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Hello fellow Skodians. I hought I would start this thread, as there seems to be quite a few either taken ownership, placed orders or just thinking about getting the best ev out there.
So, any questions that someone may be able to answer, any good or bad dealings with dealers, specs wanted or received, perhaps someone could help others in their quest
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The new enyaq 85 details are up on autoexpress says from 31st october, seems the sportsline plus features become standard.
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I’ve just read the article on Autoexprss.
That’s quite different to the 80 range. The only difference between the 85 and 85x now then is the 85x is front and rear drive and has less range. I’m going to be ordering this car and I’m new to rear wheel drive as well as 4 wheel drive, does it make that much difference?
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If it’s basically a new model, with increased pricing I wonder if Skoda will pull it from Motability on the 31st October?
I think you might be spot on their Andy….
On Skoda media it states that the 85x 4×4 is the same price as the rear wheel sport line rear wheel drive
“All-wheel drive is now offered as standard on the SportLine Plus trim, at no premium over the previous rear-wheel drive model, from £48,605 OTR.”
so why should they?
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Is that something motability do? I can’t order until Nov 22nd and had got my hopes up for getting one of these.
I’m new to rear wheel drive as well as 4 wheel drive, does it make that much difference?
Permanent 4 wheel drive, which I believe the 80x is, is the best of both worlds and will provide better traction in wetter weather and to some degree better traction in ice or snow over a Front or rear wheel drive car. That said a 2 wheel drive car fitted with all weather tyres would be better than a 4 wheel drive without these tyres. Fron’t wheel drive pulls you along and round corners and can cause understeer, where as rear wheel drive pushes you can get oversteer. Personaly I prefer all or rear wheel drive and is something that will become second nature after a day or two. Another benifit of rear wheel drive is the car can be more agile and more manouverable in tighter spaces. Taking into consideration the weight of an EV along with it 50/50 weight distribution are also advantages perhaps over a RWD petrol or diesel whith its unequal weight distribution in snowy or icy conditions 🙂
Is it true that even though its a rear wheel drive, the fact it’s a heavy ev with better weight distribution that you don’t get the problems you did with say the BMW rear wheel drive ice cars
That’s for your input @kezo, that’s really helpful. ???
Thanks @Tommy
Just in case anyone else was worrying about MY24 changes and whether the Enyaq would still be avialable: This morning I spoke to a local Skoda dealer asking them if the Enyaq would still be on the Motability scheme after the new MY24 specs are out. They checked and just got back to me, and confirmed that the Enyaq isn’t being removed from the Motbility at the end of the month and would remain on the scheme. I mentioned that I was looking to go for the 80/80x Sportline plus and they said that shouldn’t be a problem.
However this is true, but its so negligible the range is reduced by less than 10 miles and the turning circle is less than .5m which is still much better than most cars smaller than this
So it seems those whose delivery date is next year will be getting the 85. Fingers crossed and everything else.
The 4wd system is variable depending on selected drive mode according to Enyaq reviews I’ve seen.
Simplified
Eco is mainly rear drive
Normal is more balanced between 2 and AWD
Sport is Awd
The 4 WD Enyaq has a bigger turning circle than the rear wheel drive version, and less range.
But it’s quicker.
Most of the feedback from owners is that the AWD version adds very little, if anything, over the RWD version. It’s also worth remembering that the turning circle on the Enyaq is very impressive for such a big car, losing a little won’t make it difficult to turn, just more to what you’d expect.
It strikes me as a little odd that you have a car capable of doing 0-62 in just under 7 seconds but tops out before 100mph.
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Unless of course if you are a Motability customer, then the vehicle order will automatically be cancelled
the customer will be required to resubmit the vehicle order with the correct vehicle REF for the 85 model otherwise the dealership won’t be able to delivery an 85 vehicle as it won’t match the new 85 REF once they are uploaded to the Motability website.
One caveat is that there is a possibility that the AP will be much higher on the new 85 and some models won’t make it back on;
for example anyone who ordered a 80 sportline RWD after the build week changed they would receive an 85 AWD sportline plus, Motability would never allow this.
Best just to wait and see what the new AP is
The 4 WD Enyaq has a bigger turning circle than the rear wheel drive version, and less range.
But it’s quicker. Most of the feedback from owners is that the AWD version adds very little, if anything, over the RWD version. It’s also worth remembering that the turning circle on the Enyaq is very impressive for such a big car, losing a little won’t make it difficult to turn, just more to what you’d expect. It strikes me as a little odd that you have a car capable of doing 0-62 in just under 7 seconds but tops out before 100mph.
Being slightly quicker 0-60mph doesn’t bother me at all. I’m currently in a 4 motion Allspace so am used to not rushing. I’m not sure I would pick the X Enyaq as I have also read a lot of reviews where people think it adds little, apart from wight, and possible extra noise from the other motor. I’m currently looking at the coupe anyway, where 4 wd isn’t an option currently (wonder what will happen there)
99mph is fine for me (I think the new one will do 112?) as I’m sure the range takes a hit at that speed.My dealer thinks that if the build allocation is just before or after the 31st then it cannot be anything else but the new my 24 year 85kw. Seems a very keen intelligent guy. So as he said let’s wait and when we get the build date.
My dealer thinks that if the build allocation is just before or after the 31st then it cannot be anything else but the new my 24 year 85kw. Seems a very keen intelligent guy. So as he said let’s wait and when we get the build slot we will know for sure . 20 weeks from now we are not far off first quarter of the year gone so I tend to believe him.
I was undecided between the 80 and 80X Sportline Plus in part because of the difference in 0-60 time but in the 85 and 85X the difference is reduced to 0.1S so now the only real differences between the 2 are the 2 or 4 WD, 17 miles of range and £400 AP.
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