The drive from our place to Port Talbot (around 50 mile trip) we managed 45mpg (we checked since we wanted to compare with the Golf). With the GTE, 120mpg while hooning a bit (extended test drive home, including driving a more scenic route through Ogmore etc, eeking closer to 80ish miles). Keep in mind the Sportage as well as the Tucson are bigger than the Ateca by quite a bit (also heavier), that’ll be visible on the bill at the pump. What i will say, with the FHEV Sportage, we drove from Bridgend home and back (around 30 miles as mentioned) – and we settled at 42mpg, which i thought was a bit naff. That’s less than what we got out of the Ateca on the exact same route, at the same time of day (roughly), and exactly the same “driving style”.
Yeh the Sportage hasn’t being out long so there not alot of info floating around yet but the Tuscon about a year and there is quite a few on the forums saying about the economy of the FHEV. I wanted to give the MG ZS long range a try but as the mrs said it was a bit small for our daughter and the boot wasn’t large enough. Any it will stop me getting speeding fines LOL
In all fairness, it’s a 1.5kwh battery, it’s more of a crutch than anything else.
Personally i think FHEV are completely naff, it’s either PHEV or electric for us. Anything else doesn’t really make much sense, and doesn’t really help much either in terms of economy. Never been impressed with the economy figures on mild/full hybrids.
Sadly, there’s no luck for you for a long time i’d think if you’re looking for a big EV. There’s not that many in the first place, and the few there are, won’t be on the scheme for a while. And once they do come to the scheme, they’ll be stupendously expensive – and on top of that, require a good amount of options to become really desirable. I’d assume the ID4 comes back eventually, maybe even the Enyaq, but that’s about it. The Nissan Ariya won’t (too expensive), the Ionic 5, well.. Probably not either, even though pricewise it would just eek in. MB really needs to adjust there.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.