Volkswagen e-UP! review | the €21,000 VW EV!

[@maxnewts]

I own the Seat version of this with my parents and use it as my first car. It’s VERY fun, and I love how I can park it basically anywhere!

[@justinholding02]

USB port is behind the phone holder 😊. We love our E-Up. Only paid 17000€ for it in France and it's fully loaded with options. It's super efficient (between 8 and 12 kWh/100).

[@docastrov9013]

Thanks for posting the French price. Ireland is a total rip-off.

[@marcinsobczak2485]

@@docastrov9013 yep, rest of europe can have the same cars for 5000-10000 euro cheaper.

[@marcinsobczak2485]

hey justinholding, the efficency you mentioned, is that only city driving? what would it be if someone drove it 100kmh max? or more like 90 kmh most of the time?

[@justinholding02]

@@marcinsobczak2485 we live in the country, so that's mixed consumption, I often drive to Paris in it, dual carriageway at 100-110, and consuimption is anything between 10-13 kwh/100

[@timaustin2000]

Usb slot is on the top of the dash just behind the phone mount 😊

[@NobbyOnCars]

Thank you!!

[@exs3574]

Just imagine back in 2014 in Dublin I bought a brand new Passat Highrtline 2.0 diesel, 2 tone leather , fully loaded for the same kind of .money. Unbelievable...

[@alexdobrea15]

I know.. unbelievable where it’s gotten to… I bought a 3yrs old car a few years ago.. After checking the market, they go for almost the same money now, 3 years later…

[@NobbyOnCars]

28k for all that!? Prices have increased massively though, don't disagree with you.

[@jimcoonerty2039]

Ok . We drove it today . Have a 2018 petrol up , got a great deal on the e up so, Nobby , you convinced me! Deal done . The car is fab . Thanks for the video.👍

[@NobbyOnCars]

Good time to buy them with a recent price drop!

[@paulb4877]

It's just been announced that the UK is to get the Dacia Spring early next year and prices expected to be a few quid under £20k. Now there making a right hand drive version, hopefully Ireland will get it aswell and with competitive pricing it really could change the EV market for both the UK and Ireland with more affordable EV city cars that have only been sold in mainland Europe.

[@NobbyOnCars]

It’s definitely coming to Ireland next year.

[@marks-0-0]

I heard the Spring was being discontinued and replaced with a new similar car. That might be in 1 or 2 years away i suppose.

[@user-hf7jp2lt5x]

You can now order theUK Spring for 15k

[@simono4991]

I believe the USB socket is on the dash top behind the phone holder’s mounting.

[@simono4991]

I am in the UK, and I just checked the VW website - the eUp is no longer available. A real shame.

[@Oracleman1]

I love mine. costs about 22k over here in Norway since there is no VAT on EV's. Best city car ever and easily goes 250km on a charge in the summer, 150 in winter

[@NobbyOnCars]

Now why can't our government think of that eh...

[@Aidan_Lalor]

Strip out the VAT & the VRT and you’ve got a 20k electric car. I’d buy that.

[@MrSmaron2]

Have it on lease for nearly 2 years now. Pros: size, manoeuvrability, fun to drive. Cons: Aircon will ALWAYS go back to 22ºc to boil you at summer, my iron board is comfier than the seats, and the most important thing: ALWAYS turn off the lane detector or you'll end up facing road signs, road cons or even a concrete bollard if you're extremely lucky.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Quite the rollercoaster there!!

[@justinholding02]

You can reprogram both the AC control unit and the lane assist camera so that they remember the last setting. It was the first thing I did when we purchased ours.

[@keithronson2624]

Mark, great review on a 'proper' car! A small 'city'/urban' car. So well designed. As you may have gathered i am an VW UP! owner... a 75bhp High Up, 2016 model. Has covered over 96k miles..yes almost 100,000 miles without missing a 'beat'! Has all the toys i will ever use. And built to last! Had the 'misfortune' to have to have Citroen C1....what a pile of ****! As for capacity i can put two lawn mowers in the back! Mine is a 2 door. I could go on! Amazing car! Be it the R Line, GTi or E-Up...and yes being a Lancashire bloke i too have made the joke.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Would’ve never guessed 🤣

[@eogmau]

If comparing Nissan Leaf and MG4 this car is very expensive. VW needs to drop 5k euro on this car. Wonder why VW is complaining that their EV cars are not selling?

[@johnmorgan8152]

Not anymore. 2024 for 17500 euro. Bargain in my opinion

[@ando5899]

I'd say they've loads of room to move on that, I've had 3 dealers state 18, 17 and one at 16500 k

[@johnmorgan8152]

@@ando5899 Possibly, but the King's Red cost us a little more.

[@kulimeya123]

I own the exact same config, with Upsilon rims and white/black roof. Even if it's not a common car if you think about "What car do you think looks great?", but I really love the design. The rims look fantastic, the stormtrooper color scheme looks great, the proportions of the car are perfect. Easily my favorite non-sportscar overall design.

[@ВіталійРемис]

класний відеоогляд! дякую!

[@MKTED62]

will it out sell the MG4 i don't think so...but you brought up an interesting point my daughter had a stroke when she was 20 she's now 30 but taking lessons to learn to drive in an ICE car was just to difficult for her.. we bought the id3 and i took her out for a lesson...in B mode she could drive the car and found it much easier...don't see many L schools using EV yet though...

[@NobbyOnCars]

Glad to hear she is doing okay. Much easier to learn in I think, yes.

[@jrushen4235]

That car hasn't dated at all. Timeless. Love it.

[@Brotherbear75]

It’s not about range - it’s about charging infrastructure

[@mickdaly6537]

And cost to charge on public charger's

[@davidmacdonald7719]

Terrific little car. Hired one through Onto in the UK, whilst we waited for our ID4. Madly, Onto don’t seem to hire them anymore.

[@davidkinsella]

They should take the grant reduction and add it to small EVs under €35-40k to get more small cars on the roads rather than crossovers. Too many people driving SUVs/crossovers for their family of 1 child that would fit into a Kona/ID.3.

[@mrkevinmurphy]

Cool little car but 5k too expensive. And just FYI, this is a lot cheaper than a Honda e, which was 35k on the road a couple of years ago when I bought mine (Advance spec the only one available here). So prob even more at this stage.

[@slugboy123d]

Is it 21k (description of video) or 28k as stated in the video?

[@NobbyOnCars]

VW did two price drops after filming...

When there’s an MG4 for 27k, why would you pay 28 for this? 🤷‍♂️

[@johnmorgan8152]

Just after buying one today at 17500 euro plus first service free for a brand new 2024 car in Kings Red Metallic. Chuffed with the deal. We already have an EV, and this will replace our run around car. Super solid and super comfortable on test drive. Really was a no brainer considering they were 27k euro 12 months ago

[@NobbyOnCars]

Lovely colour!

[@SiunLyng-qy4xs]

Where did u buy?

[@johnmorgan8152]

​@@SiunLyng-qy4xsFrank Keane Dublin

[@martidonegal1]

Nobby can I ask something know what you thought took a ferry from UK to Ireland and back last few weeks and the recent fires on board a couple of car transporters got me thinking about how bad these eVs are when they go wrong. Clarkson has wrote a good article of them today.

[@Mancozeb100]

It seems that when they let go, they go big… however, petrol (and diesel cars have been going on fire for a long time - It’s not that long ago that a Vauxhall/Opel Zafira burned down a multi-storey car park at Douglas Shopping Center in Cork. I’d like to hear more about that ship up off Denmark with the 500 EVs - if they’re able to recover it and do forensics - it would not surprise me if a battery was damaged on the ship - those guys loading and unloading can be fairly rough on cars. It’s frequent enough for cars to need rework after shipping. Maybe you could ask your contacts Nobby - see how prevalent it is these days? So many EVs have been transported by now, it’s not like, every second EV is bursting into flames.

[@Mancozeb100]

Also - won’t need to read Clarkson ! He was all against Diesel cars for a long time! Probably still is. Even though his Lamborghini tractor is most definitely a Diesel !!

[@NobbyOnCars]

Haven't had a chance to see it but cars have always gone on fire. Is the battery a bit more of a challenge to extinguish, I'd imagine so.

[@garyneedham1282]

Evs banned on Oslo sound ferries in Norway. Ironic as the ships are battery powered!!

[@anthonybrown4874]

Very good as a used car at realistic prices plenty been on car share hire fleets my only csvest would be check battery health prior to purchase & considrr the Seat Skoda versions usually cheaper can mske a lot of sense fir some use cases.

[@davidstephenson8699]

The USB is behind the phone cradle!

[@marcinsobczak2485]

it can be had for 16000-17000 euro even here in ireland, the first ev that makes sense

[@NobbyOnCars]

Not at the time of filming though

[@nealy2815]

Saw a french car add on KZbin €41k Skoda Enyaq, €57k in Ireland???

[@NobbyOnCars]

Sounds about right 🤢

[@justinholding02]

That's right. We've just reduced the price. Say thanks to Elon musk..

[@lgmcgrath]

I saw this car at a VW dealer in Liffey Valley shopping centre recently and it was priced at €31,000 !!!!

[@docastrov9013]

Did you see 17k in France.

[@gib321]

With the much anticipated ID2 promised at sub 25k euro why would this seem like a good prospect. Although ill believe the sub 25k ID2 when I see it. Not holding my breath.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Big hopes for that car to be affordable but we'll see. Boss of VW has said they really want to do it, including in Ireland.

[@conogrady9254]

This is a Mr Nobby 🚗 😂

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

Far too expensive for what it is. A standard range MG4 is 22k EUR in some EU markets with subsidies

[@toyotaprius79]

I thinn the ë-C3 just showed the VW eUP up! Imagine if the C-Zero, C2, C1 and 108 were electrificed .. VW squandered their small EV, the Skoda and Seat variants were more affordable

[@alexdobrea15]

Noo way.. almost 30k for a tin…

[@KokowaSarunoKuniDesu]

2 year old ones can be got for a good price. And the Miles per KwH is better than anything that's not a Microlino.

[@NobbyOnCars]

New is now €17,000 😎

[@colinrenfrew48]

Looks like a great little car, whose time may have come….even if it’s late. Just a pity VW have priced the car so high, as this will deter a number of potential customers.

[@seanfallon4580]

Lovely little car but very expensive for what it is ,also the infrastructure is not really near good enough in this country i think people will be fighting over charge points in the near future as there is not enough to go around as more ans more people are buying electric cars, i think there's over 14000 EV's sold this year so far

[@robertlloyd7493]

👍

[@andrestrindade]

This car is a JOKE. The most uncomfortable car that I've ever driven. The physiotherapy and chiropractic bills will be expensive. Nissan Leaf is 15-20% more expensive but it is better than e-up in ALL aspects. If price is really a thing, I would buy an e-500 as VW Up is terrible.

[@justinholding02]

Well we've done over 50000 in ours and find it very comfortable.. it gets used extensively every day.

[@sandywatson]

Soon as he made the person cover "joke". I stopped watching. 🙄

[@NobbyOnCars]

Diddums

[@MOSSFEEN]

29000 euros for a supermini 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 What DRUGS are people on if you think this is good value