Thanks again for your honest and detailed analysis of PHEV ownership. I was close to going down that route and considered cancelling my Touran order and switching to the Kodiaq PHEV when it appeared in q4. Despite a drive and charging in situ, I’m too far disabled for cables and would be yet another onerous task for my wife. the Touran is delivering 38-44 mpg on non- motorway driving where its cylinder deactivation and coasting features would come into their own. 400 kgs is a hefty PHEV weight penalty of 4 men plus 4 20 kg suitcase as a permanent load. For private buyers, the tax changes starting in April will be a further deterrent and second hand, below the ridiculous £40000 rrp -including options – extra luxury tax, might be the way to go next time. After 53 years of sometimes exciting motors, my aspirations have sadly declined to practical, reliable, utilitarian options. My brother, a car nut, has a BMW 340D touring and a lotus Emira. I can’t get in or out of either!
As @Glos-Guy says it depens on how you use the car. I make one, sometimes two 300 mile plus journeys a month. On the journeys I can average between 34 and 4ompg depending on traffic. However, I do think I could better that, if I adjusted my speed 😂
To counteract that, my daily journeys are typically no more than 50 but mostly within the 35-39 mile electric range. Further to that, I do 100 miles a week purely on electric taking my daughter too and from school each day, therefore I easily balance out the longer journeys I do and was able to average 60+mpg, compared to Glos Guy who is averaging around 48mpg.
If, I was purely doing local driving within the battery range my average economy would be astounding, with only petrol being used to tickover the engine, to provide heat for the cabin.
The Kodiaq would provide slightly better economy on longer journeys, due to the extra electric range but, if your journeys are within the battery range 90% of the time, it would work out twice as economical as the Touran, as would the Tucson or any other PHEV.