t’s a great shame that the Tucson Ultimate ICE is only available as a manual, given that a large proportion of Motability customers need (or much prefer) an auto. When considering a PHEV it’s obviously essential to be able to work out how long it would take to recoup the additional AP through fuel savings compared to the non-PHEV version, which you can’t do if the comparable ICE car isn’t available!
I extended the lease (never again) on my Skoda Superb to nearly 5yrs. I noticed APs were going in the wrong direction, the choice of cars limited and the car I wanted not on the scheme. I made the hasty decision on 29th dec 21 to place an order for the Tuscon Ultimate manual petrol. I did consider the PHEV but at £3k+ more was alot of petrol – 583 gallons @£6 gallon would equate to around 23-24k miles so decided agaisn’t it.
The Tuscon is a quirky looking car I actually liked, It had every extra you could think about including leather seats. The downsides Ive never seen anywhere near the accaimed 41mpg, I’m luck to get mid to high 20s locally and not much overmid 30s on a run the majority of the time. The mild hybrid has an acclaimed 2mpg more, in real terms nothing. The same engine is in the Sportage ICE and MHEV. I did say about the shocking mpg on the Sportage forum when the HEV was removed but to no avail.
Oh and my knee/leg doesn’t thank me for it, with the hospital advising me to go auto. Looking for aearly termination,, but, theres nothing on the scheme or with what I class are essentials for us, without paying stupid AP’s which I won’t do for a car thats I will have for 3yrs and not mine at the end. It may end in me moving away from scheme untill/if things return to normal.
As @Macca I’m eagerly awaiting the Nissan price list, with particular interest in the X Trail e-force Tecna trim blessing the scheme at a reasonable AP. I do not hold any hopes though!
The moral of the story is be wary of the Tuscon/Sportage economy claims and as the saying goes:
