on smooth roads but over broken tarmac and pot holes, you felt beaten up it jostled so much. Made my friends Porsche 911 feel like a limo in comparison. Definitely a deal breaker.
The umbrella is for the chauffeur to grab as he gets out, so the "boss" ( missus) doesn't get soaked as said chauffeur opens the door for them lolol. Incidentally, given the choice, I prefer the Tesla. Not that I'll ever afford an EV of any make, short of a lottery win lol
The Model Y. Best looking of this three!! By far. The Ionic is the least likable for me! I like the model Y and X and have viewed many a RU-vid tester going off on the Tesla family looks. I do not know why as to me it has very acceptable look....
This evening I asked the one of the staff members he said they were having trouble with the original units so they’ve taken them out but they are going to put in faster units but he didn’t know what type they were going to be and there will be twice as many as before.
