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Apparently the Elroq will be taking a break from the scheme for a quarter.
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Not sure what to make of that – is it a joke – if not what is the source – I know the battery is being changed to a Chinese battery – my car in meant to be built this week – will be interested in seeing if next quarter proves your source right!!!
From reading that thread, the original source is a Skoda dealer and they’re saying orders are above expectations so they’re withdrawing it for one quarter.
This could be absolutely nonsense or accurate, I’ve no idea but I’d hate to think someone lost out because they were waiting to then lose the car. I’d definitely ask the dealership if I was looking at one in the near future.
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Ordered my first ever Motability car yesterday…. Drum roll…
elroq 85 Sportline [Maxx]
options : driver pack (DCC)The Škoda website doesn’t give the option of the driver pack, but the downloadable brochure does (so the confusion continues). The dealer was able to select it on his screen.
Will be keeping an eye on it for the next week to see if it gets rejected or not because of the driver pack. Especially now with this rumour that the car might be coming off the list for a quarter.
Another week and I will know if it was built or not – so time to adapt 👍
You do realise if your order is in, it’s going to be delivered? It’ll be no new orders in the new quarter, anything in the system will be honoured.
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Hopefully that’s true – always has been in the past ( this is my 7th car )
Unless you live somewhere very north and cold or do a high mileage and long distances – not sure you need the winter pack – if you are fortunate enough to have a drive and a charger on your property then you can pre condition your car on your phone app from your arm chair. – so no scraping ice etc
Apparently the Elroq will be taking a break from the scheme for a quarter.
Further to the above, and I don’t know if this is correct or otherwise, but another Skoda dealer has also posted yesterday (2nd June 25) via another Motability related fb group that the Elroq is being removed from the Motability scheme for Q3 2025 (i.e. commencing 1st July 25).
It would be interesting to know what percentage of Elroq orders in the UK are Motability or company as opposed to private purchase 🤔
Ordered my first ever Motability car yesterday…. Drum roll… elroq 85 Sportline [Maxx] options : driver pack (DCC) The Škoda website doesn’t give the option of the driver pack, but the downloadable brochure does (so the confusion continues). The dealer was able to select it on his screen. Will be keeping an eye on it for the next week to see if it gets rejected or not because of the driver pack. Especially now with this rumour that the car might be coming off the list for a quarter.
Great choice only thing I would say is that in the event of a total loss you won’t get the cost of the driver pack paid out.
Over the years the only thing I have ever added beyond the Motability offer is carpets – some cars have been meaner than others – glad you ordered your car Melinda – hopefully you will get all you asked for 👍
Glad you managed to get all the spec you wanted Teejay – and the wait begins – have they given you a date – as you are new to the scheme you may well get you car before me – mine is meant to be end of July 😁👍
Yep just been back to the dealer to add it as a £650 addition to AP. So basically my Elroq sportline 85 Maxx + winter pack (heated windscreen) is now TRULY Maxxed!! This waiting is a real Sod though… 😂😂😂😂
Thats one hell of a car for that AP though.
It most certainly is!!
Awaiting my first motability vehicle, Skoda Elroq spotline 85 Maxx
Ordered my first ever Motability car yesterday…. Drum roll… elroq 85 Sportline [Maxx] options : driver pack (DCC) The Škoda website doesn’t give the option of the driver pack, but the downloadable brochure does (so the confusion continues). The dealer was able to select it on his screen. Will be keeping an eye on it for the next week to see if it gets rejected or not because of the driver pack. Especially now with this rumour that the car might be coming off the list for a quarter.
I have an order number from the dealer now, but that doesn’t really help in tracking the order, as I think the Skoda app needs a VIN number. So still not sure if the order has been ‘accepted’ with the driver pack, but I have to assume at this stage that it is 🙂
Same order as me – except the driver pack – if you have the Motability app and you have set up an account as well as giving you a PIN number that you will need when collecting the car – it will also show order details including how much you will have to pay – I have never had any extras outside of the scheme offer, apart from occasionally carpets – I suspect it will be two payments one to Motability and the driver pack as a separate payment to the garage.
What colour did you go for?
Yeah you’re right – the Motability app just says it’s the advance payment for the Maxx package. So suspect I’ll pay the difference to the dealer direct.
Haha the colour!! I say that because it took me weeks to actually place the order just because I couldn’t decide on the colour. I liked it in black (saw it at the dealership), but I have a thing for red cars. Asked husband, children, neighbours and friends if they preferred it in black or red and they all said black. So ofourse I went for the red. At least it will stand out I guess as there won’t be many of them about.
The chatging cable that comes with the car will be 22kW and 5m in length. If you need a longer cable, there are used ones on ebay that will save you money.
Going to test drive one today, as “our” dealership (not the closest one, but definitely the most competent one around here) invited us to do so, they have a new 85 Sportline demonstrator (as opposed to the Edition one they had before). Very much hoping that my biggest gripe with the Enyaq didn’t carry over to the Elroq (the brake pedal “feel”, the Enyaq had a weirdly soft pedal, which made it hard to judge – almost like it was low on brake fluid). That and the fact it doesn’t come in the new Enyaq green (and the plastic bits around the wheel arches staying unpainted even in Sportline).
I will ask about removal from the scheme, which would be rather sad but not that surprising. Pretty sure the thing flies off the shelves.
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Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.Hi Rene – the sportline comes with paddles as opposed to just the B switch on the edition – I have a Kona with paddles – not quite one pedal but 3 levels to choose and holding paddle brings you to a stop – I test drove the 85 edition – they didn’t have a sportline to test – I found it fine – didn’t notice any sponginess – there seemed to be the odd review that suggests the brakes are a little spongy, but the vast majority of reviews are very positive – unlike you, you will be testing the version you are likely to order – let us know how you got on and what you thought of the paddles – good luck 👍
Cheers Tillyman.
We now had a quick and cheeky test drive. 85 Sportline, with optional wheels.
Drives, imo, better than the Enyaq. Particularly the brake is a vast improvement. Now, we did drive the 85x Enyaq Sportline, maybe that’s why, but yeah.. This one drove lovely. You can tell it’s heavy, the “sport suspension” isn’t able to hide that, and the steering doesn’t give any feedback (as is normal nowadays) – but we expected that, it is kind of a “culture shock” going from a lukewarm hatch to a lump, sorry, SUV.
Pulls nice, drives nice, feels very safe. Also able to kind of guess where the car ends, as opposed to the Enyaq that felt like there was half a mile of car behind me.
I can also confirm that Skoda will pull the Elroq next quarter, our salesman (very nice guy, btw) mentioned that it might be because stock is dwindling (meaning more “””real customers””” need factory orders as opposed to taking a car from stock).
Lastly.. Only for the next three weeks, Sinclair Skoda in Swansea (i don’t know if it’s ALL Skoda, ALL Sinclair Skoda or just the dealership in Swansea) will contribute £750 AP to both Enyaq in all available specs, as well as the Elroq in all available specs. Which makes this a ridiculous steal imho. Sadly we’re going to miss out on this deal (can’t order yet), but even if you’re 200 miles away, £750 is £750. Worth the journey. Look for the 5″10 ish guy around 30yo, with very (very) short hair (almost bald). Forgot the name – pretty sure it’s their Motability guy though. He was nothing but courteous and accommodating. Would’ve given us the car for an extended test drive too, but we only took it for 45ish minutes (unaccompanied).
That all said: if it’s back by the time we get to order, it’s a guaranteed order, even without the £750 contribution (assuming the prices stay the sameish).
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Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.Glad it all went well Rene – when do you hope to order – I seem to remember reading somewhere that the x will change the feel and suspension- especially if the wheels are more than 20 inch – it’s all the smart safety tech that impresses me too – I know bings and bongs aren’t for everyone but reversing out of a disabled bay at Tesco with people materialising from anywhere – bring on the bing – bring on the bong 😂👍
In three months we can start to order – i expected a bit more of an ordeal test driving cars (Mach E etc), but turns out that with our second test drive (first one being the Enyaq) we already found “our” car.
In regards to safety tech, well i do like that i can mostly turn everything off straight from the main screen (in particular the lane holding assist, which i personally find outright dangerous). The speeding bong for going 21 in a 20mph zone isn’t particularly impressive either.
The only other downside really, i hate the indicator sound. Not just in the Skodas, but all modern “beep” style indicators that don’t sound like a relay clicking. Obviously wouldn’t be a reason not to go for it, but you know, just voicing my impressions – and that’s something i immediately said to me lady when we drove off the lot.
I forgot to mention, the most impressive thing about the Elroq (and the Enyaq, for that matter) is the turning radius if you go for the 2wd (“non-X”) model. That kind of shocked me, it’s considerably and noticeably smaller than even in the Golf (in fact, it’s smaller than a VW UP!, which is kind of insane). We took it to Swansea Hospital (because that’s where we were before we went on the test drive, we knew their parking lot was ram packed), an absolute breeze taking it through narrow and tight corners despite the size. Starting to wonder, really, what the upside of the 4wd is supposed to be – much larger turning radius, decreased efficiency/range, no improved traction for 95% of the driving situations. Makes the 2wd a no-brainer for us.
Though, definitely splurge for the Maxx pack, if you like music. The standard sound system is rather anaemic (the demonstrator did not have the Maxx pack – the Enyaq did, and the uprated system does the trick).
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Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.Yes I think it is sensible to be able to turn off bings if you don’t find them useful – I have ordered it with the maxx – won’t really know until I have it but my understanding is you can Taylor it to the driver ie not just seats and mirrors but the safety profile.
there has been a big deal made of the fact that there are no physical climate controls – but I tend to set it before I start and with a press of a button you can tell it your hot or cold – sounds like I will have my car before you – end of July allegedly – I will be happy to give an honest opinion of good and not so good from my perspective – 7 weeks to go – when it gets to 2 the excitement will grow 👍
That’s interesting about the Elroq sound system, I’d assumed it would be the same components as the Enyaq.
I had a 73 plate Enyaq with the standard sound system as a loan car while my 85X with the canton systems was in for a battery and seat heater replacement. I was surprised by how little difference there was, as I think you know the Canton “sub-woofer (cheap Chinese 5″ speaker in a plastic box)” is buried in the most stupid place possible!, enclosed inside a polystyrene box and buried in a metal well in the boot under the floor/carpet, it’s almost inaudible.
I’m not due to start looking for my next car until September 2026 so will have to have a good listen to the Elroq if it’s still on my list, at the moment the Enyaq Sportline has a better spec than the Elroq Sportline and comes with the Canton system and the HUD as standard. I wouldn’t add the winter or maxx pack as the heated windscreen isn’t needed (I have it on the 85X) as I just pre-heat the car and I don’t need any of the other bits and pieces.
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
there has been a big deal made of the fact that there are no physical climate controls – but I tend to set it before I start and with a press of a button you can tell it your hot or cold
Yeah.. Our current car has the same (non-)issue. You have a physical button to get to the AC controls, but the controls itself are on the touch screen. Now, some people, judging by their statements, require the possibility to adjust their AC multiple times a drive, in fine detail – we on the other hand, like you, set the AC once and that’s it. On, or off. We can handle a single button press on the screen.
Now.. Capacitive buttons on the steering wheel/dash, that’s a slightly different story, but not an issue on Skodas.
That’s interesting about the Elroq sound system, I’d assumed it would be the same components as the Enyaq. I had a 73 plate Enyaq with the standard sound system as a loan car while my 85X with the canton systems was in for a battery and seat heater replacement. I was surprised by how little difference there was, as I think you know the Canton “sub-woofer (cheap Chinese 5″ speaker in a plastic box)” is buried in the most stupid place possible!, enclosed inside a polystyrene box and buried in a metal well in the boot under the floor/carpet, it’s almost inaudible. I’m not due to start looking for my next car until September 2026 so will have to have a good listen to the Elroq if it’s still on my list, at the moment the Enyaq Sportline has a better spec than the Elroq Sportline and comes with the Canton system and the HUD as standard. I wouldn’t add the winter or maxx pack as the heated windscreen isn’t needed (I have it on the 85X) as I just pre-heat the car and I don’t need any of the other bits and pieces.
No, i actually didn’t look “as deep” as to speaker positions, our only comparison is the Enyaq with Canton system (and the Elroq without). We weren’t particular impressed with the Canton system either, but we did put that down to not wanting to faff with the “equalizer”. This time, we did (well, there’s only three sliders without Canton system, so not much faffing possible in the first place), and there was no possible setting that even got us to what the Golf has as standard, in terms of depth/bass etc.
I simply assumed that the Canton system would fix the issue when set up correctly, but it may well be that the Canton system is anaemic too (just slightly less so).In terms of Enyaq vs Elroq, it’s thankfully slightly simpler for us. The Enyaq, in Sportline, only comes as the AWD variant, which from the get-go makes it unattractive to us. If we needed the Enyaqs size desperately, maybe a different story – as is, the Elroq is spacious enough (more than), so the biggest advantage of the Enyaq doesn’t matter to us.
In terms of equipment, an 85x Sportline Enyaq is the same price as the 85 Sportline Elroq Maxx. The Elroq in that case comes better equipped (regardless of whether it’s needed or not). The only thing speaking FOR the Enyaq in this comparison for us is that the Maxx package on the Enyaq includes DCC which isn’t available on the Elroq (it is optional according to the brochure, but have seen conflicting information on that front).
I do agree that the Sportline Enyaq doesn’t need the Maxx package, we’d be happy without – which makes it, as mentioned, the same price as a Maxx Elroq for us (which does need it as i do like the HUD etc).
Maybe a different story if there was a 85 Sportline Enyaq on the scheme, but to put it slightly differently, i wouldn’t trade away slightly more equipment, better range, better turning circle, better efficiency, less weight etc pp just for an increase in physical size, which objectively is all an 85x Enyaq offers over an 85 Elroq Maxx. We can talk back and forth about the “4wd” of the Enyaq, but to us, it doesn’t offer any advantage. Maybe on snow and ice, but that’s so rare that in almost three years of “owning” the GTE, we drove on slippery ground once. Pointless to trade off range etc for that one time a year (or one time in three years, in our case). But ymmv in that regard, i don’t know which part of the country you are from – if you’re in the north of scotland or something, then i can see that being an argument. Down here in south wales, not so much.
edit: on the subwoofer, if it’s in the same position in the Elroq, it’d still be slightly closer to the driver/passenger, due to an overall decrease in length. At least, that’d be my guess, it depends on where they sliced the boot off (if they cut off the back, or sliced out a piece of the front). But there’s at least the possibility of sounding better purely by being a smaller “inside space”, if that makes sense. We weren’t impressed – with the Ateca before, and the Golf now, we thought that the stock system will “make do” – with the Elroq we immediately came to the conclusion that it needs the sound system, without actually knowing if it fixes the issue.
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