This is true and false – it is on the MEB platform, yes, but it’s not the same car. MEB is a platform, basically anything EV from VAG (plus “Capri” and Explorer) sit on that platform.
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The reality is sadly not that the Explorer is “too expensive”, it’s the other way around if you look at all other ESUV. I certainly pray it stays that way until we get to order ours, but objectively, the Skoda twins are simply very competitively priced.
We looked at the Skoda twins but despite trying two local-ish dealers we werern’t able to test drive any of them, and felt we were being given the brush off as Motability customers.
In the end we test drove both the Ford Capri & Explorer, and we’ve gone for the badly named Capri as it has the larger boot of the two (and is much better looking).
Yes, it’s expensive, but we had budgeted over the last 3 years for having to spend much more in the expectation of greater AP rises, so we are in the very fortunate position of being able to afford the premium that seems to come with these Ford models. (And, the Ford dealership in Loughborough have been incredibly helpful and accommodating).
