Skoda Enyaq - The Best All-Round Electric SUV???
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
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I ordered my new Enyaq recently and it should be noted that now the Enyaq comes with 125kw charging as standard, I think Skoda listened to the feedback and rightly acted on this.
Every time I watch a review of a new EV it reminds me how good the E Niro is.
7 year warranty
300+ miles of range
Fully loaded
4.5 - 5 miles per kW
35k (4+ purchased Jan 21)
It’s a good car but the enyaq is much bigger with a more modern interior
PSW 77 - I’m with you. As things stand, I’d still by the e-Niro. How did get a 4+ for 35K ?
Depends where you live I think. On the open near flat terrain, fine summer day in mid 20s°C, I breezed 4.1 mi/kWh. But on the usual steep mountain & town roads around here, 2.8 to 2.9mi/kWh was the best I could do. Still a great car though in 4+ trim.
Yeah but bargain basement equipment as standard.
E niro...too much noice from tyres
I ordered my 80X a couple of months ago and it's delayed due to chip shortages etc. It's replacing Kona Electric which just doesn't have the storage we need with 2 kids and a dog. And it hates the snow and we get that were in love.
You are right about the extras though. I was paranoid when ordering to make sure I didn't miss anything.
Killer features for me were the massive boot (biggest that I could find in this class of EV), the button activated tow hook (we transport bikes every few weeks), the two wireless charging pads with airplay and the option for tables in the back of the front seats for the passengers in the rear. Oh and the HUD looks pretty cool as well.
Just got mine last week, REALLY happy with it.
I've just chopped in my 2019 Model 3 SR+ for one of these.
Love the solid build quality and found the Model 3 slightly too cramped for my young family especially when I had another new born baby. This Enyaq just has much more room and space for people like me.... But I would like to go back to a Tesla in the future.
I think it's one of the most complete and accomplished EVs on the market. Interior is very high qualjty
The Skoda configurator is designed to drain your very soul; as is the styling. Beyond that it’s a good car that will sell well I expect.
Completely agree. I've literally studied rocket science and the configurator made my brain hurt. Once I'd seen the resulting price, I had to go for a lie down.
@@AndrewEbling once I'd got to a price, I coughed and then bought something else...
The easiest thing to do if you actually want one of these is to sit down and tell the salesperson what you want in the car, then he/she can do the brain work......
@@Brian-om2hh - you obviously didn’t go to the dealership we went to; he was so useless in the end we walked out without having the test drive
Decided to watch this again as we are considering one to replace our Ioniq 38kWh. We're looking at used version around 1 - 2 years old; preferably an 80 with the 125kW charging. Due to all the spec packs available, we'll need to do some detailed checks on the individual car we consider. These videos are still useful prior to going for a test drive of a used version.
Agreed - all the packs and combinations of packs make it really hard to compare one used example with another.
I just ordered ours today, we are trading in our ID. 3+ as we really need to be able to tow. We have 4 EVs in the family & this will be the 2nd Enyaq.
After having viewed the Ionic5 in the flesh I decided I didn’t even want to drive it. I just didn’t like it, it seemed to me to have been designed by some kid using mine craft. It looked like something from 1970, it just did nothing for me at all. I have seen the Kia EV6 and it nearly had me sold, unfortunately my wife wasn’t so keen, I liked the styling outside, interior was very Ionic like but different enough to please me, just not my wife. So at the end of the day the Enyaq got our vote, didn’t like the fact everything was extra but it simply stood out as the best all rounder. I do have to disagree regarding the Mach e, sorry it’s just not in the same league as the Enyaq. Only thing it was better on was the acceleration but that is not what I am looking for, in every other department it fell short on what the Enyaq offered, plus the fact not all Ford Dealers deal with them warranty wise and service wise which is a big minus point. We await arrival of our new Enyaq hopefully in the not too distant future.
enyaq is so ugly old mans car ionic 5 5 far superior a lot more options as standard and a fully loaded ionic 5 is £5000.00 cheaper to a far inferior ugly fully loaded enyaq it slower no V/L no remote parking no faster charging no electric rear seats no solar roof etc etc
The Ioniq 5 design is supposed to have a 70s vibe. It's made to resemble the Hyundai Pony.
@@wermagst I agree with pony as it’s Cockney rhyming slang ie pony and trap = crap 🙂
Replaced my model 3 with an enyaq 60 8 weeks ago. Loving it
"Optional extras"...the 2 words that destroy aspirations quicker than "I've got a headache".
The MG ZS was going for around the £20k mark, and loaded with toys. By the time you spec the Skoda up, it's nearly double the price. That's what put me off when the Skoda was announced.
It might put you off, but 75'000 people have ordered one nevertheless.........
I have to agree your close to a model 3 when you tick the options.
Love this car.
Skoda the ryan air of cars with all the options as add ons😁😁😁😁
Or, to put it another way. You don't pay for what you don't want or need.....
I was looking forward to this review but I think you have sold this car a little short. I picked mine up yesterday (60) and had a 235 mile drive home. When the range dropped to 60% I gave it a quick 14 minute top up back to 80% and I arrived home with 30% range left, so I think it will comfortably beat the 190 mile range you think it will do. Mine is pretty basic as I managed to get it from dealer stock to save the 30 week wait, but you know what, it’s got everything it needs. Yes you can splash out a lot of money on toys if you so desire but they are then wants not needs.
In the one day I’ve owned it I’ve been complimented on it a number of times so clearly Skoda have done something right.
Try the same journey in winter.
We have to think of year round averages.
@@ElectricVehicleMan I'm comfortably getting 240 in my 60 just now, at 70 mph. In winter it will still beat my old model 3 SR+ on range.
@@enyaq_gorm me too
I went to the Hyundai dealer to look at Ioniq and eKona and the new Ioniq 5's are in. I think that your best EV title is about to be taken away and then possibly again by the Kia EV6 when it arrives. We are living in exciting EV times, for sure.
I had a test drive in one of these. It's OK, a bit slow. Then I went to try and configure one with the sensible options. Then I realised I'd have to wait 30 weeks for delivery.
Then I decided to keep saving while waiting for a Model Y.
can i just correct you there. The 60 you can put whatever options you want on it and still get the grant.
it goes on the base price doesn't matter what options are put on. love the channel by the way.
also it's "OK Laura"
Correct. Which makes the choice to use extras a bit of a genius one.
I think the idea of all the options are they’ve stripped it out to get under the £35k then you can spend the £2500 on options you want.
Precisely. It's simply clever 🤣
Yeah but to get a decent specced one your looking 10k more than an Eniro/Kona.
@@seanbailey8545 £37k would get you a good spec. That’s less than the 4+ E-Niro. (Although the ŠKODA only has circa 220miles range at that price - Enyaq is miles bigger than an E-Niro or Kona though).
@@seanbailey8545 that still gives you a smaller car. Smaller cars are cheaper than bigger ones as a rough rule of thumb. My car was £37k, very well specced but only has a range of 240 miles admittedly
I wonder which tight fleet manager is going to be the first to order a load of these in the base spec 🧐
Proper warts and all review. I am shocked that Skoda have decided to go down this extra package route when they used to be such good value.
I'm a big fan of how the enyaq looks. Might have to go drive one!
Have you been in a coma since the 1970s?
Picking one of these up, used, tomorrow (Loft/80kwh/120kw), after having a 3 day test drive in a Model Y over Christmas. Enyaq is quieter, has a nicer ride, is more practical, cheaper to insure, comes with better paint, is easier/cheaper/quicker to get fixed.
Also had a go in the Sport Line, which was quicker than the Model Y RWD but was overpriced and dealer would budge on price.
Great and jolly review, back and forth discussion, in-depth and entertaining. You put your finger on the option thing...they seem to have no leeway to include things. How they get away with it is that folk will just buy incomplete and halfway-house cars to save money. I hope they see this review first and get their suitable add-ons or rather just wait for a better-optioned car to arrive. Enormous car, but not so many electric rivalling the size. I bought a new-pre-reg Zoe , but it had £10k knocked off list price or would have been £33K as well - like it but hardly compares to this except has good range.
Like the car but dont get how it does not have a auto tailgate, my 30k aud base model scala has one...
I have it with the extras and love it however I do disagree on charging most people will charge at home so it makes nada difference to most if they have 50 or 120/100.
Also on the grant options don’t count towards it so you can get 60 spec it up and still get grant
Just specced one similar to the Model Y LR £55,380! I think I will be waiting a bit longer for that.
Nice car, let down by the Accountants/bean counters at VAG/Skoda
"It's vanilla ice cream..."
Perhaps that should be Skoda's tag line for the car...!! ;-)
I think the OZEV grant is available based on list price excluding options. This is why the Enyaq 60 seems to be the most popular car with buyers right now, surprising as range is the number one worry for most new EV owners.
Thanks for another great video. Looks lot better thAn id4
You say Skoda has changed their ethos. We bought a Roomster new in 2013 and it was just the same, we were naive and didn't realise that all that we saw were extras. It's still going strong mind you so we've had our moneys worth! At least now our eyes are open and we will either do the 60 plus the only extras we want. More likely though if we buy new it'll be the eNiro. Honestly though I'm hoping we can go earlier and find something used, seems more sustainable too.
Enjoyable vid, thanks chaps.
Liked the input from your new friend
I believe you´re right: it IS the best EV on the market right now. And my own opinion is that the Model Y is ugly. It´s true that the Enyaq isnt that "special enough" to be exciting, but with the LED grill it is special enough for us ;) So we have ordered one, and are truly looking forward to driving it around in Denmark and the rest of Europe.
Took mine from the vendors and did 200 miles. No problem except for the odd charger not working on route.
The options is where Tesla is showing legacy auto how to build cars efficiently - all these variables make for production complexity, delays and cost.
I was already typing why they offer all those add ins is to sell them at under £35k to meet the Gov Grant £2.5k then you need to spend extra £4K on “extras”, but you brought it up mid vid. My wife bought an id3 Life and specd up to 150hp motor and 58 battery and took their pcp deal with £1750 off plus £2500 gov. Grant but managed to get the option which includes the rear view camera (normal £1100) abd also added heat pump (£1100) but got them as a discount with no trade in and put £3.5k down, making a pretty good deal.
Which dealer did you go to ?
Supermarket trolleys and car park machines anyone....?! You wouldn't get far 'round where I live without COINS in that coin slot.......!
All use contactless here for that.
Ricky Gervais should make a sitcom out of this car.
I was gonna order one of these until I started wading through the options list, went for the ioniq 5 in the end
It is about time we all told car manufacturers what to with their overpriced option lists. They are worth little or nothing come trade- in time ! Most people who buy cars hardly ever use, or even know what all the gadgets do - so what is the point of them? Basic car with a sensible spec, as this car seems to be, hits the spot for me😎
Another great video from you two 🤣
Can't wait to see you do a video on the E.GO from Germany. I hate all of the electric SUV's coming out.
You couldn't convince me mate. If I put all the extras which Kia EV6 has..... this wagon will be very expensive. If I need a cheap family EV, I will goal for MG 5 long range one. However EV6 is the best so far. I even stopped chasing Tesla. Regards.
The problem for me is what you said about its not a car that you will look back at when you lock it but to me thats most EVs , the only ones that would do that is double the price of this, the problem is people will choice the better looking high end fuel cars with a lot more extras for the same price and yes thats even if they are saving money on fuel bills. Teslas are great cars for speed and tech but not great looking cars (sorry Tesla owners) I see too many EVs using cheap materials, really horrible seats and lack of pure heating controls, I own a car with touch screen and hate it when I have to take my eyes off the road and reach out to adjust something (I loved my older BMW iDrive system, the best system on any car period) Another great video
My 2012 Audi Q3 has a 12v socket in the back, £10 later I added a dual port USB 12v adapter.
It looks great. What will be the range when towing a 4 berth caravan?
I have the Loft Nav 60 with no options - the cheapest I could find. I swapped a Kodiaq for it. Overall the Enyaq is fine, there are a few annoyances with it - doors tend to not close very well (need shutting twice), % battery left not shown clearly on dash (I mean, come on!), lane assist is REALLY annoying and can't be permanently switched off. Seems like a bit of the usability from the Kodiaq has been compromised, otherwise a fine family car for getting from A to B.
FYI Gov grant does NOT take options into account. Thanks why skodas option list is big. I got a 60 and specked up to 38k and still got the grant.
On the first reviews I saw a few months ago I liked the look of this car until they started to talk about ‘real’ price. It might start around £32k, but it’s very limited equipment. You’ve even got to pay for a rapid charge ability with 50kw all that’s available as standard. Suddenly it gets to be a very expensive Skoda. Most things that come as options you need, which is just wrong by Skoda. Bad play Skoda. By the time you get it equipped to similar as base id4, I doubt the price would be much different, which it should be for Skoda
EVM you changing your style from grey jeans that have had an argument with your trainers to blue jeans that are in love with them 😂
I push the boundaries of fashion.
@@ElectricVehicleMan 🤣 brilliant comeback.
EVM, what have you found to be the real world miles on your tesla M3SR+, thinking of trading in MG ZS EV for one.
@@briankavanagh7191 200-220
EVM thanks.
"Rear entry is pretty good, nice and open..." ;P
the problem comes is the add ons which are worth getting and if you look at a different car which may include these add on as standard
so if you add everything except heat pump what was the total price now compare a car with these add on vs the skoda
VW heat pump is same price at £1000, it’s been reduced from the £1290….which the Skoda has been as well👍🏻
With all those optional extras I think Skoda has taken on an ex-BMW head of sales!
Great review as usual but can't get exited at all about the car . At £40K+ I think I'd like more than just adequate
£30k+
@@ElectricVehicleMan For the basic version with no range and a pathetic 50Kw charge rate.
@@davidlewis4399 you'd have to spec it up to its eyeballs to get it over 40k, fella. Options list is long but largely cheap.
Base price brings it inside the grant list so you're effectively being handed £2500 to spend on options. I'll take that.
@@davidlewis4399 mine is a 60 which comfortably beats my old model 3 SR+ by 40 miles on range, has 100 kW charging HUD etc and it was well under £40k. 😎
I borrowed one of these. Nice car but felt it was a little slow and the Mrs said it was too big so that was that. We ended up with an ID3 Max Pro Performance which we think is fabulous.
Bet that’s the first time she’s complained somethings too big! 🤪
@@ElectricVehicleMan 😳
Enjoyable review.. And making people pay for things that should be standard is not going to make buyers happy..
We are going to get a Toyota RAV4 phev.. Safe and reliable 75km E mode range (3 work commutes) and then a very reliable ICE that will get us all over Europe without hunting chargers and waiting for charges - who needs to stop every 200km (1.5 hours) for a break? How do hgv drivers do an 8 hour day at the wheel?
I'll skip the all electric car and go to hydrogen ICE when it arrives (not hydrogen fuel cell)... Then 5 minute top ups, no heavy battery and of course a good, reliable long range..
200 miles, not 200km
...a touching faith in believing that something you think is a good thing will actually happen.....!
Hydrogen ICE is by NO means a done deal....
How long have people been saying 'hydrogen fuel cell' is the future, when it so clearly isn't (or at least, not a future we can see...!) and BEVs have steadily established themselves as the thing the industry is going with .... !?
@@andymccabe6712 The fabulous hydrogen that's being pushed by the fossil fuel companies because the vast majority of it is made from natural gas?
The car might look big but it’s actually smaller than it’s rivals such as Mache E, model Y ect
Major error in grant qualifying criteria guys - you really should know better... it is based on the RRP being under £35k BEFORE options... you can spec up whatever you like. Admittedly too many options and some are pricey though but the spec is built to the £35k target. (I own this car).
Re: Options - What Skoda did was keep the spec minimal to get the grant, then you add the otions.. which is actually genius. You still getting the grant, INSTEAD of what VW did which was fully load the 1st Edition making it over £40k to start, so NEVER get the grant. With the Enyaq the 60 battery is sub-£35k, then you can spec up what you thinm is important so it may well be £40k+ - but then they STILL take off the grant, making it cheaper overall by at least £2500 against a VW ID4.
Well done, spotted the deliberate mistake.
It’s a bit more complex. I was speccing an id3 earlier on vw site and the options don’t stop you getting the £2.5k refund ( >35 k limit ) unless they affect drive train or battery size.
Hi from France ! Great review ! I really don't know what to buy ...Enyaq 60 or Ionic 5 long range... i see everywhere that Enyaq 60 is much more efficient than Ioniq on highways..but i am wondering if that's enough for 2 or 3 long road trips by year (more than 100 miles). What do you think ? ABRP shows that you need much more charging stops with thé Enyaq 60 compared to the Ioniq 5...
For the last week I've been doing more than 200 miles per day in the enyaq 60. Absolutely zero issues especially using ionity
Both base consumption values in ABRP look currently quite cheesy. The Skoda has a base consumption of 212, but the less efficient ID.4 with the same battery has only 201!!
Both cars are currently alpha so the data from ABRP must be taken with a pinch of salt.
@@e-redj yes true. Thank you .
@@e-redj Enyaq has a lower drag coefficient than the ID4... that could be the difference
Wow, new pair of trousers!
Nope.
Robert at fully charged really didn't like the Enyaq but I don't understand why. He liked that ID4 and the Enyaq is better.
I think he must have had a hangover or something!
not sure but I still thinking of the MG over this still esp with the nickel and diming you on the built and extras
That's to keep base price below grant limit. But when i specified up to ZS Exclusive level I topped £40k! So I still have my ZS...
Is it VW building up their funds to compensate all the diesel drivers that pushes up the price? Anyone know how much a company loads on price to recoup development costs.
I'm Northern and my daughter is called Laura. I can see the voice activation driving me mad.
Who the hell signed off on this voice prompt
May have to change her name via deed poll to Alexa to solve this issue 🤣🤣🤣
10/10 for testing the base model (okay, with the larger battery!). Most reviewers seem to get a fully spec'd top-of-the-range model which is so misleading. But what a cynical and brain-straining pricing/options package it is. Assuming that the upgraded MG ZS EV (due out in the New Year?) has a 250 miles plus range, is it really worth £5-7,000 extra to spec an Enyaq to the same level? Yes, the Enyaq looks and feels more premium and is larger but.......? Best all-round Electric SUV? Possibly, but I think that I would prefer the Ioniq 5 and, for the options I would want, it might be a similar, or slightly lower price.
6:40 Push gear knob forwards to go backwards or backwards to go forwards‽ Give me the ID knob any day
so i guess a q4 review coming soon to?
I meant to ask what happened to the skoda vision iv it looked like an american car it seem to have vanished
What about ev 6 fab car
It's a brilliant car period....
due mines in a couple weeks, sportline model with extras, ended up at £47,740..... thankfully its a company car lol!
What about the MG estate.
Different tier completely.
What was the issue with the charging port then?
The speed, not the port.
@@ElectricVehicleMan Ah gotcha, another optional extra!
It’s on my shortlist but I think I may well still go for Kia Soul which come with absolutely everything as standard but I haven’t ruled out an eniro
Not seeing how this is a ground up EV when under the bonnet looks exactly like one that has an ICE engine. Even the bonnet arm to hold it open.
Looks good though and the battery size is great.
How does the bonnet arm have to do with it being an ICE or not? ID4 also has no frunk BTW.
Good point, it’s rear wheel drive. Major bad point only 7kwh AC charging. The most annoying thing it shares with my car?
Can you guess what it is?
It's got 11 kW ac as standard not 7 👍
@@enyaq_gorm no the most annoying thing they both share is the charging port is on the right side. That means you often have to park in the next bay at a rapid so the cable will reach, even worse on street post chargers you have to turn around and face on coming traffic otherwise you cable stick out into on coming traffic. Whoever thought this was a good place to put the charging port should be fired for gross incompetence. 😬 otherwise I love my i3s lol.
@@garrycroft4215 it's because we drive on the 'wrong' side of the road I guess
@@enyaq_gorm yes that is the reason but it’s no excuse as large Swathes of the world also drive on the left Japan, India, Australia etc. So putting it in the middle, leaf,Zoe, etc is much better? Except I back in to parking spots so it’s safer to drive off. Lol 😂
Model Y Uk is closer to £60K that 50K
@evman. I was told that with this car, you can spec up beyond the grant limit and still get the grant ?
Yes, grant based on pre options price.
Yes it works that way, but the options are a joke. A half decent spec your talking close to 40k.
Lol just watched the bit where you say this will be less than 30k
I think it’s “OK Laura” lol
When I first saw this reviewed in white I thought it looked ungainly and ugly at the front. In this red though it looks smart. Seems then that it is very colour sensitive.
E V M, If you where in the market for a ev today. would you still go for a model 3?
Probably.
@@ElectricVehicleMan you’ve been spoilt by the Tesla charging network ?
@@jean-marcgruninger9019 Big part of it.
Went for the iv60 because of the grant AND the grant doesn't include options so iv60 with leather suite interior metallic paint and you are under £35k then you get £2.5k discount to spend for on options and still have 5k difference from there to the base model 80. If you aren't a travelling salesman will you need the extra 50mile range the 80 brings?
£2500 grant off, but needs £4000 to get basic stuff that's taken away and standard on the competition.
I like
I've got one of these for a couple of days to test it out and I can't argue with almost everything you've said. BUT, you didn't mention the frankly downright shoddy infotainment, and when that's the thing you look at second most (the first being the road) it's a huge problem for me. It is a big pain to use. You need to use the screen for everything, which if you have good software (like Tesla) it's fine. But when you have to do 3 or 4 button(screen) presses to do something that should take 1 it gets very annoying. It's a deal breaker for me, in 2021, no car should be reliant on an infotainment system this outdated and non user-friendly.
I'd just use Apple Car play etc.
50kW charging is terrible - the Zoe only has it as standard and even with a 52kWh battery it takes forever to charge to anything past 80%. Proper cheap to charge extra as well, although having said that the Zoe has CCS as an optional extra... and no, I'm not joking!
Then don’t charge past 80%…
@@JohnR31415 I don’t:D
£42.5 K.....when speced up compared to others, cheap it is not
Precisely my thoughts, and precisely why it's at the top of my list currently. Lease up in July next year and it's between this and an Ioniq5 for replacement.
Money is the biggest hurdle for the Ioniq 5 - it's significantly more expensive and the Enyaq gets the grant. The Enyaq ticks all my boxes
a fully loaded ionic 5 is £5000.00 cheaper than fully loaded enyaq.
I think it's a rip off that you need to pay extra for a rear camera and 125kW charging (over 50kW) ... where the ID.4 comes with these as standard.
Rear cameras are pennies for big manufacturers, you'd think they could equip one standard.
I could not take a pretendy ice vehicle seriously - what with the fake front grill? Also sat in one, horrible inside. Not a patch on the ID.4.
Boot big enough for a wheelchair? Or is it a fat car with a thin boot? (Usually the thing sacrificed by a sloping roof)
It probably is. My neighbour has an 18 reg Fabia Estate, and he gets his wife's mobility scooter in it...
Having now seen one at the motability Big Day… yes, it’s big enough for a wheelchair - only decent EV I can say that about.
This is Octavia but EV SUV. I would say, nothing special but has good price it is all rounder.
Thought Laura was going ot be a "laura money" optional extra joke.
Tongue in cheek here. When doing interior reviews can you please wear some more colourful clothes. The dull man grey blends with the seats and it’s like two talking heads.
Never!
Laura doesn't do Yorkshire then.?😂
I think Ioniq 5 range is better for sure :)
Such a shame Skoda has gone down this route with overpriced options that should be standard, will wait for the Enyaq on the second hand market, let someone else take the hit.
So your wife says, I see you’ve got a big one…well she should know
It’s nice but…overly engineered and too high a specification….it’s huge and too expensive unfortunately 😐