Looking at the Skoda Enyaq Q3 prices on Motability’s website, compared to Q2, 85 Edition models have gone up by £400 85x has gone up by £800, from £1,599 to £2,399 🙁
While it sucks, i actually do think that it’s still within reason. It’s a lot of car, still probably one of the best MB options out there (if you can charge at home, that is). To put this into a little bit of context, £1800 is what we paid for our 1.5 first gen Ateca in 2019 (before prices exploded).
The very best choice, imho, is the Megane E-Tech. Again, if you can charge at home, that is. If you can make the cars circumstances (size, charging) work for you, that’s the car to get.
Of course, many prices are absolutely ridiculous this quarter and we’re very glad that we don’t have to change just yet (just keeping up with the offers) – but one has to be realistic, too. £2400 is still very reasonable for a huge and high spec, 82kwh battery AWD car coming in at as near as it makes no difference £50k.
If only everything else would be priced as reasonable as this, there’d be no grounds to complain. As it stands, if we had to change now, it would be either Megane or Enyaq. Maybe the ID3, though i don’t think that’s a particularly great offer compared to the Megane. While we would prefer a PHEV (8.5 GTE would be great, at a reasonable price), it’s just not justifiable at the current prices.
edit: one thing the Tories did indeed do is give us cheap EVs on the scheme, since the mandate is their brain child. We can argue whether or not that’s great (i think it is), but it’s something directly attributable to them.
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.