Gotta remember it's a VW ID5 under there, I'd much prefer ID5 over that.

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I went and looked at the Capri & the Explorers and comfy. I preferred the Explorer.

Not driven any but will next year if Motability are helping Ford get more first registered and out on the roads by having low Advance Payments on them.

4 hours ago, Ootohere said:

I went and looked at the Capri & the Explorers and comfy. I preferred the Explorer.

Not driven any but will next year if Motability are helping Ford get more first registered and out on the roads by having low Advance Payments on them.

4 hours ago, Ootohere said:

I went and looked at the Capri & the Explorers and comfy. I preferred the Explorer.

Not driven any but will next year if Motability are helping Ford get more first registered and out on the roads by having low Advance Payments on them.

My boss cancelled her order for the Explorer which had appeared on our VW company car list.

After having a ECQ for several years she has ordered one of the new VW Tayrons.

1.5 TSI engine plus lecky motor giving just over 200 ponies. MPG listed as 700 mpg, yes right, and CO2 at 10 gm per km. Can do 70 odd miles on the 20 kwh battery usable.

Ford Explorer just did not stack up for them so another one going from pure electric to hybrid!

Your not getting 700 mpg really though. 10 gallons and one charged battery does not go 7,000 miles. Getting 75 miles from the battery fully charged does not 700 mpg give. PS. 700 miles from a full charge and 1 gallon is unlikely.

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45 minutes ago, Ootohere said:

Your not getting 700 mpg really though. 10 gallons and one charged battery does not go 7,000 miles. Getting 75 miles from the battery fully charged does not 700 mpg give.

You know that, I know that but how many are fooled in to thinking this is possible ?

Skoda are claiming 800 to 900 mpg for the IV Superb with the same 20/25 kwh battery and CO2 of just 7 gm per km.

EU has clamped down on such claims but UK seems to be lagging on giving more realistic figures which is about trembling the CO2 and cutting the MPG by a factor of 4 or so, still wild.

I think a 1000 km like Bjorn Nyland does will be a fairer gauge perhaps ?

What I would do is take a VW or Skoda CEO and have them 800 miles away from home with no money / card , phone or anything other than one of their PHEV,s fully charged and just to be fair 7 litres of petrol and challenge then to get home using no outside assistance and if they fail they give 5 years salary to charity.. PS 148.7 to 217.3 seems to be the claimed mpg and less than 60 mpg the real world.. I would like to see the 20 kWh,s worth taking it 75 miles then the gallon of petrol another 70. Or what ever magic they get on sharing and regeneration for the magic to happen.

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