Can someone please make a Fabia estate sized thing that is a) not made by VAG b) has real world 250 mile range and c) not made by VAG
Woz wrong with VAG, I'd rather buy from them than Geely Motors...
Anyways, I'm still e curious & looking at Cupra Born V2 with the 77kW battery, aside from dodgy screen any reasons not to?
Woz wrong with VAG
Shonky reliability, some really really shit design details when it comes to maintaining, premium price for less than premium cars (even Skoda and Seat).
I've owned (takes deep breaths) - 'breadvan' Polo, Cordoba Vario, Passat estate, Touran, Leon, Ibiza and Fabia. None, apart from the Cordoba and Polo have lasted as long without significant trouble as the 323f, Yaris, Galaxy or V70 that have been our other cars.
I buy second hand and run till dead usually. YMMV.
Can someone please make a Fabia estate sized thing that is a) not made by VAG b) has real world 250 mile range and c) not made by VAG
Woz wrong with VAG, I'd rather buy from them than Geely Motors...
Anyways, I'm still e curious & looking at Cupra Born V2 with the 77kW battery, aside from dodgy screen any reasons not to?
We have a born v3 58kWh. Really nice car to drive.
Only thing I don't like is the middle vents don't have an adjustment knob to turn them off. Minor thing really.
As ours was an ex demonstrator car, the 12v battery needed replacing as it was stood still for long periods without being driven.but I think this is a thing with most ev
Can someone please make a Fabia estate sized thing that is a) not made by VAG b) has real world 250 mile range and c) not made by VAG
Woz wrong with VAG, I'd rather buy from them than Geely Motors...
Anyways, I'm still e curious & looking at Cupra Born V2 with the 77kW battery, aside from dodgy screen any reasons not to?
happy with mine.
I have had an EV6 for nearly 3 years and love it. Quiet, comfortable, loads of room, well-spec’ed and decent mileage/range (anything from 2.9 - 3.9 m/kEhr, depending on temperature and speed).
I would gladly have another one.
if buying used, check if the ICCU has been changed and the state of the 12V battery.
Would also look at Ioniq 5 in that price range, bit cheaper than an EV6 overall. Genesis GV60 also possible
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No problems with the screen, it works well. Touch controls on the steering wheel aren't an issue either.
When my egolf needs replacing I would definitely look at another cupra.
check if the ICCU has been changed
I don't think that matters. If anyone doesn't know, this is the charging control unit that causes a lot of failures on Hyundai Ioniq 5/6/9 (not sure about others) and the Kias on that platform. Many have been replaced but the new part is the same as the old one so doesn't really help. There have been a few software updates to deal with it, Hyundai have just released one they reckon will fix it. Also the warranty on that specific part has been extended to 15 years.
check if the ICCU has been changed
I don't think that matters. If anyone doesn't know, this is the charging control unit that causes a lot of failures on Hyundai Ioniq 5/6/9 (not sure about others) and the Kias on that platform. Many have been replaced but the new part is the same as the old one so doesn't really help. There have been a few software updates to deal with it, Hyundai have just released one they reckon will fix it. Also the warranty on that specific part has been extended to 15 years.
when my wife’s ICCU went (on her Inster, not herself) the new part apparently had a different part number and was not the same as the original, so we hope it will last longer than the 6months we got from the first one. Not sure if this is true or just the service dept trying to palm us off. I think initially they were replaced like for like but hopefully now they are changing them out for something different.
Had one of the "first drive" tests in a Kia EV2 today. Impressive little car and felt more suited to bigger trips than the Inster we tried last month. Basically a truncated EV3 with simpler rear suspension.
Only the well specced small battery First edition available at the moment. Other models later in the year, but they are offering a grant equivalent £3750 discount on the Air & GT if ordered before end of June. 61kWh Air would probably be our choice as it has fewer gadgets and smaller wheels / taller tyres so a smidge more efficient and hopefully less motorway tyre noise.
Want to try the Skoda Epiq before making a decision later in the year or maybe hanging out for a pre-reg / nearly new one.
So we took the ev6 out for a spin. First time either of us have driven an ev. We both liked it. Very easy to drive, quiet and perfectly brisk.
part of me thinks I should really drive other cars before making a choice but the other part is thinking - surely they’re all much of a muchness and this one is perfectly fine so let’s just buy it
I drove an EV6, an Ionic 5 a BMW M4 and a Jaguar iPace when it came to decision time for our recent car. The BMW was the best overall, but the Jaguar won my heart. It suffers on range and charging to the others, but it’s a better car. I found the Ionic to be little better than the Jaguar on range and with a much worse interior. The EV6 left me utterly cold. Air suspension and 16 way adjustable heater and cooler seats are a game changer!
Were idly wondering what to swap our Mercedes eqc for in the next few months.
If I'm going through the cost of changing cars then it really needs a much better range, the merc will do 220 to 230 miles in warm ish weather.
Things like a long range ford explorer will do 250 miles, which doesn't seem worth spending the extra money for.
An ioniq 6 looks good value, but I don't think I'd get 2 bikes in the boot.
Budget up to 30k for a year or so old with lowish miles.
Incidentally the wbac valuation for the merc has increased by nearly 2k in the last 3 weeks.
the new part apparently had a different part number and was not the same as the original,
Ah, that's good to know. But I think maybe the Inster is a different platform to the 5/6?
