Skoda Enyaq iv80 for 24hrs review and real-world tests of range and running costs.

[@skoda]

Hi RSymons RSEV, thank you for taking the time to make this real-world review. 💚

[@alecsunderdj]

One of the best car reviews ever , thank you for that . I want to go electric soon and Enyaq is the first option for me .

[@Notagain640]

Almost the same spec as my car. I have the standard interior (loft) but also a heat pump and tow bar with a 22 plate. I've done just under 2000 miles with a long-term average of 4.3miles/kwh which is much better than I was expecting and surprisingly the same as the WLPT range which we were told no one can ever get for any EV. Recently drove up to the Peak District (starting with 100% SOC) from Leamington Spa for a few days, drove about a bit when we were up there for our walking holiday, and got home with 130 miles left. To be honest I didn't think about range once. Our predicted range in warm weather is 360-370 and as the weather has got colder it's currently about 350, and will probably go down to 300 when winter starts properly. It does feel like a really solid, well-put-together car. Acceleration is ample for a family car. Although it's a nice-looking car and extremely comfortable, bordering on luxurious for us (subjective opinion), it doesn't really get any attention (which I don't want). These days it can be negative as well as positive when it comes to EV's. Anyway, so far delighted with the car and agreed with your very fair review.

[@RSEV]

That’s very good average efficiency 👌

[@maxflight777]

Useful notes … thx Simon

[@Notagain640]

@RSymons RSEV annoyingly, my wife gets better efficiency out of it than me most of the time.

[@enyaq_gorm]

@@RSEV I wonder if it's the heat pump.... I've noticed I get much better efficiency than many others. My local running around of the sort you did regularly returns between 4 and 4.5 but my longer term which includes lots of runs down to Milton Keynes from Edinburgh brings me back below 4.

[@scottwallis7210]

I have a loft iv60. With heat pump. My small runs around town average around 5m/kWh. My average on the motorway Is around 4m/kwh(at 70 mph on the ACC). Long term average over 2200 miles is 4.2m/kWh.

[@evaddicted3224]

Hello from Doncaster and thanks for the video. I bought Enyaq IV 60 about 3 weeks ago and have just done my long trip from Doncaster to Southampton and back. I do appreciate the bigger battery but covering the distance of 210 miles with the smaller one required one 15 min charging stop at Fastned Oxford having had wet roads and head wind and reaching my destination with 20% which is not bad. In better weather conditions I could have reached Southampton without having to stop along the way. Well done Skoda. My consumption was 3.5 miles per KWh 😊

[@timaustin2000]

See, I agree with this very much. The 60 is perfectly fine and better for resource management. It's the one I would have gone for, had they been able to deliver one in under a year.

[@evaddicted3224]

@@timaustin2000 I am now waiting for the Enyaq Coupe 60 version which has better drag coefficient thus improved range, and the look is outstanding 😊

[@davidwilliams2474]

Instavolt is 75p/Kw, BP pulse 69p/Kw, Ionity 69p/Kw, Shell 79p/Kw. My wife has a Enyaq 60. It's great for 80% of the time, but only getting 3-3.5miles/Kw (no heat pump) quoted a 177mile range (vs 262?) on 100% this past week. As she travels around the UK the price of charging at rapid (50Kw+) is expensive, purchase price of the car was £10k more than an equivalent new diesel Karoq from skoda. No one can get a 7p economy rate anymore, octopus go is now 12p, if you're lucky enough to be able to switch and have off street parking. I have an Audi estate with 600 miles range on one tank and it takes minutes to fill. Travelling around the uk is a faff with the amount of apps, broken chargers, busy ones, plan a-b-c. How can you have a quick stop (30 mins) when you need to get between meetings etc. Tesla seems the only way to go, but are another 10k premium on top of the skoda, seems more and more like these are 'man maths'.

[@ISuperTed]

I tried one of these last year but ended up ordering a Q4 instead (although ended up with a different car due to massive delays - that’s another story). I found the Enyaq a great car, very refined and comfortable and a huge boot. It was though more expensive to lease than a Q4 when you specced it up. If it had been cheaper then I would have gone for one - it was a close second to the Audi.

[@jonathantaylor1998]

What a great, detailed review, Richard and what a lovely owner for letting you run their car for 2 days... And, presuming they 'drove a hard bargain' with you, how did they like your Taycan...???? 😉

[@mchammer1982]

The skoda speccing wrecks my head. Some very basic features not included as standard. Everything is an extra. Like heatpump and even a reversing camera isn't standard.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Skoda now seem to be edging ahead of VW in the fit/finish and quality stakes....... My 2001 Fabia Estate was the first car I had seen with fold away hooks in the boot for carrier bags. A very practical little car that was. Went well too, with the 100bhp diesel.

[@autumnpenkridge3312]

Found you via carwow. Great real life review. Subscribed ✅

[@bsb5198]

This guy is good. He could present top gear!

[@Notagain640]

You can turn on the filters in the enyaq. It's called 'aircare' in the clima menu. They are not on all the time though, but useful when passing bonfires or following smelly diesels.

[@TschingisTube]

Its not an extra filter, its always the same filter, it just auto-turns on air circulation depending on what a sensor senses.

[@Notagain640]

@@TschingisTube I guess the point is that he was following a smelly vehicle and didn't want to smell it. There is a solution to this problem but pressing aircare which recirculates the air via carbon and particulate filters. Problem solved.

[@robchambers7206]

I love these films that Richard makes. Unbiased, informative and fun. Skoda looks good but agree it's a bit 'conservative'. Love the real world pence per mile vs ICE vehicles . keep up the good work

[@hareshkaria8377]

Another great review Rich. Always love the transparency with charging costs. I do prefer the Skoda over the VW & Hyundai but a personal choice. Thanks Rich

[@Bessunger]

I totally agree with your conclusion. Brilliant!

[@techiheed1845]

A pal has one of those cars but the lower capacity battery. He does rate it highly like you do, I like that car too. The future BEVs are going to be incredible.

[@mikashki]

We've had a similar Enyaq iV 80, also with just about all the options, for 9 months now and it is indeed a lovely family car, the best and most luxurious car we've had so far. We've had e.g. an Audi A4, a couple of Volvos, a VW Passat and a Ford S-Max before, but this Enyaq is topping them all. We've driven over 20000 km / 12400 miles with the Enyaq during these 9 months, already way more than we drove with the previous VW Passat GTE during any of the years we had it. So good.

[@Telcontarnz]

Gorgeous video with ‘real world’ non-car people reactions. Lovely family.

[@Rowly64]

Good review, Mines been on order for a year now, was told today that it's cleared German customs and is awaiting a ship to the UK. A couple of weeks and I should finally be behind the wheel hopefully!

[@faisalazeem2346]

really surprised because today I ordered iv80 and delivery is in 20 weeks.

[@DariuszTech]

My favourite family SUV. I'm thinking of replacing my MG4 next year and hopefully Enyaq price will be under £30k for the used car. Such a great value for money EV. Nice ☺️👍

[@wilkoone9155]

Mine is an IV80x with tow hitch (I'm a farmer) I ordered it without adaptive cruise control, matrix headlights, heat pump (waste of money in our climate) previous car was ID3 so I already knew that ACC & lane assist were potentially dangerous on country roads. This is my 5th BEV & the best. BTW the fastest charging speed so far 142kWh & longest journey (in France) 800+ km in one drive.

[@davidkinsella]

ACC isn't dangerous at all.

[@wilkoone9155]

@@davidkinsella In your opinion, but not my experience. The ACC in my ID3 reduced my speed by a third suddenly because it read a speed sign on another road. Something like that only happens to me once as I haven't used it since. I prefer to concentrate on my driving. We are solely responsible for the actions of the cars we are driving.

[@davidkinsella]

@@wilkoone9155 turn off speed sign recognition and it won't happen again. I had zero safety issues with ACC in a Golf for 5 years and no issues with it in my Cupra Born. It has its limitations of course but not much in the way of safety issues. It's the same radar as collision detection which works very well.

[@wilkoone9155]

@@davidkinsella I don't need to as I now have old fashioned steam driven cruise control on my new Enyaq. In over 2 million km of accident free motoring on 3 continents l can tell you that driver assist in particular lane assist is going to kill a pedestrian sometime.

[@johnmackay5288]

For me the ‘conservative’ look is a big attraction as is the colour, gives it an enduring elegance. The Ionia 5 maybe more ‘out there’ design wise but I think it will age quite quickly, the dashboard especially. For me it looks much better than the ‘Y’ and it has the option of the proper Matrix headlights, head up display and sunroof. Why Tesla don’t offer these options is a bit of a disappointment. Would like to see a faster charging rate on the Skoda, say 150-175+. Great review.

[@Notagain640]

I saw an image recently of an enyaq charging at 175kw on version me3.1 (latest software)

[@johnmackay5288]

@@Notagain640 ..that’s more like it👏🏼

[@bwarey52]

I took my my mum and dad to their eye appointment yesterday in their CRV,hope your journey was less painful than mine 😏🤣👍

[@s.kxx1956]

I agree about the model y filtration, cant say i have noticed any external smells

[@stevenbarrett7648]

Looks like yet another useful EV. I love our MY apart from the flipping wipers which always come on at full speed when I select auto-pilot !

[@WouterLiefting]

If you get an OBDEleven OBD dongle you can modify the car settings so that lane assist goes to "save last setting" mode, so it doesn't turn itself on every time you start the car. I've also used it to turn off Adaptive Cruise Control based on traffic signs, and to set the cruise control granularity to 1 km/h instead of 10.

[@briandavis7137]

Enjoyed the review, thanks Richard. I also share your irritation with the Lane Assist defaulting to on. In fact I think it is positively dangerous to have on in town. I have a SEAT Mii Electric which featured on one of your earlier videos and had the same problem. It is solvable - I purchased a small OBD11 for a few pounds which I believe will also work on Skoda and VW, which allowed me to alter the setting for the lane assist to remember the last mode selected. So once you turn it off it stays off until you turn it back on. Hope that helps.

[@Daniel-jm5hd]

Thanks for the sensible review. My wife is looking for an SUV for her next car and this is definitely one to consider. I prefer it to the ID4, both exterior and interior.

[@RSEV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@iambenmitchell]

Is that Tesla Ferndown? I live in Ferndown and it was super fun watching that shop being built!

[@RBcymru]

Very nice car and puts a lot of others to shame. Nice thought out interior and better wireless charger location compared to my Cupra Born. Surprised at the efficiency as its a heavy car so realistically 250 miles even in winter. Perhaps you could add lease costs as well as used prices if people want to buy from new ?

[@timaustin2000]

Ran my Ioniq 5 from North Yorkshire to Surrey, around Surrey and back up last week and calculated that, even with the more expensive rapids en route, taking into account I started out with a 90% charge on Octopus EV night rate, I saved over £40 vs. a Tucson. These things are still cheaper.

[@nzpomdotcom]

That list of specs at the beginning highlights the advantage of Tesla's approach. By the time you spec these Euro EVs you're adding 10-20% to the base price

[@paulscott1759]

ID 5 pick up in 2 days hopefully going to enjoy it so we will wait and see as on motability, total cost from my point of view £1500 up front and a free home charger fitted so i hope that i can gel with the car after my 200 bhp Tarraco

[@keithdenton8386]

Rain effects range. It has a huge effect. 10 to 20 percent less distance is my guess, from my experience. As we get a lot of rain in this country, it would be a good idea to give a comparison test. Dry summer driving to wet autumn driving.

[@pauljames2407]

It’s going be hard for some like Rsymonds to do tests all year round. I’ve learnt a lot around the different models off his videos. It’s the main dealers that should be giving true figures on range. But yes a winter test when you have to defrost the car & you have to have the heater on & things would be useful & giving the day to day range eg 80% SOC to 20% SOC for winter driving & how efficient it is then too. As well as summer figures too. With big battery Ev’s you don’t see that much of a loss in battery percentage terms but you do see a loss on the miles per kw. I know a few years ago when I had a bmw i3 94ah with a usable 27.6 kw battery my summer range averaged 140 miles & winter range dropped to 100 miles in below 5c conditions. Which is a big drop. But these new cars with 70 or 80 kw battery’s will lose less percentage. All dealers need to give real world ranges for summer & winter & not the max but the range you will get from 80% to 20%

[@connclissmann6514]

A most useful review; many thanks.

[@BK-tx2vw]

It would be nice if you could do a comparison of the new softer suspension on model 3 and Y vs pre suspension upgrade?

[@Buckers29]

Had mine for 18 months and 26k miles, we have an iV 80 and glad I didn't pay that much 😳. The cup holders are actually vape holders, for those travel mugs the door bins are perfect 😂 Outstanding car I absolutely love it, the only reason I'd want a TSLA is for performance and looks (less MY), I suppose the tech is interesting too. So easy to drive it's an absolute pleasure.

[@timofthomas]

Three in the back works much better in the Enyaq than in the Tesla Model 3, and the Kia available at the time of order - what has to be remembered is that by the time people get the cars they ordered, it is often 12-24 months later and other models have been released in the meantime. Also on charging, if you have solar at home and a 3.5kW charging speed set up on day you are not using the car, it's free.

[@ramblerandy2397]

Appreciate the Skoda as a CAR, it is excellent for the price. Once again, although this VW group car is at software V.3.N, it still exhibits annoying habits like those mentioned defaults. My ID3 is going to the dealer soon for V2.4 [thanks for not telling me, VW] so that it can get to V3.2 via OTAs. In summary, I would say that if you are a bit of a nerd, like me, the software is still going to annoy slightly. A whole less than the V2.3.0 currently in my ID3, and if you still can't stand the software inadequacies after all those OTAs you've got to go full blown Tesla or surrender the identity of your car to Apple Car Play or Android Auto. Me, I'd rather VW keep trying to get better, although I may end up driving a Tesla M3 eventually.

[@tesla-spectre]

Again a brilliant video ❤

[@cngraham7932]

I considered the Enyaq last year when considering a first EV having been a happy ICE Skoda owner for 20 years or so ( 4 different cars ). However I didn't like the newer way Skoda does the options lists. You end up having to buy packs to get one item you really want but have to fork out for those you don't. Come resale that specked up car will lose a lot of the cost of those upgrades. It would make a cracking second hand buy and I think much nicer than the VW equivalent .

[@Notagain640]

When I bought mine, all the options were individually priced so you could have just what you wanted, but people complained it was too complicated. Now, they're grouped the into 3 or 4 trim packs. You can't please all of the people, all of the time.

[@cngraham7932]

@@Notagain640 I'd prefer the way you were provided options. When I was looking at the Enyaq the option list was very long ( just look how long it took Richard to read what the video car had on it. ). I was more used to Skodas of old having a few trim levels and you could spec up from there. For example top spec would be L&K had standard improvements on the trim below but at less of a cost. My concern is traditionally with options you get less of a % of option costs back on resale compared to the % back on the car itself, if you see what I mean .

[@markscrivener979]

Thanks for another excellent review. It would be interesting to learn whether the infamous VW group touchscreen is still fundamentally as flawed as other group models.

[@Notagain640]

Apparently, the touchscreen interface and software of the Enyaq is better than the ID4. It's a tiny bit sluggish (5-10 seconds) when first turned on, after a 'deep sleep', but after that it's fine.

[@guykedem54]

Enyaq AC has a build in air care option for extra filtering of outside smells. Just turn it on.

[@skyworks1621]

I ordered ID 4 for my family in August and the car should arrive in December. Price with 9.000 € of extras was amazing, way under 55.000 €. For that price it yould be stupid to go with a diesel or petrol car since in few years time demand for used EVs will be way higher.

[@mr.wizeguy8995]

I had similar thoughts. My VW Transporter is 2007 and 196 000 km driven i thought it's time to update it and few year old used Transporter cost over 40k €. Cost to drive 100 km is over 20€ so i decided to buy Skoda Enyaq 80x instead and also cargo trailer for tools i need when working. Might be a bit harder to move around but much cheaper and i can also get mileage allowance for use of my own car on business drive so i earn even more money.

[@davidrunnalls3039]

Interesting video. Noticed you have the same complaint as I have with lane keeping assist, it can be dangerous in some circumstances and I prefer it off. On 500 Icon it defaults to on but two presses on the left stalk disables it. I would much prefer to turn it off permanently. The roads where I am are so bad that it reads the ruts instead of the white lines and will take you to the middle of the road or push you over the line, which no longer exists! The car is too big for me and my use however looks very well put together and I prefer the style to the ID4.

[@ISuperTed]

Totally agree on Lane assist - keep mine off (Peugeot e208) as it’s far too aggressive bordering on dangerous. Wife hates it and thought something was wrong with the car! I can at least keep it off permanently.

[@pauljames2407]

Anyone who is interested in a good video around the true cost of using an Ev check out the latest What Car video entitled Electric v/s petrol. It’s a proper unbiased video , It’s shocking they test a Bmw i4 M50 against a bmw M440i petrol. They fill the petrol one up at motorway services at the cost of £1.99 a litre , it come down since then & the i4 Ev at ionity at the cost of 69p a kw which is actual cheap now a days for a Rapid charger. They did the same with two Peugeots 206 petrol & Ev one. Drove in convoy a 200 to 230miles trip to Leeds & the next day drove back. All the Ev’s where over £10,000 more to buy than the petrol versions. What car also said since this was actually film petrol had dropped in price & electric had gone up. The Peugeot cost £10 more in electric than the petrol one cost in fuel. The bmw Ev cost £5.50 more in electric than petrol. But remember they used a M440i 3.0 litre twin turbo petrol. People will comment how cheap there Ev cars are to run for them. But this video shows you if you go on long journeys where you need to use a rapid charger , it is now cheaper to run a petrol car. And come April according to the latest of the chancellor the cap will go & they are just going to help the vulnerable. If that turns out to be the case the current estimates are home electric will go to at least 60p per kw. I know some Ev owners will say about the cheap night time charging rate like the octopus one at the moment is 10p off peak for 6 hours & 42p peak , But remember your paying an extra 8p per kw from 05:30 in the morning till 23:30 at night so every kw you use during those hours is costing you 8p more. Octopus energy are not a charity. They are here to make money. So check out how many kw you use from 05:30 till 23:30 as it might be costing you more than you save at night. On a personal note , none of my comments are a criticism of anyone , apart from car dealers. I personally have saved around £15,000 in 5 years driving Ev’s. But I have never paid up to yet to have one serviced. When I have bought a brand new car I have always had it thrown in. I refuse to pay to have an Ev serviced as they don’t need to be serviced. And I have been lucky getting free charging at work for years now. Which is ending next week. Plus it’s only really the last 12 months that has seen energy prices sky rocket , Rapid chargers only used to be 20p / 25p up till 12 months ago. All my comments are just to give people the proper information around driving / using an Ev

[@derekshields7784]

I’ve had an enyaq 60 for the last 2 1/2 years and it’s been a fantastic car. I’ve just ordered an enyaq 85 edition to get a bit more range and comes with a lot of the kit that was optioned on the car you drove. It also has a new updated motor giving nearly 300 bhp ! Any chance you’ll be testing one?

[@stevencampbell1150]

Interesting review Richard but whilst I know you're a Tesla dealer why does everything have to be compared to a Tesla on the car, surely you've driven other EVs that you can compare the features to? It's like when you hear other car reviewers basing their hatchback review on a VW Golf, why when a Golf isn't as good as everyone makes it out, similarly the Skoda like the Tesla is way too expensive both to buy and insure. 50k is madness for a family car electric or not, how many families are going to have that kind of money for such a thing or even one of your Teslas?

[@johnminshall242]

Nice car, but not sure I’d spec one to £50k when you could buy an EV6 for that! ‘80’ yeah, but £40k or just over makes more sense.

[@enyaq_gorm]

Good thorough review and another excellent video. I have nearly the same spec but in a 60 which seems to get better economy averaging 3.9. I regularly have 3 adults in the back but I think you have some much bigger adults 🤣 Also I have never had the lane keep assist cause any issues though lots of people have. I have often wondered if it's because I have the travel assist package. It's certainly a lot less intrusive than my old leaf which really let you know if you went near a white line!

[@redcrow2006]

That's almost the exact spec I built online and the one I'd want to get my other half. They look like a great car for a family. Still not quite as big as a Touran inside though and a bit pricey in a decent spec.

[@TheGokki]

I'm interested in the Coupé version of this!

[@FlyYouFools88]

I always thought the front grille was illuminated?

[@Notagain640]

It can be but it's not standard.

[@pauladams5673]

Excellent review.

[@enyaq_gorm]

I forgot to say, if you hit air care mode all that nasty smell will disappear

[@colonelbeaverhousen]

are you going to be getting your hands on a Megane Etech any time soon ? I've got one on order and would love you hear your thoughts on it

[@badgoat666]

Got one coming in November. Basically this same model without a couple of the extras. I'm not getting hud or sunroof but other than that same thing. First ever E.V. Any tips for an electric newbie?

[@FairlyOldGit]

With car design, I want "conservative" - so often I am disappointed/frustrated with EV Design! I do like the mock grille - it does look honest/realistic (unlike the Ford Mach-e and others)

[@mikegipson1224]

So everything it has is an 'option' can tell Skoda is part of the VW (German) group... How much did that lot cost again - oh yes £50K even makes an EV6 and Ioniq 5 look much better value... Oh add that central console seems to ruin leg/foot room for the middle rear passenger - not great for a ground up EV... That 12V socket in the boot was probably one of the many options :)

[@YoutubeAdministrator]

That 12v plug is an extra package

[@pauljames2407]

Rsymons You do some great video’s & give really useful information on cars & ranges & specs. But I see you holding back on the true cost of Ev’s when talking about charging costs & other things related to Ev’s. The Osprey charger you was at was £1.00 a kw for non members & people that don’t own a car less than 12 months old & get a discount. So to fully charge that Skoda would cost around £77.00 for 250 - 280 miles. So for £77.00 you can get just over 10 gallons of petrol , So if you fill up your Ev there it’s like driving a car that only does 25 - 28 mpg. Any petrol car that does over 28 mpg would be cheaper to run than that electric. A lot of Ev chargers are now around the 79p per kw & unless the government are going to step in , which looks very doubtful at this moment come April 2023 that’s going to shoot up even higher. Home standard electric rates are predicted to be 60p per kw in April , God know what these rapid chargers will go to in April. Look the truth is no one can predict the future. But do not buy an electric car / Ev expecting to save money. If you do save money it’s a bonus. But the truth of it is the way things are at the moment they will cost you more to buy & run. Some myths around electric cars listed below. 1. They do not need servicing mostly true , but new cars under warranty have to be serviced or it voids your warranty. 2. They are cheaper to service than petrol & diesels , can be true. But on cars less than 5 year old cars it’s a lie. Simply fact is with Ev’s / electric cars dealers need to make money out of there service centres. So the prices of getting a service on a new Ev car compared to a petrol is the same as the first year for all cars is just a check. The next 4 years the only difference is an oil & filter change. So you might make a tiny saving. 3. Ev / Electric cars cost more to insure over petrols true compared to there petrol equivalent they are more expensive. 4. Free charging , Nearly all free chargers have gone now , even Tesco are charging from the 1st Nov 2022. 5. The manufacturer quoted range only a few manufacturers tell the truth & give you real world ranges. MG are one the best for this. Even Tesla don’t give real world ranges. If you drive an Ev like you drive your petrol car , you will get know where near the stated range. The winter you can lose 20%. Plus remember the manufacturer say to look after the battery drive it between 80% & 20% so that 250 mile quoted is really 150 miles & in the winter less than that. 6. Charge up from 20% to 80% in 15 mins can be true , if your at a fast enough charger & the battery is at the right temperature & the right state of charge. But for most people it will take longer. 7. When doing the calculations on an Ev saving you money , remember to add the extra interest you pay on the loan or finance as Ev cost more than the petrol version by normally £10,000 to £40,000 & that extra cost , costs you more in interest.

[@gap9992]

Where I live in Surrey UK a big proportion of EVs are at the premium end because they are company / business owner cars. The tax savings make an EV a "no brainer". A vast percentage of these owners also charge at home on the cheap rate. Effectively the current UK government incentive for EVs is a hidden tax cut for better off people. This is not a political statement, simply a fact! When they wanted to reduce the cost of subsidising EVs, they could have left the fixed grants in place and increased the BIK percentage on company cars so everyone got some incentive. At the other end of the scale private buyers who can't charge at home will save very little. Nothing or even an increase after building in the hassle factor. One thing nobody ever seems to build into the calcs is charging efficiency which is usually about 85% on ac. If the car says you have used 10kWh you will take 11.8kWh from the charger to replace it. Not an issue at 7.5p/kWh but more important at 80p/kWh (tbh I don't know what the efficiency is for DC charging)

[@enyaq_gorm]

On Škoda powerpass the osprey is 35p not £1 😁 And my Enyaq is on 0% loan from the Scottish Government. These days even the Škoda Fabia starts at £21k.

[@pauljames2407]

Thanks for the information around charging efficiency. I didn’t know the percentages , I learnt years ago about you lose some through the transfer.

[@pauljames2407]

@@enyaq_gorm I wasn’t saying the price & interest affects everyone , I was just trying to give anyone looking at changing to an Ev the right information , As so many new Ev owners know nothing about them. I met loads at charging points & they have no idea. One old couple who had been sold a brand new Mercedes EQC where unplugging there car at Tesco every 15 mins or so as it kept stop charging. They thought the charger was faulty. It wasn’t till I told them they needed the pod point app to confirm the charge or it will turn off after 15 mins , I had to use mine to click confirm for them as they didn’t own a smart phone. Some dealers should be ashamed selling car to people who clearly don’t have any idea. He said the sales man told him he would save thousands on fuel , which he won’t as he told me they only did 4,000 miles last year.

[@japkoslav]

I just started the video and I already wonder, is this car Škoda, or it is called Package? Are wheels, engine, boot optional as well or is there anything that comes as a standard?

[@stupidbunny1047]

I'm stuck between this and the Renault Megane etech or am I missing something. Me and my wife enjoy the higher seating position and looking to get an ev in the new year Are you doing a renualt megane etech review anytime soon or both cars completely different 🤔

[@PeterHartland]

After 12 months of waiting for my 80X with all options I & then a promised delivery of end Sept/1st week of October it lost its delivery date & best I could get was maybe before the end of the year. Although the Enqay was my 1st choice I found a Mustang Mach E AWD Extended that was available within a week so cancelled & ordered that (it was our 2nd choice car mainly due to boot size. Had the Mach-E now 3 weeks & it is high speed (wish it had a heat pump)but very pleased with it.

[@mr.wizeguy8995]

Great to hear that i will get my 80x a bit faster because you cancelled yours :D Still 8 month more wait thought.

[@MrGMawson2438]

Great review

[@MrGecko641]

Will you be reviewing the new Kira Niro?

[@johnchristmas7522]

Nobody has mentioned the down side coming to all EV's and that is the supply network. a 7kw charger at home is not available everywhere, thats because the local substations cannot handle the load. When everybody has finally got a EV of some kind the total demand will be unattainable. Years ago there was a copper shortage, Aluminium was used, mainly because it was cheaper but its less able to carry high loads. So we will have a double whammy, high demand and bad supply. Me? I went Hybrid, mainly because I dont do 300 mile journeys and because the 35miles per day radius is sufficient for me. When I do go long distance, petrol is cheaper

[@ravey_boii]

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[@simonthomas5367]

There's no space back here!! Says the huge guy in the middle with masses of legroom! 😂

[@Iceeeen]

Just today had a 300km road trip in one. The car was okay and it's without a question one of the better looking cars out there. But the interface and it just came from the latest update. There is absolutely zero logic in what the different buttons does. I have also never had to spend so much time just changing a radio station. The autobraking when it sees a sign drove me mad, it even does it if you have all does stupid features switched off. It snowed on the way down so of course it lost the acc cruise control and I for the sake couldn't find away to get just a normal cruise control that has existed for last 60? years. Normally it wouldn't have bothered me but the accelerator is so jumpy it's almost impossible to keep the speed constant (maybe deep in some idiotic sub menu there is a setting for it) It also had a dead steering in the middle so you are constantly sitting and correcting it. Why why does electric cars have to have these stupid idiotic touch screen interfaces that is just hopeless to use. I like technology, but this is just stupid design and no wonder people are so crap to drive today when all you attention has to be spent on a screen to do basic stuff that normally you would look at half a second for a button. Battery cars yes thankyou, but pleeaaaaaaaase give back the early 2000s car interfaces, they just work!

[@mauri2117]

Skoda is ridiculous with all those packages … they have one of the most confusing price lists on the market ! Not to mention that as soon as you start ticking boxes they immediately become ridiculously expensive… what happened to their “simply clever” policy?

[@aakeister]

Enyaq is a well built car designed by engineers, a Tesla is a poorly built car designed by iPhone users.

[@bokhalomuj6890]

very bad electricity charged at 80% that is 240 miles for 45 pounds ?? week , I paid £110 when it's cold, the heater radio battery dies

[@jamesdavies3895]

Might be conservative, but at least it's not ugly like tesla's

[@MrGMawson2438]

Hello mate 👍

[@slainiae]

Any chance of getting those long ranged Teslas (kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmesZn-viK9kqLs) reviewed to see how much needed to be spent on servicing, parts, etc.?

[@amparr]

50 grand! Wowzers … a definite no from me. New Kodiaq is circa 30-35! Such a shame but EV prices just don’t make sense to the average customer.

[@scottwallis7210]

My iv60 (smaller battery version) was £37k with the spec I wanted. And is returning 4m/kwh giving running costs of under (on my 17.5p/kWh tarrif ) 5p/mile.

[@badhairday_247]

A facia only a mother could love.

[@maxflight777]

10:05 *there is more space in the model Y* More performance More efficiency More superchargers… Shall I go on ? 🤦‍♂️

[@briankavanagh7191]

But not everybody likes tesla.

[@spikebmth]

Model Y a lot more money

[@Lidodido]

More noise, more crashy suspension...

[@johnmackay5288]

..think the Enyaq much more elegant than the Y. For me the Y looks bland and even more so with the interior. Tesla needs to add more distinctive styling as well as Matix, HUD and sunroof. Just my thoughts.

[@wilkoone9155]

I wouldn't touch a Tesla with a 10' barge pole thank you.

[@2011ppower]

Big problem with European brands is the poor basic spec and the huge price of the 'extras' you need to buy to get a decent spec! Especially on a car starting at 40K!

[@NO3V]

Frankly - with that options list (and most of the things you'd probably want - except the message seats assuming they work just like in the ID.4), the level of performance and the (sure, subjectively) mediocre design and brand, this _doesn't seem like great value_. And it's still quite obviously the best VW MEB offering. A bit disappointing.

[@Notagain640]

If you look at other cars in the same category in terms of size, and features, the Enyaq is quite fairly priced. EVs are just expensive to buy at the moment. They are much cheaper to run though. Affordability is very dependent on personal use case.

[@robinronnblad1654]

First! 😁

[@petersimms4982]

Looks like a mg5 but twice the price ?? :()

[@80y3r9]

The packs.. is why I won't be buying one Also hate it when the 3 big people get stuffed in the back with some small girl in the front.. flashbacks to being a teenager!

[@notsurfsup]

I appreciate that it's still a minor issue for many, Richard, but I look forward to the time when - instead of commenting on the 'nice leather' seats - you'll instead commend a car maker's decision to provide non-animal skin interiors. As you'll have noted from your wealth of experience with Tesla, for environmental and ethical reasons alone, that is now increasingly the direction of travel for car interiors. (Check out 'Thomas' on the autogefühl channel. He has it right on this subject.) It would be nice, therefore, if you, too, could get with the program and be seen to welcome that development and, conversely, to condemn manufacturers who don't offer fully sustainable materials in their vehicles. Other than that, I enjoyed your review. Thanks for all the info. re. running costs etc.

[@wilkoone9155]

That's funny, any company that describes its products as vegan looses my custom immediately. As a farmer & beekeeper my products are banned by vegans including HONEY! 🍯 (I kid you not) my Enyaq has a lovely tan leather interior.

[@notsurfsup]

@@wilkoone9155 Well I just hope you prefer driving around in old cars, then. I say that only because it surely won't be long before you won't be able to find any new cars for sale that have been kitted out with the body parts of slaughtered animals. The world is changing, my friend. Enjoy your 'lovely' skins while you can. I believe you could well lose them from the options list soon, as fewer and fewer people are prepared to tolerate having skin harvested from the backs of innocent animals - animals who, quite naturally, would have preferrred to keep their skin exactly where nature intended it.

[@wilkoone9155]

@@notsurfsup Your opinion old chap, but my livelihood. Until the human race stop eating meat, leather is going to be a byproduct of the livestock industry for a long time to come. What do you suggest we do with the surplus leather? Dump it. I'm wondering if you wear leather shoes, or have leather furniture in your house? In any case I don't think this is the forum to discuss the topic.

[@wilkoone9155]

@@notsurfsup #Virtuesignaling car companies, or indeed any other products including restaurants that claim to be #vegan loose my business instantly & I change my cars every 2 years.

[@whatthe6532]

@@notsurfsupboo hoo hoo. And I’m vegan.

[@dominiquecharriere1285]

Got this car from my company 2 days ago. It came with 1 year 52k Kms from former user. I put it to charge 12h in my overly expensive public garage (0.88€/kWh, 4x the price, 1.5x more expensive than diesel). Fully charged it already delivers 3/4 of battery (the little battery doesn't fill up to the top) and a theoretical 400 Kms which goes down to 385 after 5 Kms. The car is a tank, feels heavy and slow (except you want to reduce your autonomy in 100 Kms after 10 Kms), I don't understand such a big family car that cannot take you to the nearest beach at 350 Kms. EV are a complete fraud, thank God I have my Piaggio tricycle so I can go somewhere!

[@raymitchell3757]

First thought I had of the front grille -reminded me of Hitler's moustache. Sorry Skoda owners

[@mr.wizeguy8995]

BMW grill looks more like Hitler mustache or pig snout.

[@mr8I7]

The Fiesta died for monstrosities like this...