I’m looking at a 71 reg 1.4 tsi iv hybrid, to replace my mk3. What sort of electric range can I expect in normal real world driving, anyone know, please?

Thanks in advance.

On my 2023 Octavia iV I get a range of about 40 miles in the summer with the air con off and about 35 in the winter. The most electric range it's ever told me I have is 41 miles. This is on urban trips of up to 5 miles on fairly level roads.

However on longer trips on just electric I've often had the car report consumption of 4.7 miles/kWh. That implies that if (say) 10 kWh of the battery is usable, the range ought to be 47 miles. It's very dependent upon gradients though - it's much lower if you have some hills to negotiate.

There are those that use more electric or fuel to negotiate up hills and get efficiency back with regening down hills.

There are those that want AC in certain summer conditions, and winter temps can very much be about location location location.

Getting the engine fired up and the engine / oil to efficient temps are just 'simply clever'.

I never got more than 30 miles, and typically it was around 25.

That distance is fine for pottering about, and then on longer motorway journeys I would get around 65mpg

Anywhere from 22 to 40 miles, depending a lot on the circumstances. Hilly city driving with lots of speed bumps in winter for the lowest range to chill countryside in summer at speeds around 56 mph for the highest.

In my 71 PHEV I get 33/34 miles in summer and 27/29 miles in winter. I uae very little AC or heating.