Des, I popped up to the big smoke on Friday and test drove a Scenic Alpine. Loved the way it drove and how smooth and linear the acceleration was too. It felt so much less ponderous and heavy on the road than the E3008. The google based info system looks and works great and the room in the back is just tardis like. How do they do that? I was keeping an eye on the battery percentage as I was driving and it looked to be dropping at half the rate of my Pug! Overall, it’s a really nice package.
I have to say though that I prefer the closed in nature of the Pug to the more open and airy feel of the Scenic. The Scenic is indeed a comfortable car, but after getting back in the Pug, it just felt more premium and the seat more supportive and comfortable. Funnily enough, my wife said that the front seat experience felt like a “level up” from the Scenic! I can see what she means, but conversely she was ranting about the Scenics’ space in the back and that fantastic armrest function! We had a sit in the Iconic spec and that sunroof is spectacular. I didn’t like the light coloured, meshy seats though. Looks like they could be hard to keep and might lack durability? Just a thought. Another point is that the seating position is lower than in the Pug, when we both prefer to be higher up.
That aside, the important thing to us is range and on that point, there is no contest, obviously. I’m guessing that the Scenic is putting up about 50-60 more miles than the Pug, albeit from a slightly bigger battery. That extra mileage is hard to look past.
Dunno where we are heading with all this…