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All very strange when you try PSA EV's and taller, heavier ones with bigger tyres get more range than lower, smaller, lighter on narrower tyres. They really need to be getting tested in groups where they are not drafting each other. ? Are they rolling along while you are singing a song and re-cooperating for longer when the going is downhill because they are heavier and getting up slopes just as efficiently or near enough? He is the very man that should be able to put up the scores on the doors, i can not actually figure it out yet. I would be checking tyre pressures as well as noting tyre sizes before starting comparisons.

I see 1950kg given for the 80. But then people publish numbers that Skoda CZ or VW are giving out. Unless AutoExpress and they get from 'Factory Insiders' so the same thing. Maybe we best stick with comparing AWD models and the top of the range / most powerful versions when talking performance and prices. So that would be vRS of either models and maybe also worth a thought on the cost to cover an annual mileage on the diesel vs the electric. That would be in the EU Countries and others where the 'regulations for emissions' mean the demise of the Kodiaq vRS, 'One of the most successful Kodiaq Variants', in the mind of a Skoda Spin Doctor that is. Getting global numbers from them usually comes up with 'Vehicles Produced', and not vehicles sold brand new to customers other than Skoda Dealerships then sold as used.

@shyVRS245 I have read that 1,500kg figures as well. Not on the car though, just in the Media. Funnily also given for the lighter SE version on 16" wheels. & both get the same WLTP numbers. which are fiction. Anyway i am 120kg and my passengers are likely not light weight, and the portapotti in the boot and pop up tent etc and not light or the roof bars, bike rack and bike if carried. Not that relevant really if the torque is there to get a shift on from the pressing of the accelerator for overtakes and we know the story on the UK speed limits from yesterdays posts on 'tuning cars'. I will put it on corner weights empty and full and on the dyno in the next wee while.

I see where you are getting your figures, just not sure where the already 300kg heavier comes from.

A good point well made. Put your car on the public weigh bridge and see what it actually weighs. 300kg difference depending on who is printing the Kerb Weight. There are so many dodgy weights given. So lets say we go with Skoda weights. That will be without optional extras. Maybe the driver and passengers will be vegans or vegetarians. Just skinny things.

You really need to try driving a EV. Actually they need to be put on Dynos because as Skoda / SEAT might sometimes be down playing models performances over the years because funnily Audi or VW want their heavier cars to look better because they are more expensive, EV manufacturers are having vehicles get good insurance group numbers. 'Not many are driving around in family sized SUV type vehicles/ or People carriers about at the 'Kerb Weight', or maybe the issue is that too many do drive 7 seaters around with only 1 or 2 seats occupied, with the need for speed on the occasional overtake' 'Feels fast', 'mid range torque'. You do not want feels or sounds fast, you want actually is fast from the throttle floored and forget fake sounds generated to go with the fast feeling. Full range torque makes a difference. The Skoda EV is not going to be towing much in the way of trailers etc if only able to go to 1,200kg. Kerb Weights are interesting. ICE vehicles need fuel in that tank, maybe a full tank. Then passengers in a vehicle and acceleration might well have any vehicles being compared a few hundred KG heavier than the Manufacturers figures with some 60kg driver only. http://www.ev-database.uk/car/1282/Skoda-Enyaq-iV-RS

@snala VW will be doing a EV that can go places on not tarred roads as others are. As far as the AWD Enyaq and over taking and acceleration, if you are following one when it goes for an overtake you can be certain your Kodiaq vRS will not be keeping up with it or be able to get the overtake done as quick as it. Look at the Nm torque with EV's and remember it is there all the time. Look at a ICE and you need to see when in the rev range you are getting Max Nm torque, or Max PS / BHP. 339 lb/ft is 459Nm.

Welcome to the forum @testi-ukko. Guessing you must be looking at them online and not actually in person to see the interior size. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/228181-can-you-sleep-in-a-roomster http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/412482-converting-to-a-small-camper

I sold Black Gigaro's with 205/40 R17 tyres from a Mk2 Fabia vRS to a member and he had them on Mk3 Fabia estate. I will look and see where the pics are he posted. I ran my Mk2's fitted with 205/45R 17's or 215/40 R 17's. The ones with 205/40R 17's fitted were sets i had after people changed their wheels and tyres for Audi wheels or aftermarkets. EDIT. Here it is at standard height. No idea if he did lower the car. Still not filling the arches as the circumference is much the same be it 15", 16" or 17" rims with the correct profile tyres. There is a thread in the Mk3 Section with 'Modifications' and plenty pictures.

Check and set tyres in winter at the temp outside at the times you are driving the car and if you change the load carried with people and luggage. So from October to March there are lots of temp changes where ever you may be.

@J500ANT Welcome to the forum. Best try another the same as yours and compare. Really you should not be hearing a whine or much in the way of changing gear. Where any of your previous DSG's DQ200 7 speed twin dry clutch ones. Not that that mean hearing noises is OK, but they are different from a Wet Clutch DSG, & then you are now in a 3 cylinder car which again is different.

Just read in Autocar that Lewis Hamilton is going to be putting a team into Extreme E.

The Cycle Carrier not in stock yet so a Thule 599 carrier fitted instead.

@KeteCantek Very true. But then the UK Government are not that stupid and have cut the incentives and will cut them even more because many and not running on electricity or being plugged in. Simple really with business users to see the mileages done by the vehicles and the amount of fuel being purchased for them.

@KenONeill Welcome back. I was checking my use of ChargePlace Scotland chargers over the past month & 3,000 miles of using my card. They cost my favourite cost. 'FREE'. There are some charge locations missing but i must of used another card and i have 2 charges at chargers i paid for and a few at private chargers and a few top ups at home.

@Nimby Were your previous 4x4's permanent 4x4's rather than ones that had Haldex? PS Plenty AWD vehicles from Audi, Porsche and other VW Group brands with dissimilar OEM tyres front to rear. Width, Circumference, tread, compound. Usually wider on the rear but Audi gave the option of wider on the front with RS3's.

The Oil & Inspection service does not include parts other than the Oil, Filter and Sump Plug so parts are extra if that is a Pollen Filter, Air Filter, Fuel Filter or Spark Plugs. Then the Extended Scope is the extended Inspection & 3 years or when you want it. The Brake Fluid is extra again. Best ask what they are doing, what parts they are fitting, and are they a Participating Skoda Fixed Price Servicing & Maintenance Dealership. Then ask why they are not doing the DSG Oil Change at the Fixed price.

ChargePlace Scotland free public charging is great and apart from issues from time to time or pretty regularly at some locations pretty reliable. But, lets hope as more start using the chargers issues are not going to mean that they can not be relied on while travelling in Scotland.

Alloy wheel balance weights, rather than rim balance weights as on steel rims, and balance beads in the tyres.

The 272 ps should be the minimum power achievable. (especially on a rolling road in the UK with cool air blowing at the intake) not the maximum power on 95 octane and at what ever ambient temp you get where the car might be and at what ever height above sea level. So in the UK or a dyno or a road you are not going to be more than 3,500 foot above sea level or at temps below -30*oC or more than 40*oC. (Until global warming / climate change really hits the UK.) PS. Supermarket 95 ron minimum is no different from a 'Lovely Shell / BP filling station in a rural areas 95 min ron / octane petrol'. The clue is in the 95 octane. The 97 ron and 99 ron is also the Minimum octane it will be, it can be higher.

@skodavia The 1.6TDI's have the DQ200 7 speed twin dry clutch DSG.

Surely a Plug in Hybrid given the 'Very soon to tighten emissions regulations in Europe', and the UK and Republic of Ireland parts of Europe. Skoda need to get the Average Co2 g/km where they need it to be. Since they will not be selling the CitiGo iV in Europe they will be needing to get plenty sold of the Mild and Plug in Hybrids being bought and also their only EV as in the Enyaq .

It would be great to know in which way the Kodiaq vRS has been one of the most successful variants. ? Was it in the numbers sold, or profits made, or how much social media and press coverage that Haymarket Media Group so Piston Heads, Autocar & Whatcar have given it even though Globally so few have sold?

@thomasaspin In 6 years you have learned so much. I guess back then even you could have guessed at a flat battery or loose terminal. Usually the first thing anyone tries.