@Rene I’m following you! Previous Seat Ateca, now in an Enyaq but looking at the Explorer Premium for the next car, not until Oct 2026 though
I quite like the Enyaq overall and would consider another or an Elroq but my dealer is useless. The Ford dealer I had my previous Kuga from were excellent in comparison. Who knows what will come out in the next 15 months, I’ll just have to try and stop looking for a year!.
I quite like the Enyaq overall and would consider another or an Elroq but my dealer is useless. The Ford dealer I had my previous Kuga from were excellent in comparison. Who knows what will come out in the next 15 months, I’ll just have to try and stop looking for a year!.Good luck with that, we’re due in November and i’ve been looking (and test driving) for the last 6 months already lol.
I did like the Enyaq, it was just a little.. unwieldy, somehow. Hard to explain, i felt like being incredibly careful with the 21″ alloys etc (optional wheels on the demonstrator). I like the Enyaq powertrain (which is great since the Explorer has it too), but ultimately it was too big (so we tested the Elroq, which is a better fit, albeit a little.. boring, in a good way).
I will say, sorry to hear about your experiences with certain dealerships – i have yet to have a really bad one. We had a miffy one at our local VW shop – not unfriendly, just became disinterested after mentioning Motability, at which point we simply drove to the next VW dealership (30 miles away).
“Our” VW (Sinclair Port Talbot) is amazing, and so was “our” Skoda (Sinclair Swansea) – as well as “our” Ford (EvanHalshaws Bridgend). In fact, at Ford, the sales manager sorted us, not a MB trained guy – and he, completely out of the blue, even offered a 48h test drive on the Explorer which we’ll take him up on a bit closer to our ordering window (want to order the car when we drop it off).
We actually talked to him about this, and the fact that we feel uncomfortable usually disclaiming that it’s going to be a MB car and he immediately knew what we were talking about. Apparently, as a general rule, we got lucky to find mostly dealerships that don’t pay personal performance based salary, but just a fixed one. Meaning that the Salesguy doesn’t get a commission, just a flat bonus at the end of the month based on monthly sales of the entire dealership.
Makes it easier for everyone involved.
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.