The ŠKODA ENYAQ SPORTLINE iV: dynamic and sporty - ŠKODA Storyboard (skoda-storyboard.com)

 

 

The Enyaq has now received the Sportline treatment, with blacked out trim and a sportier interior. Available powertrain variants are the iV 60, 80, and 80x. 

As shown in Autocar.

Bet they start at £40,000 for the base version and rise to £45,000 before the Government EV Grant reduction.

They haven't even sorted out taking orders for cars announced last year yet. 

They need to keep them getting Media & Forum coverage as people are not seeing them in Dealerships or out and about on the roads.

One of the best way is to get Haymarket Media Group running an article on them in their publications.

They will always happily put up some images produced by Skoda Media since there are no actual pictures of the model in the flesh they can publish.

 

What Car / Autocar might even make them Car of the Year 2022 just to get things moving. 

Edited 16 February, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

 

 

Not sure about that grill, but then I'm not a rapper.

 

 

What's a "really good price " I wonder? 

On a wider note, news online overnight says Skoda will be launching a smaller electric SUV.  

 

While manufacturers are recouping capital investment costs and awaiting economies of scale, the options generally (outside the likes of the Mini, Fiat 500, Honda, etc) are large, very highly specced and expensive (often very expensive), with either low range and average performance or bigger range and greater performance.  I'd be looking for something Karoq/Kamiq/Scala sized (not necessarily a Skoda!) with acceptable performance but long range, around 350 miles plus (like my 1.5 petrol Karoq) - so smaller motors with bigger capacity batteries.

 

I think there also needs to be much greater and faster investment in public charging points.  The figures bandied about don't make true comaprisons.  "XX" charging points against "YY" petrol stations, yet each petrol station will have up to a dozen pumps and you're in and out in a few minutes.  Whereas there could be three or four charging points (ignoring the likes of Tesla in motorway service areas) requiring any number of pre-registered payment apps and assuming there's one available and working you've got maybe a 40 minute wait.  Most of my driving is in a 30 mile radius, but regularly do cross country journeys of upwards of 270 miles.  I don't want to spend the best part of an hour with a £4 coffee while the car recharges during the trip - a fifteen minute toilet break/leg stretch does me fine - nor worrying if I'll be able to find a public charging point in some of the more rural and remote parts of the country.

 

These issues will be addressed and I applaud those who've got the financial ability to facilitate the electrification process, but currently for most drivers the switch is too expensive and/or inconvenient.  I'd stress that I agree that fossil fuels have to cease being the default option for powering personal motorised transport - but while the rush to electrification has to be a good thing, those whose option for cheap and convenient personal transport is only a second hand motor costing a couple of thousand pounds are in great danger of being further disadvantaged.

 

Finally, personally I think not enough is discussed on the up-front and end-of life costs of electric vehicles, in terms of mining of rare earths, heavy metals, recyclability, and waste disposal.  These are all a big factor affecting the full cost of electric vehicles yet many are ignored or lost among the razamatazz.  There must be greater awareness of the overall cost of personal transport - whether fossil fuelled or electricty powered.

 

 

 

 

@FlyingGecko    maybe you are not looking at where the discussions on Earth Minerals, resources , recycling and the true costs of electrifying and reducing pollution is going on.  I see ,hear and read it almost daily, but then I am interested in that stuff.     So as to quite high specced and not too expensive but not a high range is a MG hatch or Estate.

Quite high spec, well built with a good range on a charge then there are the Mid Size models from Hyundai / Kia.

 

Buy a flask, or 2 flasks, one for hot and one for cold drinks.

 

PS

For many many Business Drivers / reps as they were known then it is a no brainer financially going electric.

 

I meet some very high weekly mileage drivers that just get on with some work between locations while charging or they charge at Customers locations when they get there.  Charge at the next customer or when home or to their place of rest for that night.

The Customers know what their employees and reps / visitors need as EV drivers / users.

Edited 14 June, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

3 minutes ago, FlyingGecko said:

On a wider note, news online overnight says Skoda will be launching a smaller electric SUV.  

 

 I'd be looking for something Karoq/Kamiq/Scala sized (not necessarily a Skoda!) with acceptable performance but long range, around 350 miles plus (like my 1.5 petrol Karoq) - so smaller motors with bigger capacity batteries.

 

I think there also needs to be much greater and faster investment in public charging points.  The figures bandied about don't make true comaprisons.  "XX" charging points against "YY" petrol stations, yet each petrol station will have up to a dozen pumps and you're in and out in a few minutes.  Whereas there could be three or four charging points (ignoring the likes of Tesla in motorway service areas) requiring any number of pre-registered payment apps and assuming there's one available and working you've got maybe a 40 minute wait.  Most of my driving is in a 30 mile radius, but regularly do cross country journeys of upwards of 270 miles.  I don't want to spend the best part of an hour with a £4 coffee while the car recharges during the trip - a fifteen minute toilet break/leg stretch does me fine - nor worrying if I'll be able to find a public charging point in some of the more rural and remote parts of the country.

Well the Enyaq / ID.4 cars are similar size externally to the Karoq (my ID.4 is about 200mm longer than my previous Karoq) but is MUCH bigger inside. So for similar interior space to the cars you have mentioned, the VW ID.3 or Cupra Born would probably fit the bill in terms of interior space. I guess the smaller Skoda electric will be similar in size to these. The ID.3 can be had with the 82kWh battery now, gives a range of 337 miles (WLTP) and recharges to 10-80% in about 40 minutes (125kW charger required). Price is still a problem of course. You mention pee breaks and this is crucial - if you plug in to a high speed charger while you go for a pee break - 15 minutes of charge on that could give up to 85 miles of range added. So now the car in this example has a range of around 400 miles at no inconvenience to you. 150kW chargers are becoming more common and places like the Gridserve or Rugby charging hubs will become more common.

I'm giving this example as evidence that the electric car you want / need may already exist.

Saw new Sport Line in flesh. Love the exterior, but IMO black interior is rather dual without red stitching you get in RS...

If there wasn’t for Tesla, this would probably be my pick.

 

 

 

I got mine 2 weeks ago, I’m impressed with it.

Definitely a bit more sprightly than an 80, springs are firmer than standard in Normal mode, haven’t tried Sport yet.

I checked the tyre pressures at the weekend, 2.3bar all round but meant to be 2.7 so added some air and the car feels better around, slightly less firm which is weird!