Skoda Enyaq Long Term Test: Is It Actually WORTH Buying? 

You dont use the curved side to scrape the ice. Those black sides are for that. They are even specially designed for that! Greetings from Finland!

The curved edge of the ice scraper is just to break through a thicker layer of ice. Once you can get under the ice, flip the back boy round and use that flat black edge. It’s the best ice scraper I’ve ever had, providing you know how it use it…

Ice scraper: aren’t you actually supposed to hold the yellow bit (it’s curved so it’s comfy to hold) - the scraping part is the black part (smooth or with grooves).

Hello from Norway! Rory you are the autoking of the motor journalists. Bought the Skoda Citigo 18 months ago as a cheap runaround, we live on a mountain farm 23 km from the nearest shops and the missus had a 60 km working commute. My good lady has astonishingly covered nearly 20 K km, the wee Skoda has saved us a bunch of krona, now we are both pensioners we are looking to swap the Citigo for an Enyaq, after they have fixed that screen and we need the AWD for winter. Most impressed with the Citigo, a fantastic little electric that gives us 270 km per charge in summer. Keep up the great reporting Rory, you are always worth it! PS when the going gets rough we have an old Toyota pickup, and for long journeys my 1991 200D Mercedes gets us, slowly, to our destinations. Keeping it simple! Cheers, Alex.

We’ve had the Enyaq 60 for a few months now and overall really impressed, it’s a cracking car and great to drive. Nice review! We only just experienced the screen blackout this week but it took out the speedo as well which is a bit dangerous, they really need to address that!

The blank screen is a known issue for the VW group. Happens in my Arteon all the time and the dealership doesn't want to acknowledge the issue. Carplay also disconnects frequently. I have a workaround that doesn't envolve turning the car off and back on: press and hold the power off button on the infotainment for 10 seconds. Not until it shows the clock. No. Just press and hold depressed and after some 20 seconds, the entire unit reboots and it is back in action. At least until it happens again.

Historically I turned my nose up at Skoda. Not any more - they are on point and years ahead of other manufacturers. Great vid keep them coming. 👍🤓

I love how you are as excited for more regular passenger cars as you seem to be when testing out exotic cars and sports cars

love this content! and thanks for not having ads! 💯

Yes, definitely like this kind of content Rory. We'd never learn about the screen blackout issue, variable mileage (likely a battery pre-conditioning deficiency), issues without a longer term usage review. Thanks very much for sharing your honest review!

I've had my Enyaq 80 Eco Suite for 3 months..... and I love it. I waited 12 months for it and I put every option on this car. I was very fortunate in that no options were dropped off my order given what's been going on in the world.

Brilliant video, telling the bad as well as the good in an unbiased way. More of these hopefully.

Well delivered review and yes do more of these for other EVs

Really helpful as always thanks Rory. Would love to see how it compares versus the iD 4 in a long-term review.

Had my Enjaq IV 80x for 18 months - never experienced a screen blackout or frozen screen. Speed of driving also impacts the range a lot, I have one regular 250 mile round trip that I do which is pretty much all on minor roads with a 50 mph limit - range on this trip is averaging 330 miles (at 20C), if I am driving motorways with a 70 mph limit then the range is down to 250 (also at 20C).

Great review and presenting Rory as always 👌👏

Had one of these for 2 months now. Great car, the optional heat pump definitely helps with the range. Also with regards to the infotainment screen freezing whilst on the move just push the power off button on the bottom left side of it, leave it a couple of seconds then back on again and it will restart the screen back to working order.

Class Vehicle. Smart choice. Thanks for the long term review Rory.

Yeah, excellent idea and review. Great to know what a car is like to live with!

This chanel is worth more ... Quality reviews as like a top brand

Great review!

aight who's gonna talk about him not knowing how to properly use the ice scraper lol

As always a great video

Great video mate

Great vehicle all round. Skoda nailed it with this one. Nice one Rory.

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Rory, love your content. I own the Kodiaq and absolutley love it. Dont want to sound like a smarty pants but the ice sraper is used the other way around. When i worked this out it changed my life 😂. The best ice scraper i have ever owned. Keep doing your thing mate. 👌🏾

We've had this car for a year, having come from a 335d I've not missed the performance. What I've gained is size with the same quality, the screen froze sometimes in the BMW too, when it's hot inside it's likely to freeze. I've had over 4Kwh just about every time I drive it between Apr-Oct yes in the cold it's more like 3kwh. Not fussed about public charge costs so long as you're not doing over 250 miles a day. I've heard people say when we go to France or when we go to Devon.... That's not every day is it? I'd recommend an EV and this car particularly especially if you have off-street parking if you are reliant on public charging and do distances then perhaps EVs are not for you right now that said you can charge often over 100kw now so again but an issue. The main thing is that Skoda have got it right, he's right you get in it and it's easy to drive and like you've been driving it for years. I'm looking to change cars and take advantage of salary sacrifice with my new job and I don't think for the money I can get anything better. Perhaps the EV6.

Excellent review as always Rory. Knowledgeable, informative and entertaining. Wish we had politicians we could trust like you.

Quality update. yes more like this. Thanks for detail on eco suite. Good to know it holds up. I see you can get a version of it in the Superb. I'm waiting for next Superb when hopefully the infotainment is sorted out and the Apple WWDC announcement on big carplay changes in cars from end of '23 will make it to the VW group platform

Your review has given a smart choice

The infotainment system does crash occasionally.. but you don't need to disconnect the battery.. hold the power button on the left hand side for 5-10 seconds and it reboots.. Has worked everytime for me

Like this kind of content 👍🏻

Nice one, Rory! 👏🏻👏🏻

Watched your review with interest and liked what I heard. I really wanted to comment on the ice scraper but beaten to it. We have had our 60 version for nearly a year now, just missed out on the 80 when the grant was removed, but I just live this car, surely worth a B+ at least.

Hi Rory - absolutely love your reviews - didn't know you represented Auto Trader and signed up immediately. My question to you personally is: WHY HAVEN'T YOU GOT YOUR OWN BLOCKBUSTER TV SHOW - I know of 769K people who might watch it , commission gladly taken when the production companies try and bite your hand off 😉 Shaun

Great video, I was wary of this car when it first launched, however after my first journey in one, (from my local Škoda dealership after trading in my car, and placing an order for a new Fabia), I was pleasantly surprised by the ride quality, lack of noise and refinement. I would certainly consider one, in the future.

Great review, Rory, very honest and fair. I’ve just taken delivery of an Enyaq and absolutely love it, styling, quality and practicality are spot on. I love the ambient lighting inside which you can personalise including ‘Skoda’ puddle lights. Mine is on the 21in wheels too and I agree ride quality is remarkable. It also handles really well thanks to its very low centre of gravity and good weight distribution. I like how configurable it is with a great range of options that ensures you can have exactly the features you want, but not the ones you don’t want! The ice scraper doubles as a magnifying glass and you’re using the wrong edge of it, the others are square! You might need it on an icy day, not everyone will charge their car every night so might not want to wake the car up before they’re planning to use it. Mine is averaging 3.8 miles per Kw which is really good imo.

You're using the ice scraper the wrong way round, the yellow bit is so it doesn't cut into your hands as much. Probably still a pretty bad ice scrapper tho.

The icescraper also has a magnifying glass in the center square - I believed that you forgot to mention that part!

Had an iV 80 Enyaq now for just over a year and I absolutely love it. Hate having to drive my wife's Dino juice Merc. Tips for specifying: get the full driving assist! It's a game changer for longer journeys. The auto tailgate function is great. The driving dynamic pack is a waste of money

The Skoda ice scraper is one of the best I've ever used. I use the bottom flat edge which is black. Not the curved green side.

My wife had one since april. I have a Tesla Model 3… and this Skoda Enyaq is the best electric family car in the market

The screen locking up is incredible. Most processors have a watchdog facility that forces systems to automatically reboot if they aren't periodically updated, like a deadman's handle. A crash is bad but in an infotainment system it should recover on its own, which while annoying is a lot better than having to disconnect the battery...

Thanks for nice honest (I hope:D) review.

The umbrella ex gimmick is awesome😂 its like a royce

Adore my Enyaq, but I will find the person who designed the infotainment system, and shout at them. A lot.

Frozen screen thing is terrible, HVAC controls should be physical dials not in the menu. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

Awesome review

I love when reviewers talk about range because it's SO relative isn't it. My 2016 Zoe does about 70 miles of range in Winter and 90 in Summer, so I can't use it to visit my parents who are a 1.5hr motorway drive away but I can commute to work on the daily and do all my local runabout shopping etc without a worry here in South Manchester. I also recharge it on my driveway and that's usually every other day. I DREAM of a car which does 215 miles at WORST. Most people focus too much on range when they will rarely need to drive 200 miles on the daily anyway. Of course, value for money is the actual factor. If you can get more range in a comparable EV for a similar price then the Enyaq isn't good value even if 200 miles is more than enough.

@11:54 - had a similar problem driving in Poland last week (39 Celsius). The rear heated seats came on by themselves and wouldn’t turn off! My kids were complaining but after a charge stop an hour or so later, they turned off again. I haven’t had many screen freezes since getting the car in Nov 2021 but there are definitely some issues which hopefully get ironed out in the v3 firmware roll-out.

In September last year, my Enyaq drove from Luxembourg to Groningen, stopping at 420km for a short recharge at at high speed charger

Press and hold the power button at the bottom of the screen for 10+ seconds to restart the infotainment 🙂

Out of 4 possible sides on a square he picked the only one not suitable for ice scraping 🙈

About ugly; If the screen goes black just push the on/off button and keep it down till the car shuts off. Then push the on/off button again to start the software and all will work. Don’t get under the hood ;). I’ve had this twice, it happens always when you are in a hurry ;)

Interior looks really nice love the leather

6:00 this is actually the handle of the scraper. The scraping parts are the other 3 sides ;)

Finally a vid from Rory .How u man?

Rory is a great reviewer- he goes into great detail and is always honest. Also love that they don’t put ads every two seconds *ahem carwow*

The scraper part is the opposite one…. The rounded part is for it to be comfortable hold by the hand….. Regarding removing the battery, usually these systems have a hardware on/off switch. Just keep it pressed for 20-30 seconds and it hard resets the screen. For the frozen display, it’s poor software unfortunately… it sounds that the touch input gets lost ;(

the pull handle i very useful, clever design..

Info screen is a deal breaker for me, same with the id3 and 4. They need to sort out their software devision

Never had any issues with the infotainment system like what you're describing with ours

For a first attempt, it is quiet an OK ev. Way to go skoda.

Those of us in Europe do go skiing with our Enyaq

Don't expect electricity from charging stations to get any cheaper. They are expensive to install and operate.

With the update to V3, the infotainment gets much better. Stable, much better charge (travel) planning.

Sure you're holding the scraper the right way around?

Lol Rory, wrong side of the scraper man :D But hey man needed a gimmick, man found one. I quite like this car though, dont agree with the B score. And yes, VAG infotainment systems do like to freeze every now and then, the fix i found was turn the ignition off for about 15 secs, lock-unlock the car and its going back up again. The blank screen though, on a car where everything is on that shitty little screen, not good. Great video as always Rory!

The sun shade tab isn't supposed to go inside the slot. It's supposed to sit horizontally in the groove for it and then you can easily lift it out. Former Fabia owner.

More content like this!

i've had a look at the Enyaq and i really really love it. however my GF and i don't have any kids and the car would be MASSIVE! for just two people, but i just would love to own it

I was considering getting one of these on lease but the cost has shot up in since it was released so guess I’ll have to wait a wile.

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I have the Skoda Karoq and actually had the ticket holder removed because it was rattling very annoyingly. Dunno if I was just unlucky with it. But anyways here in the Netherlands parking everywhere is digital either with an app or by inserting your license plate number at the machine, so not really missing it.

My Skoda Octavia has had the black screen issue too... incredibly frustrating when you can't even see your reversing camera or put in directions where you're trying to go. Electronics have really let the car down

Hello Rory, does this review apply to the upcomming Coupé version or are they too different?

Problem with the screen going blank is fixed by holding the power button down for about 10 sec. Then its good to go :)

The thing about big wheels is they do help straddle the pot holes and sunken drains which in the UK is a big necessity nowadays. I feel much safer with them myself especially when driving in the dark. This seems very like the Kamiq which I own which is a brilliant car in most ways. The hatch pull is awkward and the only other problem is the awful video screen even when working if you want to adjust ventilation and I find I need my wife as a co-pilot to navigate around it whilst I concentrate on the road. It is odd how they will pull you over for taking a swig from a water bottle on the move but nose down playing a computer game to spot the control which used to be a physical button is OK. I also switch off eco start which I would not need to in electric. Works fine in a manual but in an automatic the engine starting and the car engaging gear simultaneously is alarming to say the least when moving on to a road in terms of delay and transmission durability. The satellite navigation is poor also constantly telling me to do u turns or go down single track roads yet when I go down my chosen route travel time decreases. I would love this car but way out of reach in price. I think electric makes sense as a small basic car in a 2 car family but not yet as a main means of transport on a budget.

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I'm in Slovakia and we will have Skoda

Have you done a review on volvo c40 ? Been searching for it but can't see it. I can only see reviews by other people. I quite like your reviews.

Always says it as it is 👏👏

Could the infotainment bugs be worse in VW UK cars? I’ve experienced them significantly less in German ones, especially this year. They’re not perfect yet (airplay connection problems especially) but not nearly as atrocious as you’ve had it.

Man, you are good !

This guy is one of the best reviewers out there. The black screen is a dealbreaker. Shame. Car seems quite refined, overall.

Thank you Rory. it's a fair review. But the software issue is deal breaker for me.

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Great video and car but like you say vw group needs to fix the issues like boot not closing, software etc

To fix a blank screen, just press the display on/off button (lower left of display, left end of volume slider) for 30 seconds.

What version of the software was this on? I guess it wasn't 3.0, right?

How many miles did you drive this car?

If the screen goes blank or you have an issue. Click and hold the power button on the infotainment unit and it will reboot. Problem solved, well, sort of.

Love the colour of interior, I was given one for a two day courtesy car, very impressed, my wife owns a MK7.5 Golf R, we had MK8 for 24 test, was shocked how poor the interior quality was compared to Skoda....sort yourself out VW it’s ridiculous that your perceived quality is dropping like a stone

My Skoda Yeti has the windscreen ticket holder and yes it is very good. Great car and yes I would love an electric car but way too expensive.

Interesting that you were getting issues with the infotainment system. My 2016 Peugeot 2008 has the same problem of freezing, albeit not the air controls. I thought it was "typical French electronics" but they get the system from another party. Maybe it is the same company that provides similar systems to VAG as well.

Rory is correct about the screen freeze - typically once per month but climate can be accessed by a button under the screen. I find stop turn off wait 2 minutes and restart clears it but bloody annoying when it happens. Just like an Apple phone ironically.

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Media nav can be reset by pressing and hold power button gor 10-15 seconds. Is a group issue and you will get used to it

Well I don’t know if I like the content but I sure like Rory :)