VW e-Up! If you don't buy this car you are harming the environment?

[@seanmoroney5029]

Bob I wish you the best with your treatment. I feel sad and sorry that you and your wife and children have to go through the worry and the pain of this, but I hope and pray that you will have the strength to get through it and make a full recovery. You have become a model for all Irish men. We appreciate you and we even love you Bob. Thank you for your honesty. You will not be out of my thoughts until you have recovered. Sean, Wexford

[@Sevan59]

Blessings from Armenia Bob .

[@ericrochford3134]

Honest video as always. Very best of luck for the next while and we’ll all be rooting for you on here🤞

[@sserptoh]

I was driving a Golf a few years ago and we were near Limerick when one of the injectors went. Insurance had us in an hire car within 45 minutes, a VW UP. We drove back to Kildare in the early hours in the UP and were absolutely charmed by it. We had no sense that we were in a small car, or a slow car. We thought it was truly lovely.

[@elon803]

Very best of luck with your treatment Bob .... wishing you a speedy recovery 🙏

[@FizBag]

Best of luck with your treatment. I'm sure it's not easy on you and your family, your all in our thoughts and prayers. ❤

[@jonathanweir4170]

Keep up the good work Bob. Stay positive

[@Cologaan]

just bought this car used with very low km. If you use it for what it was ment for (urban driving with max 2 passengers or a young family) this thing is brilliant. I drive one-way 30 km to work a day, so i will only have to over-night charge 2-3 times a week. i would have happily paid extra for ACC if that was an option. And even though its clearly a city car, it handles quite well on the autobahn.

[@PedrosKeith092]

Where the hell are the car prices coming from 27k is just crazy.

[@antonoat]

People are paying these crazy prices, retailers are loving it and it’ll just keep getting worse! 😡

[@cualtiochi]

When the "civilized world" wants the best salary and the corporations are getting greedy, "the results" are coming...you have to ask yourself why the asian workers are paid with 100-200 $ per month...just you to buy and have a nice and comod life! 🤕

[@richardbrown3861]

People aren’t buying these cars...they are renting or leasing for much less than their sticker price would cost if no balloon payment at the end of the term. Hence they appear affordable, yet they’ll never own it

[@wrutherfordx3x]

Inflation. £27k now was £15.7k in the UK in 2010.

[@guidenfromdk3716]

I know it's REALLY bad !! So happy I 2020 I was lucky to get a basic vw up 2014 but only 50,000km and full service and rust protection! For 3700euro NOW in 2023 its 6500+ euro with 68000km on it. Will not sell but its crazy to think if i had it from new it will only had lost like 6000 euro in 9 years on a 13k car new in 2014

[@gporourke627]

Hi Bob. Love to watch all your reviews. Really sorry to hear of your health problems . I want to wish you well for the future. Best wishes..g

[@DobermannJeff]

Ich habe mir den Konzernbruder Seat mii gekauft. Ich kenne die Fahrzeuge schon fast zwei Jahre durch das Geschäft. Diese Fahrzeug haben ganz sicher Nachteile wie maximal 37kw Ladeleistung und die üblichen elektro Fahrzeug Schwächen, aber wenn elektro, dann so ein Fahrzeug und kein SUV Bomber. Ich mag das auch nicht bei Verbrennern. Meistens fahre ich alleine, daher ist das für mich das beste. Problem ich bin 1,90m groß aber im up habe ich genug Platz! Wer viel Autobahn fährt sollte eher zum eco up greifen. Tolles Auto mit ausreichender Ausstattung. Eine lenkradheizung wäre noch super gewesen!

[@mateuszdajczak6807]

I’ll be driving one of these at my driving school soon and I gotta say, this video made me quite excited about it! Thanks a lot, Bob!

[@PedrosKeith092]

Please keep us updated Bob💪🙏

[@lutz4423]

All the best Bob. Thanks for the content. Time to look after yourself not us!!!

[@paulmlemay]

Best E-Up video I have seen. Love to you Bob, especially with your illness. Dammit I hope you go great! Best Wishes

[@automotivel3501]

One of the great things I like about Bob, is he is always Positive, even when giving bad news about a car, he keeps it positive. VW are far too expensive for a 'People's' Car. The e-Up! is way too expensive. Makes a second hand LEAF look good value. I hope that all goes well with your treatment, wishing you a speedy recovery.😁🙏👩‍⚕

[@TheKhirocks]

THAT is how a review is done! Spot on. Looks like a fab little car but the price is a joke. The missus used to have a polo many moons ago and i used to love driving it. Called it the go-kart.

[@redjohn20001]

I tested the Seat Mii ev just before covid. I was blown away by the space and such fun to drive. The price at the time was around £20k. Great video as usual, many thanks.🎉

[@Edvard.Munchkin]

I remember the B7 Passat starting at 24,000 maybe 10 or 11 years ago. This is crazy

[@Muushondje]

Bob, you are the automotive man ! Superb video and get well soon !

[@Kevin-si1es]

Great video keep up the good work take care bob godless

[@pauldunneska]

Godless? God bless.

[@DF12]

Awesome review as always Bob! take care

[@Dr._Quantum]

There is a kit from Volkswagen to easily refit an armrest.

[@davidquinn5906]

Lordy that's expensive! I bought the SEAT Mii equivalent in 2021 for £18k. Shame there's nothing like it available in the UK any more.

[@sib4897]

@David Quinn We too have a Mii electric which we bought brand new in September 2021 with just 8 miles on the clock, we paid £16,952. After taking delivery of a Citroën Ami in November 2022 we decided to let the Mii go, a big mistake! Sold it through carwow with just 3,500 miles on the clock to a dealer in York and received £17,600. Five months later and they still had it unsold with the price now down to £14,990 so we bought it back, mistake rectified and it will never be sold again. The Citroën Ami drew the short straw and has now gone to a new home.😊

[@davidquinn5906]

@@sib4897 when I got mine they were pretty hard to find. Now there are about ninety on Autotrader starting at £12k. Worth a look for anyone interested in an EV that’s not massive.

[@sib4897]

@@davidquinn5906 I've just looked and a 2021 70 plate 'Manufacturer Approved Used' Mii electric with a 2 year free warranty and only 587 miles on the clock is available for £13,995; a bargain at that price!!

[@davidquinn5906]

@@sib4897 that's cheaper than I got as a trade-in for mine with 20k miles on it...

[@alanblack9540]

I hope you're doing well bob and on the road to recovery. As usual, very well put together Vlog. It's too expensive.27k? I mean who is their target audience with this car at that price?

[@davidmehlhorn726]

The prices of all cars have gone crazy. I’ve decided to keep my 12 year old car with 330,000 kms on it until it finally dies as I’m not getting myself into debt for a “new” car that won’t do anything different to the one I currently have. As I maintain my own car, I know it’s in good condition and passes the NCT first time every year. The price of that car, which is half the size of my current car is outrageous.

[@nudgenudgewinkwink3212]

Little electric cars like this make sense tootling around towns and cities, All the best bob hope you are ok.

[@Sevan59]

Blessings from the holly land of Armenian, Bob wishing you the best & good health as always.

[@MurphyKM]

Take care bob.

[@thelifeofbatteries2603]

They build these cars in Yorkshire and there is a special edition called ‘mi duck’

[@davidmarshall5596]

Good luck Bob with the health!!!!!❤ gotta say £27k for a little UP just shows how crazy bloody crazy the world has become & never in a million years will i conform to this ludicrously over priced world of electric vehicles...petrol/ diesel until i can't drive any longer 🎉

[@MurphyKM]

Well said Bob

[@hovermotion]

We have a up bluemotion and its a stunning little car to drive especially the steering lock.

[@paullockwood7219]

Great video Bob! Keep up the good work. ( If you can) Keep smiling. 😊

[@barryfitz6290]

Great review, brutally honest! Is it the fine weather or New Camera gear? Quality seems very high!!

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I smashed an iPhone 12 Pro in a door so I had to buy and iPhone 14 pro max and I thought I’d give the camera a whirl, turns out to be better than most anything at filming cars!

[@guidenfromdk3716]

Love the Up! Got one for my mom in 2020. A basic 2014 but only 50,000km and full service and rust protection! For 3700euro NOW in 2023 its 6500+ euro with 68000km on it. Will not sell but its crazy to think if i had it from new it will only had lost like 7000 euro in 9 YEARS!!! For a 13.000 euro car new in 2014

[@Gracievision]

E-Up is the most popular car in Lancashire.

[@boolesen4123]

Best of luck with your treatment/s Bob, give that cancer the rear wheel. Thank you so much for the lovely review, I had been waiting for that to come out for a while after watching my all time favourite car review bar none of the up, created by you a decade ago or so. Much inspired by that review I bought an e-up! in 2021, it was a campaign model fully equipped, priced at 179.000NOK ~ 15.700€. I just love the car for what it is as much as what it is not. It's not a big overpowered overpriced electric SUV, but an unassuming small car that gets the job done while putting a smile on my face. Once a year I take the car for a spin down to Denmark and the range is just amazing, 300km when pacing behind a trailer and around 220 when not. I run it in eco+ mode at max speed which is then 95km/h on the speedometer. On loger trips my only gripe is the lack of an adaptive cruise control which would truly make these trips relaxing. We travel at 500km legs at a time, leaving with a full battery I spend down to 1.5hours plugged in at the charging stations and then arrive with an empty battery before the night. My wife and kid however are somewhat slower than that, so the car will be waiting for them haha. Anyways, all the best mate, will be looking forward to seeing more from you in the future.

[@alicat398]

Good little car with nice features but not sure how many granny's and 18 year olds will drop the best part of 30k ( loan interest) on a tiny city car when you could buy literally anything else new or second hand for same or less money. It's bonkers.

[@ZanyZoomers]

Great video. Thanks

[@johnmorgan8152]

Bought a brand new one this week Bob for 17500 euro in Kings Red Colour. Think its great value at that price.

[@michealofloinn2539]

e-up horsey. Sorry Bob I couldn’t resist😀

[@bluegtturbo]

Very popular in Yorkshire

[@sonytest5601]

I would buy this for half the price.

[@frankgooding443]

You are bang on this is a 20k car I disagree on the SUV I am over 6 foot with a 2.5 year old toddler the not that much difference in height is a huge help. Feel like I am dropping to the floor in a saloon especially BMW. I get the greens hating on SUV's Have a niro and Venga at home so not exactly the big tanks either.

[@alundavies5171]

VW dont think so they scrapped it today Bob!

[@MrGerrymagic]

£27000. I have a low mileage VW petrol UP. Great carcand at that price itll be with me for years.

[@SteveM-ly7oy]

No hate from me. I had a petrol Up! and a Citigo, fantastic cars. The electric versions of these should still be on sale, but VW were not making a profit.

[@caterthun4853]

As a citigo owner who likes the small run around and looking for a EV replacement. An E up would be my first choice if it was not for the price and very very low driving range. So, currently running the 70k mileage citigo that we bought new worth about £3k. So come on car makers. Where is that ev for people like me.

[@dazza4345]

It's obscene the price. 27850 euros before paint and delivery charges.

[@giofyocars8581]

Does VW still sell a new e-up! or have they discontinued production?

[@justinholding02]

We can still get them new in France

[@ablacknambercat]

It's a second car Bob, unfortunately, VW has priced it out of the reach of anyone looking for a second car. Better value to spend the money on a good EV and an E-bike. TBH it's the kind of car manufacturers should be producing as mass-market cheap options. Instead, they are intent on driving the market to larger vehicles.

[@franciscoandresmontestorre1895]

While watching 'Air', I noticed that Mat Damon and you look kind of alike. Go figure... :)

[@mikadavies660]

If VW could sort out their software issues (which they have had and knew about for 4+ years) then the E-UP would be a brilliant city car. I have seen leasing deals for them at £165/mth..... But the Dacia electric is cheaper, with software that works.

[@justinholding02]

What do you mean? There is no complex software on the up! It's 2012 tech and it just works. The infotainment system is simply your phone..So no issues

[@mikadavies660]

@justinholding02 No issues beyond.... It won't connect to phones, and it occasionally freezes! Beyond that, it's perfection! Hopefully the new small affordable VW will come out soon as the software issues are getting resolved and any 2024 VW should be good.

[@justinholding02]

@@mikadavies660 I work for VW, there is a known issue with certain Chinese brands of Smartphones, there is a software update that fixes the problem (SW 7378), an easy download via SD card ;-).

[@DobermannJeff]

Vertrau mir kaufe keinen spring

[@user-hf7jp2lt5x]

Loads of these ex fleet at about 13k now.

[@kaziez]

Mg4 is just slightly more. I would rather fork out just a bit more and get much more car

[@toyotaprius79]

Sadly going to be rare as he's teeth VW did take advantage of the steep price. Less than a 500e but that's the wrong direction where city cars must be luxurious only.

[@LordMonty92]

Feel like you've let a bit of the ambassador role creep into this review. Why would you buy this over a second hand Up? And with VW now admitting and cutting back on production of their Electric models because the market is dying out and the petrol models are now more sought after as new buys, why would you spend 30k on the an electric UP? You've fallen down the electric rabbit hole Bob. Hope all is well and wish you a speedy recovery

[@sandersson2813]

Cars are not the problem. European cars are only 1% of global CO2, replacing them with EV would save the planet 0.5% CO2 in about 5 years once they've done 50k km each.

[@tomh4356]

Like your comment re SUV's. A proper nuisance and danger in supermarket car parks when reversing out and one cannot see around them.

[@electroplank587]

I think the VW ID line of vehicles are crap compare to other manufacturers right now

[@DobermannJeff]

We will see on a long run

[@cmartin_ok]

Think of how much energy was used to make this car, and the pollution generated in building it (including all the individual components). I think I'll harm the environment less by keeping driving my 2016 Fiesta, thanks. (It's also much more fun to drive than th' e-up)

[@O123-j9s]

No way...... Diesel rules the road,

[@BobFlavinVideo]

For long range driving there's nothing to beat diesel!

[@O123-j9s]

Delighted you agree with me BOB, Electric cars are a waste of money, My Merc does 1400 KM to the tank, it has add blue all that's coming out of the exhaust is vapor totally harmless to our planet

[@connclissmann6514]

​@@O123-j9sHmmm, there is more coming out of your tailpipes than vapour but there are many technical sites exposing that better than I could.

[@thelifeofbatteries2603]

@@O123-j9s cough choke, what a load of bollocks

[@Brian-om2hh]

Diesel won't rule before long. Shell plan to produce 40% less petrol and diesel by 2030. No doubt other oil companies may consider doing the same. They won't spend money extracting and refining oil in today's quantities once sales volumes of fuel drop below viable profit levels.....