A Petrolhead Gets His First Electric Car
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I admire your ‘don’t knock it until you try it’ approach - personally I’ll keep my Giulietta going for as long as I can keep it financially viable, then hopefully there will be synthetic fuels available - EV charging is just not practical where I live (no drive, and nearest I can park is too far for a cable).
This car looks so much better than the VW ID4, so is cirtainly the best option. I actually saw on the street and was quite impressed.
Very nice, I do like the look of these. Had a Leaf for a bit but didn’t get on with the hassle of short range and unreliable charging. Quite something to learn to drive in, my instructor had a Metro Diesel!!
Nice one, love the new motor, best of luck, and many happy miles. I've owned an EV for about 4 years, you won't regret it. Whenever Fiat launch the new Uno or Panda EV I'll be first in the queue
Great choice. Mine is very satisfying.
Very good price/quality.
Never seen the red IRL yet. Looking sharp.
Cheers
Just as I get myself a Quadrifoglio too!
I quite like the Cupra's, they look very nice tbh. Not a bad choice at all.
I'm happy with it.
One of the very few electric cars I actually could see myself owning, if have mine in the denim blue. Looks great mate im sure you will have great fun in it.
Cheers
Best decision we made , Peugeot 2008 50kwh just perfect
Nice car would be tempted myself however after a brief encounter with a formentor good luck with the daft heater controls that you can’t see at night. Looks ace hope you enjoy.
there not the best but you get used to them.
As a Canadian, I should add that an additional cost we face is the addition of a 220-240 volt outlet in our garages for charging. Standard household voltage here is 110-120.
they are a beautiful car.. saw one on the motor way the other day in i think Petrol green.. was an awesome colour
Well it's really the exact opposite of what I would be looking for but hey if it fits your needs..!
Could I just say how much I enjoy your channel. This is a really interesting addition and really interesting content in prospect. Thank you.
Thanks. Enjoy the show.
Looking forward to your Test's, Comments on this vehicle. Fed up with other "Tubers" (in my opinion) over stating their love of Electric vehicles. True down to earth opinions are what we need. You are the person to deliver on this Make/Model. 👍👍
Yes to more videos. I'm intrigued as to how they operate even if I'm not in the market for one myself. My Panda 1.0 3cyl is keeping me happy for now.
Yep ill be doing a full review once I've got used to all the toys
this car is an vw event with a couple of upgrades. For the price there are a lot of other brands that are as good if not better. The new Kia Nero is one example. The Germans do not automatically make the sensible choice.
5:51 -> The Chase HQ reference! 😂
You made my day 😀
Thanks for the presentation of your Auto Española 😉.
Drive safe 🙂
Glad you liked it.
Saw one of these at goodwood fos, have to say Seat(Cupra) done a fab job on making the id3 look better. I like it, I don’t feel electric cars are going to save the planet, but we are stuck with them.
We sure are.
Congratulations and thanks for showing the car!
Well Neil I would never have imagined you buying this however after explaining your thought process I approve! I really like these copra’s and I’m looking forward to more content on it. It will be interesting to see how someone who actually owns one and lives with it long term gets in with it. Nice one👍
Yep plenty more videos to come on it
Looks great - way nicer than the id3, especially in red! I recently got an ec4 (not my first choice!) and I love it, especially for everyday driving. It also has the advantage of making occasional trips in the alfa and saab feel much more like an event 😂
Cracking car
Look forward to more vids on this car. Very interesting, snazzy. Need more detail on electric motor and batteries etc. Well done.
This will be interesting content to view. I am also a Driving Instructor. The transition over to the new fuel/fuels whatever that turns out to be in the long run, is really unknown at this point in time, personally I think there will be multiple fuels. Electric is not an option for me as I do not have off street parking outside my house, so charging is an issue. I am an Alfa fan through and through even use a MITO as my tuition car. When I look at SEAT I feel disappointment! Because SEAT is everything that ALFA Romeo should be now. I'm no big fan of the VW dominance but imagine what we would have from Alfa if VW had taken them on instead of FIAT!
In one, well said. I think Alfa has had it personally. SO far behind the field at the moment means poor sales therefore no investment by stellantis, after all the French do like it all their own way.
Mark Lawton, my first Mito ended up as a driving school car, almost 10 years old now and was still going strong the last time I spotted it on Chester Road Near Sutton Park. 🤗
Hope you get the range you need whilst towing, I read a review on the Skoda Kodiak and when towing the range halved 😳
Still got the jeep. Wpmt be towing in this.
Great looking car! Only thing that I don't like is style of wheels - but it is easiest thing to change.
And as a petrolhead too, for me there nothing wrong with electronic cars.
Iv watched you’re channel for a while being a complete petrol head , but didn’t expect to see a cupra born on it ! I’ve had my cupra born since 20th may ,and done 1500 miles in it so far , apart from the odd software glitch I absolutely love it , brilliant little car , just didn’t expect to see one on you’re channel
Nice surprise for you then. Amazing cars really love it.
@@ItaliaAutos this is my third electric car , coming from unreliable petrol engines cars which were always breaking , they’re a breath of fresh air the first 2 had small batteries so I’m like a hardened EV driver now lol and as such with 58kwh which is nearly double the size of my last EV (Egolf) and feels like a huge luxury, I’ve had a bit more range than the 262miles real world range , last time I charged to 100% I got 320miles on the range guess o meter ! , but of course that’s a prediction but still achieved 267miles with 8% left , don’t get me wrong I know it’s summer come winter and the battery will give 40% less and I’d expect less than 200miles , petrol cars now for me are hobby cars and I still have love for them , but this is my daily driver for everything else
Awesome
Show us the engine!!!
Will be very interested to see what you think of your new car as you are a trusted car pro.
Got the V2 just last week in white with Heat pump and Pan sun roof really nice! Just can't get it to connect to primary user< I see you have connected, did you have any problems connecting it?
Dealer had issues but I sorted it when I got home. Open a WiFi hot spot on your phone then connect your car to that then do the update. If it doesn't tell you. There will be a red dot in the top right of the screen. Click on then then swipe right.
Looks great the colours better than the primer grey
I agree.
Look forward to hearing how you get on with the Cupra, the only EV I'm seriously considering as it's such a looker. Hope you enjoy it.
Cheers.
Climate alarm is a hoax. They know it. We know it. But we're stuck with it. Car looks pretty cool. Acceleration from 0-40 app. is crazy quick on these, I'm told. Beats my old GTV. 😎
Talking of Fiat 500 ev, I bumped into a driver a month back, he transports dealer item. He had a Fiat 500 battery on his flatbed one day, the original had failed, guess how much this cost, 13k!! and 19k to fit. The car cost 32k new!!!!!
It was coveted by warranty.
Ouch. Costs like that will come down over time.
Nice choice. Was tempted by one of these myself, but the ICE put me off.
I hate how it looks, especially the front... Comparing it to Cupra Formentor it feels like they completely half-assed it
Glad you're enjoying it though. Electric for everyday driving is the way to go, I love my 156 but damn, for commuting there is nothing more than comfort and silence you need
Not seen one of those on the road, but looks really nice!
I've seen 2 this week other than mine
Neil, still trying to work out how manufacturers/ main dealers outlets are going to make money on servicing with these electric cars? What is there to change bar brake pads? I don't get it.
Yeah they will have there ways. Battery coolant change will prob be a common one
Also the aircon needs to work a 100% because its part of the cooling for batteries.
I think you have found a way to give us more content, in effectively, a side channel to what you do already. Maybe one update a week on this, then one video of what you did before. With this weekly video, we would see how a petrolhead (you), finds….the new age 😄
The SONO is worth a look...in my opinion the car you have chosen is not a learner car...
Spoke to a few dealers abd they have sold several a learner cars.
Still not convinced EVs are the go. Battery life/replacement cost/disposal leave me very wary. As a side thought, after a long day of instructing and doing around 150km in a few years time when the battery has lost some of its capacity, then getting stuck in a snowstorm on a totally blocked motorway, could be very “interesting”
Lovely car, but the copper accents put me off when I test drove one. They should give you an option to have them in silver.
Oh well, with Alfa Romeo going all hybrid/electric, you'd better get used to it Neil. Nice colour Cupra!
Cheers
Lovely looking motor
Hmmmm...it's a strange new (car) world, when the most important thing to consider when looking for a new car is...the number of cup holders, and if it has wireless phone charging?
I remember, that was the only thing that I had on my mind when I bought my first Alfasud.
Most of the "trick" gadgets you have on the new car....laser?, automatic cruise control, lane control..etc etc etc..you will want t turn off after the first week (or less)
But ...maybe you like the car telling you what to do, maybe you like the cruise control adjusting your speed to match and follow the car that you have just caught up to, the beeping when ever you cross a white line, and no doubt after20?_30? years of driving experience, you still find it very difficult to park..even with a camera (you need one of them) or parking sensors (old school?) does it have mirrors?....do people pay for driving lesons in a car that you don't have to drive?...I guess I am missing out!..don't forget to plug it in...every single day......colour is ok....wonder why all electric cars are the same shape as "petrol" cars?
Does not bother me that you have an Ev now Neil .
For the last year & half been running a 2015 Nissan Leaf as my daily/ main car .
For an IOM 🇮🇲 Ev FB & Web page i did a review of the ID 3, From my own a first time drive of an Ev , I was very impressed The only reason i did not buy one it was out of my budget & i did not want finance.
It will be interesting when finally Alfa do go fully Ev , Hope like what Porsche has done replicate engine soundtracks 👍🏻
This is an example of how bad Alfa Romeo is at planning. It’s well and truly missing the boat when it comes to EV’s.
They are planing really well ,when this green left cult start falling apart and people come back to common sense,noone will care about this electric rubbish..
Totally agree. Tonale should have been at least PHEV from the start.
Congratulations. You are now an early adopter. An improvement that I would suggest would be Italian styling. I miss the smooth curves that only Alfa has these days.
Did you had the Ford Mach E in consideration?
No it reviews really bad and didn't want to pay over 40k for an electric car as I would then still pay road tax
I think you will pleasantly suprised by this vehicle. Still remember If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy!
wow new car
that looks cooler than a penguins dangly bits neil
Lol
Surely any ev used for learning would have to have the acceleration rate restricted
Nope. Just a brake pedal on the passenger side
Really nice looking car
Love it Neil, good choice and it is obviously the future!
looks cool different for sure .
That's what I like they not an Iver the top styled electric car.
Looks nice - wish I could afford one lol👍
Thanks
It’s the way to go mate , I’m changing all my training cars here in the states to electric ⚡️ as they come up for renewal .
Great colour always loved red also the transformers like badge looks cool 😎 😂😂😂😂
If these cars get any smarter driver training will be obsolete 😂😂😂
Going to be super easy to teach in one of these.
Hi. I have a Skoda Citigo e iv. (VW eUP). Just come up to 2 years old and had its 1st service at a VW garage[to keep up the 3 year warranty] I wondered how they would price up the service as there are no service parts to service on the car…..well VW charge me £180 for the service (the same basic price as a ICE vehicle?) they also charged me £50 for a pollen filter,£130 for an AC service so the total bill came to £350 !! They carried out a free health check on the car also …I think that’s all it really required, they also forgot to reset my service schedule on the dash read out as well as the My Skoda app update so I have got to take it back to them to do this work, I enquired what I actually paid for in the basic service and they said it was to check that the electric cables a routed correctly in the car
I think VW have ripped me off….my son has Tesla and there are no service schedules advised by Tesla for the car…VW also do not supply a service book with their EVs and say it’s all. On line. When I asked where I can find my service schedule on line they told me not to worry as the will give me hard copies of the service they have just carried out!!! So it seems the services are not on line at present. I also enquired about taking out a service plan with them and they said it is not possible to do this yet as VW do not know what to charge for a fixed service schedule for their EVs…but should come in the future
I’ve decided not to use VW service recommendations regarding services from next July when the cars out of warranty with them
If only Stellantis could offer us an electric Guilietta replacement now instead of the obviously interim drastically underpowered Tonale hybrid.
Yeah it is shocking how behind the times the tonale is.
You feel that they’ve just thrown it into the mix to show that Alfa are getting involved with something that they’re obliged by law to do. The Cupra is the nearest thing to the sort of car they should have on the road now, I can see why you have chosen it.
Love this new stuff, I can see some die hard petrolheads will cling on till last and tell you it was a bad choice etc. I believe there is place for both technologies now and this might be a stepping stone into something even more interesting in the future as the tech evolves. I like the idea of hydrogen but I understand the infrastructure (storage etc) is simply not there yet plus it needs so much more energy to create the fuel. One thing I would like though is having some actual buttons as in volume control etc as when driving it could be more easy not to take your eyes off the road trying to hit the right spot on the screen.
Loons class to be fair 👍
It does look like a great car. The colour looks great and I agree that at some point when fossil fuels run out we will have to transition to something else. Having driven a MG5 and DS I am impressed with how easy and quick an electric car is.
So that is the end of Italia autos?
Nope still doing alfa videos
Like the car Neil, but why do electric cars seem to have wheels designed by a child, the worst I've seen are on the mini. The car look futuristic, shame the roads the UK don't.
This is a very nice little car, i wouldnt mind having one for myself even though i am a total petrol/diesel head, just those rims and tyres wount last a week over here, way to little rubber for the size and amount of potholes in the road here, broken rim in a week hahahaha, like my fiat grande punto, had it for 2 weeks and broke one of the original 18" mags on it, had to go with 15" and a spacer to fit over the brakes hahahahaha
The tyres are pretty big considering there 19 inch rims. The 20s made the ride quite hard.
@@ItaliaAutos i see they are substantial, but we have holes in the roads you can litterally swim in in the rainy season hahahahaha
Nice looking EV. Bit surprised you managed to bag one with something knocked off the price because they seem to be rare as hen's teeth. Car manufacturers are really making in roads against Tesla's ugly offerings. Not convinced by VAG's and other manufacturer's touch screen type buttons as many of these on tablets seem to lose their effectiveness after a few years.
If I was still earning a wedge, Id deffo make the switch to EV now.
It's gonna be a hell of a culture shock for me. I don't even like cars with electric windows!
Oh dear. I fell into it rather easily
Yes I like it I was looking at the dreaming of course lol it is the better looking of the electric cars is the car going to be your wife's driving instructor vehicle are you selling your jeep and buying a van
I'm using the born for 12 months then handing it over to the wife. Jeep is staying for now but I think it will be up for sale soon then I'll find a van
Love what VW did with Seat/Cupra, but they are a bit pricey :|
Will be via business. Bik is low
Yeah there a pricey car
Gratulations to the new car, its looking great. Im an Alfa fan (159 and 147), btw thanks for your videos that helped me out many times when fixing sth. But as a daily driver I will also be going electric next year. Looking forward to Seat videos, as it is on my short list ( next to the new Astra which also looks amazing)
I can't get excited about these, sorry. Back end looks like itwas rear ended by that diesel Landrover you wanted.
Each to there own. 😀👍
You cannot call yourself a petrol head anymore more like soft in the head. EV’s cause more pollution during there manufacture than most modern petrol cars and the UK does not produce enough electricity to charge everybody’s car. We would need at least 4 new nuclear power stations to cover the requirements.
Should of waited and got a hydrogen powered car
Troo, while it is true more CO2 is released in the manufacturing of an EV. That is quickly made up by no longer burning Petrol/Diesel. as little as 6 months. and manufacturing is only getting cleaner. The UK produces more than enough electricity, and in fact EV's will play an important part in supporting the grid, and making it more efficient.
EV's are inevitable, Hydrogen will never be a thing in cars.
Looks fantastic but can't stand electric cars.if it had a small turbo engine, it would be brilliant
Good decision definitely don't buy a landrover
Your right.
A Volkswagen in disguise. What a shame.
How much was it?
£38k
Absolute traitor.... 😂
Lol
@@ItaliaAutos im ashamed to be subscribed....
It looks fun to drive tho can I have a go
That's the worst looking car I have ever seen on your channel.
Ooft, it is not a handsome thing.
It’s hideous