Thanks kezo, I hope your Dad’s okay.
I’ve spent the last couple of days driving my car much more than usual and playing music of all descriptions on my premium audio. It has ten speakers and a large triple coil subwoofer and produces approx 700 watts. The sound is amazing, whether it’s playing classical, jazz, country or heavy rock. There’s a setting for everything.
Even though I now turn down the volume to concentrate on driving it still dispenses pristine clarity at lower output, and when I park up at one of my local beauty spots I hammer out a veritable rock concert.
The EV6 by comparison is surprisingly sweet and clear in the mid and high ranges, but suffers from a “very light semi bass” that is produced by the four woofer speakers.
I guess that’s not surprising with just two of the woofers in the front door cards producing 35 watts each and the two rear door mounted woofers adding just 10 watts each. the other two speakers are two small tweeters mounted on the A pillars.
I’ve realised that although the EV6 is a top notch car in many aspects, each time I drove it I would be frustrated that I had vastly reduced one of my main sources of enjoyment. Those regular warmer weather trips just to park up and listen to music (with a flask of coffee) would become meaningless.
On that basis I phoned the dealership at lunchtime to cancel my test drive for tomorrow, as I didn’t want to waste their time knowing that I wouldn’t be placing an order for the GT Line.
Who knows, maybe the GT Line S with premium audio will come onto Motability in the next few months when the “new facelift” EV6 is launched in Korea.
I must say a big thank you to all of you who’ve posted your views on this model, because it’s helped me to sort out the pros and cons. Cheers.