Isn’t it interesting how many of us went down the PHEV route and haven’t been impressed?
I guess that we should keep in mind that PHEVs were primarily aimed at company car drivers who didn’t want BEVs. It saved them a lot of ‘benefit in kind’ taxation without having to suffer the limitations of a BEV, hence why many never even bother to charge them. If you don’t pay for your fuel you’re not bothered about the very poor mpg when the battery is depleted.
@gilders Your post sums up exactly how I feel about our Tucson PHEV. Has all the kit you could ever want and a very practical car (bings and ruddy bongs aside), but boring as hell to drive. I want to get some fun back into driving as well, so am considering options.
@Will I also find the need to charge after every journey a real faff, even though I charge at home in my garage. Public charging makes no sense whatsoever with a PHEV, as it takes too long for too little range, and if paying public charging costs it would probably be cheaper (and certainly ten times easier) to just do those miles on petrol.
@kdwolf The CX-60 was a close second when we were last looking. The size and stated bhp appealed but, now having a PHEV, I realise that the stated bhp is a bit of a joke as you only get it when you floor it with a charged battery and the engine kicks in. I think our PHEV is something like 260bhp but it doesn’t feel as quick as our previous petrol BMW 2.0i which had something like 177bhp which was, of course, always available!
Like everyone else, I think it’s more likely to be a BEV or ICE car next time. I might consider a BMW PHEV as long as it’s one with a 3.0i six cylinder petrol engine, rather than the somewhat puny 1.5 / 1.6 petrol engines that most PHEVs have. Unfortunately that means leaving Motability but, unless we decide to go down the BEV route, that’s looking more and more likely by the week!
