As a middle aged Dad,... I. LOVE. THIS. Just give me practical and thoughtful. I don't need insane 0-60, just give me a clever compartment and a door umbrella. Yes, I'm dull. But proud.
Also enough room for a child seat in the back and the bloody excellent sun-shades inside the doors plus the plastic pumpers in the sharp angles of the door, so kids can't destroy neighboring cars and property with opening doors with a bang.
@ehta2413 i have a 6ft tall 14 year old. So, rear leg room in the rear seat. Unfortunately, in America we get rear leg room OR compact. Very few with both
There's a really good video on another channel about the Buzz. It talks about how image/design saved VW after the water-cooled cars came in. The New Beetle was a cover on the Rabbit setup and really nothing more, yet was transformational. What I didn't realize was that that design came out of California. The German VW heads should be looking outside the company for a new design for their platform -- I personally think a convertible is the missing piece. But the current designs coming from Germany are just awful. I sat in a ID4 for a minute with my daughter at a dealership, and we both just wanted to get out of that box.
Well this is a VW? Don't stare at the logos to much it is just an aesthetic feature, this is as much a VW as a VW branded car :) But agree Skoda has been awarded the better design direction by the big group
It'd be nice if Skoda were allowed to Skodify the ID3. That might actually be a good thing. Especially if they added that charging cable net on everything from now on, great idea.
@JackScarlett1 It looks like an ID3 with a slightly higher roof and an extra 15cm on the back to extend the boot. I really wish they'd just keep the roof as is and extend that back end by 20-30 cm instead, all in the boot...call it an ID3 Tourer, stick a Skoda badge on it and call it an Octavia EV...I'd want it either way.
This is one of the best-looking electric SUVs in the market. The front is designed cleverly and elegantly, and the rear is designed smartly having practicality in mind. The interiors too are classy.
Well people want practicality nowadays and Compact SUV's are the most practical cars. And they don't look bad either compared to station wagons for example.
@@omeharto288 Better suspension when running over potholes or for protecting your bumper from anything sticking out of the road. You sit higher and have better visibility and also it's much safer in a frontal crash due to you sitting higher. It's also much easier to get in- and out of the car, especially for older or not very mobile people. Compared to "normal" cars (I guess you mean sedans) the biggest upside obviously is being able to fit more stuff in your trunk. A compact SUV literally does well in each of the things I mentioned. They are great allrounders, plus they have a good fuel economy because they are much more compact than regular SUV's. Helps in tight city driving and garages too (at least in Europe).
Why couldn't they just make a small electric car the size of the Fabia instead? That's what we need... Not yet another overpriced boring SUV/Crossover thing. Update after watching the video: You know your car is boring, when the most interesting thing about it is the boot... Although I do agree that they are very smart design choices.... It's just a shame they are attached to this type of car though. The augmented head ups display is a nice touch too.
The reason they didn't make a Fabia is simple. Their ICE SUVs (Karoq, Kodyaq, Kamiq) have better sales numbers than the Fabia. They try to attract interest where there is demand.
❤100% agree market is flooded with suvs crossovers etc.... hatch backs akd estates arw what a family actually wants to buy. our old fleet of 2300 astra estates cdti 2017-2019 cars that all did 65-80mpg all day long were snapped up as soon as they hit auto Trader all sold within a month. nearly all to families
@@edwilko8819 It's crazy isn't it? Just look at how excited people get in the comments when there's reviews for smaller, more affordable electric cars.
@@HonestWatchReviewsHWR In a few months, deliveries of the Hyundai Inster will begin. On which we shall see if the demand is real or just online gossip.
Efficiency absolutely needs to grab more focus. It's key to everything. More efficiency = greater range = no need for bigger batteries = even more efficiency and so on. Virtuous circles right there
Er, well..... I KINDA take your point..... but, not very far....! ..... because, obviously, a price which is massively lower than any car, realistically, could ever be priced at....is a redundant argument.... isn't it.!! People are always banging on about how cars should be MUCH less expensive.....they're just never gonna be.... unless they're stripped right down to the bare minimum possible.... ...or....that elusive, magical new battery tech comes along which slashes the cost of batteries by 50%..70%..80%..........!?!?
@@andymccabe6712 yea of course, but I think the prices of LFP batteries just has fallen about 50% at least in China... But till these prices arrive at the customer level it will need at least 1-2 years.
😂defo out of touch no new cars have been 10-15k for about 20years. sick to you 2nd hand cars if thats ur budget. plus 97% of all new car sold are so via lease or lease contract hire so no one cares about the price just the monthly €250-400 instalments. u could buy the New Dacia Ev thats sub €17k new
don't come to Ausi then, just about half the vehicles there are double cab utes (pick up trucks), but I agree, it is not a good look. However even though I have a Ranger wildtrak I will be test driving the Shark 6 in December when it arrives, why? because it will be the first pick ever that can drive for over 80ks on ev only, and that suits me just fine, as most of my driving is done around town including picking up the grandkids from school. Plus my boat is 2 tons so no problem towing, and I do not go bush bashing, unfortunately I am too old for that now. By the way I live in NZ, and it is a small country, so here we do not have any Simpson deserts to cross.
The Skoda Elroq has a length of 4488 mm, a height of 1654 mm, a width of 1884 mm without the exterior mirrors and a weight of 1949 kg. TOO WIDE. I have a personal limit of 1800mm width. Had a Mazda CX-5 that was 1840, not going there again. Bring on the Kia EV2.
It would be great to see that cable storage in the tailgate. The parcel shelf is one of the first things to be removed as soon as the car is loaded up for the first tip run. Great idea to remove the cable from under the boot floor, but not convinced this stowage will be in place after 12 months of normal use. A HUD should be on ALL EVs as a safety measure.
The problem here is that batteries are heavy, so smaller EVs tend to have limited range - for instance, the Mini. Once you have a battery of any size, it makes relatively less difference to performance metrics to have a large body. Combine that with EVs’ current price premium, and you have a recipe right now for lots of large, heavy vehicles. (That won’t last forever.)
Me too. Austen Montego rubbish car but me my brother and sister used to fight who would go in the rear facing boot seats. Lord knows why, they were really uncomfortable.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how brilliant Jack is. I’m a huge petrol head but he still manages to get me to watch videos on cars I’m not the slightest bit interested in and I enjoy it!! In 10 years if Top Gear was to have another re-boot I think Jack would be is saviour!
Why? It is only about 12cm more height...and this is the height of the Batterie pack in the bottom. An Enyaq is no SUV at all to me...but just a kind of little higher Octavia.
@@josefv-y8m having driven Octavias, including the estate version, also a Kodiaq and now the Enyaq, they are quite different. The Kodiaq was enormous and I never really needed a car that big. The Enyaq is smaller than the Kodiaq but is still bigger than an Octavia. The Octavia is just a car I felt comfortable with. An estate is my best fit due to having a medium sized dog, I suppose it just comes down to preference.
As a current Kodiaq owner of 7 years who no longer has need of a massive boot (to carry cinema kit) this all looks very interesting. However, I wonder how often Jack does the shopping? 3Kg of load on the parcel shelf - that's a large bottle of milk and a carton of orange juice! :)
Our 2021 Ioniq does around 5.3 m/kwh. Its got a light and frankly weak battery but the point on efficiency cannot be understated. Glad this is coming back as a selling point over battery capacity alone.
Great ideas in that boot. Now, will they get moved into redesigns of the other models in their range? I'll second the idea that the cable storage should be on the inside of the tailgate, so it doesn't get left out/obscured at any time.
I suspect their best selling car is the Octavia, many many taxis and private hire drivers use them because they are so practical and good, wouldn't it have been a logical move to make an EV replacement for one of those instead of yet another SUV? We need more saloon and hatchbacks in Europe, plus estate versions of those same cars.
Correct, the Octavia is Skoda's best selling saloon, and for a while, the Octavia Estate was Europe's biggest selling estate car. It may still be so, I haven't checked.
Great video Jack. I quite like the front end. The back could do with being un-Enyaqed. The boot base that can be flipped between rubber base and carpet is genuis. I've seen a couple of reviews on the elroq and I'm sure Jack's the first to point it out.
We need smaller EVs the size of the cupra born or even smaller still. Not another crossover SUV... Or perhaps more cool looking roadsters. At least Porsche are working on one of those
@@karlwest437 Not hard to make, but impossible to sell. Manufacturers are in the market to sell cars, so they make cars that people want to buy. Like it or not, more people want to buy SUVs or CUVs than want to buy saloons or hatchbacks.
Nice looking car... some design elements especially in the boot are reminiscent of the practicality of the amazing YETI!! Which was by far one of the best car Skoda made.. If only Skoda ever worked out that there is a cohort of people out there who loved the YETI for its "mini-suv" and had the sense to make an EV version.. Jack, you videos are great mate.. keep up the good work
I like that understated design language, but I wish they could scale it down to Fabia size and price say about £23 -24,000. Keep the HUD but strip out the rest of the"Fault-prone-in-three-years" electonics. Personally, I'd be happy with wind-up windows, no air-con, no infotainment system, a textured painted headlining and full width rear- seats as optional extras if that brought down the weight and cost.
First time I seen one of these in the metal, I was surprised by how big it was. I had expected it to be smaller. I thought it was a very good looking car. You never mentioned about the air curtains at the front.
I agree with Jack that the sizes are confusing. The Enyaq is 4649mm long and the Epiq will be 4100mm. So seems logical for the Elroq to be in the middle like the Karoq at 4382mm. But the Elroq is bigger than the Karoq and only 161mm shorter than the Enyaq. Hardly a "compact" crossover.
I can only think that whoever decided "let's not have physical buttons, let's have touch sensitive ones, including a really garbage one for volume" has the goods on the CEO.
Love Jacks reviews and I must agree my first impression is they have at least designed it as an EV and made a more practical car to make use of the space.
It was all going so well: I loved the boot; Then we get inside and there's a far-far-too-big screen to distract the driver and obstruct the view through the windscreen. That's such a shame.
@@abraxastulammo9940 I used to have a home TV with a screen that size. It's excessive and unnecessary in an ordinary car. For a flat, it would be fine though.
Great car, I like it. It’s one I would consider when the lease runs out on my Kia EV6. I wonder if Skoda will do a coupé version like they did with the Enyaq.
I love our Enyaq, so this smaller version is a good move. I agree that maybe a proper small car rather than another cross-over medium-large car would also be good too.
First time watching your video and must say you produce some quality crisps no nonsense content, well done. Good to see Europeans are finally taking the challenge of making an EV seriously. Sad to see with such latest VW products they still fall behind the Chinese competitors. Skoda deserves the praise nonetheless, perhaps VW will also take a note and allow Skoda greater access to funds and resources for it to come up with more relevant and up to date product next time around
Nice... though I personally think Huddersfield is a fine town and looking forward to visiting it again! I wonder though if this will come to the U.S.... my guess is not.
As a crossover hater… nice design, but it’s about time the manufacturers got over grey exterior with assorted grey interior. I suppose it matches the colour of the roads and the weather. Maybe it also matches the market share they’re after.
Just priced one of these up on Skodas website. With the bigger battery and speccing it to a decent level, it quickly becomes a £45k car. I’d take a £52k ID7 estate (which is what I have) over this at that price - loads of extra space.
It is like Jack has never seen the boot of a skoda hatch before. The Octavia from 10+ years ago has all those similar "clever" boot items as this car (sans the netting as we didn't need to look after cables back then!)
My 2001 Fabia Estate, which I bought new, had hooks in the boot for carrier bags. It had two sliding drawers under the front seats, for storing bits and bobs. The little clip, useful for parking permits etc, was on the driver's windscreen pillar. There were also 2 little pockets on the inner sides of the front seats, to hold a mobile phone....
I really like @skoda styling & ‘simply clever’ness. A Touch I’d like that the sun visors could have a slide out & extend section, for when the sun is coming through the side windows, we can allready pull & pivot them 90 degrees to the windows, but the lower winter sun means exposed glaring to the B pillar. Yes it’s a niche want, but so is an umbrella. That boot net for the cable, great idea. A thought I had it that their would be a tray behind the number plate that comes out with a wave of your foot, but the principle is the same, easy access rather than a storage space, inevitably under your ‘shopping & stuff’ Very much look forward to seeing their very sleek & therefore MORE efficient estates. The Superb L&K awd ooohhh !!! :-)
Argghhh more big centre screen madness….. they should just go for the active cockpit display that their ice cars have and minimise the display clutter in the middle of the car + have physical controls for the principal heating settings…
EV database says: Elroq Edition 85: 77kWh useable, 210kW RWD, 280miles, NCM, 8yr warranty, 175kW charging, Plug & Charge, 0-62 6.6s Had pretty much written off Skoda for EVs, but this is a serious consideration. Liked the thoughtful touches of the Octavia and missed them in the Kia e-Niro. 🤔
@@AssaultedPeanut Pull you in with the basic 4 wheels and steering wheel cheap price but everything that makes the car is an optional extra. Puts me right off.
@@MancMotoThere are not many manufacturers of LFP in Europe for one, and 85 kWh LFP in this car would be too heavy. But perhaps on the 55 kWh version. Why is the warranty crazy?
Yeah but this drives better too. I love my enyaq, I'm on my 2nd one, but driving the Elroq on Škoda's test track was fun. Drove it back to back with an Enyaq RS and this is much better when you're chucking it around on a slalom course.
Worst thing about this, the marketing department. On the website they put the 54kwh promote it as not a distance car. I would have no issue with doing several long trips a year in the 54kwh.
It will come in 2027 at the earliest. Next in line is an even smaller Epiq SUV in 2025 and then some sort of sedan/combi as an EV alternative to the Octavia/Superb in 2026.
Exactly ... then the cables are never going to be underneath anything or squeezed into a net that will eventually get damaged as you pull it in and out. Every EV can surely be made with enough space under the bonnet for cables ... Tesla have been doing it for years.
Great review. You should be on Top Gear...no joke. Does the Elroq have adjustable regenerative braking settings? My Enyaq has a fixed setting (set to brutal) and is unusable.
I really like the look. I like the idea that even if this is EV, is doesn't have to scream, look at me, I'm futuristic! And if was proven many times, that designs like this age slower.
Actually the Cd of 0.26 is the best case, depending on the trim, it increases to 0.28 which is not amazing for an electric car, the Porsche Taycan reaches 0.22. To really compare drag values, we need the Cd multiplied by the frontal area (called Cd.A). I estimated the Skoda frontal area at 2.65m2 which is large. This gives us a Cd.A of 0.692m2, 35% larger than the Taycan (0.513m2) and 11% higher than the VW ID3 (0.621m2). The new cars are large and we really need car manufacturer to specify the frontal area for aero comparison.
Very good....now they just need a Renault 5 size car..... something like the old Fabia VRS. Also any chance you could do a cash purchase v finance purchase v leasing video for EVs please Jack.
Styling wise it's actually a nice looking car compared most competitors, especially with those front headlights. The most important question of all though, will it be available in proper nice colours like red, yellow, green etc? Or is it VW's usual arrangement of 50 shades of white/black/grey?
Jack-videos are a pleasure! Could you please translate miles and miles per kWh for us metric people. Fully Charged Show has fans all over the world.
I will second your request.
Jack mentions in the video 4 miles per kilowatt hours. Converted to metric that’s 6.4 kilometres per kilowatt hour.
yeah that's the thing that should be on screen@@francoisg3500
And state it in kWh per 100km. I usually have a known distance I want to drive, not a given amount of every to spare.
@@francoisg3500 Thank you but we don't usually use that metric. kWh/100km would be preferred.
As a middle aged Dad,... I. LOVE. THIS.
Just give me practical and thoughtful. I don't need insane 0-60, just give me a clever compartment and a door umbrella.
Yes, I'm dull. But proud.
Also enough room for a child seat in the back and the bloody excellent sun-shades inside the doors plus the plastic pumpers in the sharp angles of the door, so kids can't destroy neighboring cars and property with opening doors with a bang.
Co-signed.
@ehta2413 i have a 6ft tall 14 year old. So, rear leg room in the rear seat. Unfortunately, in America we get rear leg room OR compact. Very few with both
I'm in complete agreement.
@@sh969😯He’s a big lad . Could be a basketball player 👍
VW are building everything decent EXCEPT VWs.
There's a really good video on another channel about the Buzz. It talks about how image/design saved VW after the water-cooled cars came in. The New Beetle was a cover on the Rabbit setup and really nothing more, yet was transformational. What I didn't realize was that that design came out of California. The German VW heads should be looking outside the company for a new design for their platform -- I personally think a convertible is the missing piece. But the current designs coming from Germany are just awful. I sat in a ID4 for a minute with my daughter at a dealership, and we both just wanted to get out of that box.
Well this is a VW? Don't stare at the logos to much it is just an aesthetic feature, this is as much a VW as a VW branded car :)
But agree Skoda has been awarded the better design direction by the big group
❤suv this that and cross overs argh horrible things
Nonsense. I'm super happy with my new VW ID4.
It's just a VW in a different frock.
It'd be nice if Skoda were allowed to Skodify the ID3. That might actually be a good thing. Especially if they added that charging cable net on everything from now on, great idea.
I'd say that's pretty much exactly what they've done here (albeit as an SUV booo)
The simplest ideas are often the best....
I think that’s a great idea. I don’t know why they haven’t done that yet.
@JackScarlett1 It looks like an ID3 with a slightly higher roof and an extra 15cm on the back to extend the boot. I really wish they'd just keep the roof as is and extend that back end by 20-30 cm instead, all in the boot...call it an ID3 Tourer, stick a Skoda badge on it and call it an Octavia EV...I'd want it either way.
I like the look of the ID.3, at least the newer face lift version. It's a decent looking car
This is one of the best-looking electric SUVs in the market. The front is designed cleverly and elegantly, and the rear is designed smartly having practicality in mind. The interiors too are classy.
Well thought out, classy interiors are becoming a Skoda trademark....
As much as I am sick of SUVs becoming the norm...This car does look really nice.
Well people want practicality nowadays and Compact SUV's are the most practical cars. And they don't look bad either compared to station wagons for example.
@@ChiliM4nI really don't see how an SUV of a comparable size is "more practical" than a normal car or station wagon, never got it.
@@omeharto288 Better suspension when running over potholes or for protecting your bumper from anything sticking out of the road. You sit higher and have better visibility and also it's much safer in a frontal crash due to you sitting higher. It's also much easier to get in- and out of the car, especially for older or not very mobile people.
Compared to "normal" cars (I guess you mean sedans) the biggest upside obviously is being able to fit more stuff in your trunk.
A compact SUV literally does well in each of the things I mentioned. They are great allrounders, plus they have a good fuel economy because they are much more compact than regular SUV's. Helps in tight city driving and garages too (at least in Europe).
Why couldn't they just make a small electric car the size of the Fabia instead? That's what we need... Not yet another overpriced boring SUV/Crossover thing.
Update after watching the video:
You know your car is boring, when the most interesting thing about it is the boot... Although I do agree that they are very smart design choices.... It's just a shame they are attached to this type of car though. The augmented head ups display is a nice touch too.
The reason they didn't make a Fabia is simple. Their ICE SUVs (Karoq, Kodyaq, Kamiq) have better sales numbers than the Fabia. They try to attract interest where there is demand.
❤100% agree market is flooded with suvs crossovers etc.... hatch backs akd estates arw what a family actually wants to buy.
our old fleet of 2300 astra estates cdti 2017-2019 cars that all did 65-80mpg all day long were snapped up as soon as they hit auto Trader all sold within a month. nearly all to families
@@Dqtube The market is crying out for smaller, more affordable electric cars.
@@edwilko8819 It's crazy isn't it? Just look at how excited people get in the comments when there's reviews for smaller, more affordable electric cars.
@@HonestWatchReviewsHWR In a few months, deliveries of the Hyundai Inster will begin. On which we shall see if the demand is real or just online gossip.
I like that it has NORMAL DOOR HANDLES! You don't really see that anymore these days...
PS: I enjoyed the review.
MG do it.
Majority of cars have normal handles.
The ones on the id4 look and feel cheap..and that's BEFORE you even get in....
I’m just watching these thinking ‘these EVs are the second hand purchases of the not too distant future’.
Same!
Efficiency absolutely needs to grab more focus. It's key to everything. More efficiency = greater range = no need for bigger batteries = even more efficiency and so on. Virtuous circles right there
I am the only one, who thinks an "affordable" car would be between 10.000-15000€ and not over 30.000€.
Er, well..... I KINDA take your point..... but, not very far....!
..... because, obviously, a price which is massively lower than any car, realistically, could ever be priced at....is a redundant argument.... isn't it.!!
People are always banging on about how cars should be MUCH less expensive.....they're just never gonna be.... unless they're stripped right down to the bare minimum possible....
...or....that elusive, magical new battery tech comes along which slashes the cost of batteries by 50%..70%..80%..........!?!?
They probably will be that much, when they're 3 years old and being resold after a lease.
@@andymccabe6712 yea of course, but I think the prices of LFP batteries just has fallen about 50% at least in China... But till these prices arrive at the customer level it will need at least 1-2 years.
The solution is easy, you can go and offer your skills to a producer for 4€/hour.
😂defo out of touch no new cars have been 10-15k for about 20years.
sick to you 2nd hand cars if thats ur budget.
plus 97% of all new car sold are so via lease or lease contract hire so no one cares about the price just the monthly €250-400 instalments.
u could buy the New Dacia Ev thats sub €17k new
If these cars are called little then the environment is fucked
It is small in its class, but by no means a small as a car. Jack also states that this is a medium sized car in Europe
don't come to Ausi then, just about half the vehicles there are double cab utes (pick up trucks), but I agree, it is not a good look. However even though I have a Ranger wildtrak I will be test driving the Shark 6 in December when it arrives, why? because it will be the first pick ever that can drive for over 80ks on ev only, and that suits me just fine, as most of my driving is done around town including picking up the grandkids from school. Plus my boat is 2 tons so no problem towing, and I do not go bush bashing, unfortunately I am too old for that now.
By the way I live in NZ, and it is a small country, so here we do not have any Simpson deserts to cross.
The Skoda Elroq has a length of 4488 mm, a height of 1654 mm, a width of 1884 mm without the exterior mirrors and a weight of 1949 kg.
TOO WIDE. I have a personal limit of 1800mm width. Had a Mazda CX-5 that was 1840, not going there again.
Bring on the Kia EV2.
Cars are not little therefore the environment is somehow fucked? There is no logic or evidence to that statement whatsoever. Non-sequitur.
It would be great to see that cable storage in the tailgate. The parcel shelf is one of the first things to be removed as soon as the car is loaded up for the first tip run. Great idea to remove the cable from under the boot floor, but not convinced this stowage will be in place after 12 months of normal use. A HUD should be on ALL EVs as a safety measure.
Not very handy when it is wet and the boot is full🤔
Need more small electric cars, we are over-saturated with medium ones
yes.
The problem here is that batteries are heavy, so smaller EVs tend to have limited range - for instance, the Mini. Once you have a battery of any size, it makes relatively less difference to performance metrics to have a large body. Combine that with EVs’ current price premium, and you have a recipe right now for lots of large, heavy vehicles. (That won’t last forever.)
@@DavidWalker1 MG will be coming out with solid state batteries next year, so watch this space as they say.
That's the Škoda Epiq coming next year
@@DavidWalker1 aerodynamics are more impactful on range than any other metric, so I'm afraid what you said isn't really correct.
I used to love riding around in the boot of our car when I was a kid. Aaah memories😅
volvo?
my mates telsa has the rear facing kid seats in the boot
Me too. Austen Montego rubbish car but me my brother and sister used to fight who would go in the rear facing boot seats.
Lord knows why, they were really uncomfortable.
@@brummiesalteno-81 me too, it was just the fun at annoying all the cars following you, us kids could be mean!
Your hobby was being abducted?
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how brilliant Jack is.
I’m a huge petrol head but he still manages to get me to watch videos on cars I’m not the slightest bit interested in and I enjoy it!! In 10 years if Top Gear was to have another re-boot I think Jack would be is saviour!
My Fabia 2013 has this feature with the boot shelf option half way, you can also place it tight to the rear seats in a vertical way
I love my Enyaq and if this is anything like as good then it will be a great buy. That said what I really, really want is an EV Octavia.
Why? It is only about 12cm more height...and this is the height of the Batterie pack in the bottom.
An Enyaq is no SUV at all to me...but just a kind of little higher Octavia.
@@josefv-y8m having driven Octavias, including the estate version, also a Kodiaq and now the Enyaq, they are quite different. The Kodiaq was enormous and I never really needed a car that big. The Enyaq is smaller than the Kodiaq but is still bigger than an Octavia. The Octavia is just a car I felt comfortable with. An estate is my best fit due to having a medium sized dog, I suppose it just comes down to preference.
As a current Kodiaq owner of 7 years who no longer has need of a massive boot (to carry cinema kit) this all looks very interesting.
However, I wonder how often Jack does the shopping? 3Kg of load on the parcel shelf - that's a large bottle of milk and a carton of orange juice! :)
10 packs of crisps and nuts 😜
Our 2021 Ioniq does around 5.3 m/kwh. Its got a light and frankly weak battery but the point on efficiency cannot be understated. Glad this is coming back as a selling point over battery capacity alone.
Took you long enough to publish, it’s been weeks since the launch. But then again, Jack makes it worth the wait 👏👏
Great ideas in that boot. Now, will they get moved into redesigns of the other models in their range? I'll second the idea that the cable storage should be on the inside of the tailgate, so it doesn't get left out/obscured at any time.
35.000 euro to start with. 43.000 for the big battery. Choose some options, and you get a nice one for 46.000. The new definition of 'affordable'.
Streetprice 28000?!
@@abraxastulammo9940 Not in the Netherlands.
I suspect their best selling car is the Octavia, many many taxis and private hire drivers use them because they are so practical and good, wouldn't it have been a logical move to make an EV replacement for one of those instead of yet another SUV? We need more saloon and hatchbacks in Europe, plus estate versions of those same cars.
Correct, the Octavia is Skoda's best selling saloon, and for a while, the Octavia Estate was Europe's biggest selling estate car. It may still be so, I haven't checked.
Brilliant video Jack, by you and the team, and that Skoda looks really cool. I can't believe I just said that.
Is there a frunk? And is the software reasonable and updatable
Yes. I currently have an Enyaq and this is my next car. No brainer.
Great video Jack. I quite like the front end. The back could do with being un-Enyaqed. The boot base that can be flipped between rubber base and carpet is genuis. I've seen a couple of reviews on the elroq and I'm sure Jack's the first to point it out.
interesting efficiency. with my e-niro frst edition I have to try hard to get below 4.0 ......
Thank you so much for this review. Number 1️⃣ on UA-cam. 👏 AND one of the most interesting new cars lately.
One of the most exciting car I ever seen in this year! Love the design. The car is just so beautiful
Looks like the perfect Car in this segment. Thanks for showing the smartness of Skoda.
The original Renault Scenic did the same trick with the luggage cover, being able to be positioned at half-height for a split load area.
We need smaller EVs the size of the cupra born or even smaller still. Not another crossover SUV...
Or perhaps more cool looking roadsters. At least Porsche are working on one of those
@@karlwest437
Not hard to make, but impossible to sell. Manufacturers are in the market to sell cars, so they make cars that people want to buy. Like it or not, more people want to buy SUVs or CUVs than want to buy saloons or hatchbacks.
Nobody does a eview like Mr. jack Scarlett!! He is the best…by far! Nice car. Bob Campbell
Nice looking car... some design elements especially in the boot are reminiscent of the practicality of the amazing YETI!! Which was by far one of the best car Skoda made.. If only Skoda ever worked out that there is a cohort of people out there who loved the YETI for its "mini-suv" and had the sense to make an EV version.. Jack, you videos are great mate.. keep up the good work
My gv60 has many many “things”/cables and no designated spot for them. I LOVE this boot. A place for everything
I like that understated design language, but I wish they could scale it down to Fabia size and price say about £23 -24,000.
Keep the HUD but strip out the rest of the"Fault-prone-in-three-years" electonics. Personally, I'd be happy with wind-up windows, no air-con, no infotainment system, a textured painted headlining and full width rear- seats as optional extras if that brought down the weight and cost.
That squared seat squab shows someone really cared.
0:26 You're so right. Having more sedans created would reinvigorate my interest. I hope car makers start making more.
First time I seen one of these in the metal, I was surprised by how big it was. I had expected it to be smaller. I thought it was a very good looking car. You never mentioned about the air curtains at the front.
I agree with Jack that the sizes are confusing. The Enyaq is 4649mm long and the Epiq will be 4100mm. So seems logical for the Elroq to be in the middle like the Karoq at 4382mm. But the Elroq is bigger than the Karoq and only 161mm shorter than the Enyaq. Hardly a "compact" crossover.
Clever Features... That's what Skoda was and seems like is known for again. love it
Great video Jack! haha the comment about North America, paperweight, hilarious hahaha :)
Well delivered Jack, as always!
I can only think that whoever decided "let's not have physical buttons, let's have touch sensitive ones, including a really garbage one for volume" has the goods on the CEO.
Love Jacks reviews and I must agree my first impression is they have at least designed it as an EV and made a more practical car to make use of the space.
It was all going so well: I loved the boot; Then we get inside and there's a far-far-too-big screen to distract the driver and obstruct the view through the windscreen. That's such a shame.
Not at all
@@abraxastulammo9940 That the boot is really good or that the massive centre screen is distracting & obstructive?
@@MorrisTart Not distracting and obstructing, I have the 13" in the Enyaq.
@@abraxastulammo9940 I used to have a home TV with a screen that size. It's excessive and unnecessary in an ordinary car. For a flat, it would be fine though.
Great car, I like it. It’s one I would consider when the lease runs out on my Kia EV6. I wonder if Skoda will do a coupé version like they did with the Enyaq.
I love our Enyaq, so this smaller version is a good move. I agree that maybe a proper small car rather than another cross-over medium-large car would also be good too.
Skoda is charming is such a pleasant, modest way!
Here in Italy the announced starting price for the base model is 34.500€, which is 3k less than the base EX30. Not bad I think!
Parcel shelf is the same in the 2017 Fabia, Škoda have been doing "simply clever" for years
First time watching your video and must say you produce some quality crisps no nonsense content, well done.
Good to see Europeans are finally taking the challenge of making an EV seriously.
Sad to see with such latest VW products they still fall behind the Chinese competitors.
Skoda deserves the praise nonetheless, perhaps VW will also take a note and allow Skoda greater access to funds and resources for it to come up with more relevant and up to date product next time around
Love this car❤ great design by Skoda. As Jack says it’s going to be a big seller !
Great episode. Look forward to test driving (?) it at the next Sydney show. 🤞
Nice... though I personally think Huddersfield is a fine town and looking forward to visiting it again! I wonder though if this will come to the U.S.... my guess is not.
As a crossover hater… nice design, but it’s about time the manufacturers got over grey exterior with assorted grey interior. I suppose it matches the colour of the roads and the weather. Maybe it also matches the market share they’re after.
My Enyaq RWD 80 did 130 mile journey at 4.4 kwh average. This should easily do the same.
Not sexy but absolutely practical, useful, and while not a car to love it does look like one to be pleased and content about.
Practical? No no no. Affordable, 31k? You're having a giraffe.
Nice practical car. Will adjustable back seat be available?
Just priced one of these up on Skodas website. With the bigger battery and speccing it to a decent level, it quickly becomes a £45k car. I’d take a £52k ID7 estate (which is what I have) over this at that price - loads of extra space.
It is like Jack has never seen the boot of a skoda hatch before. The Octavia from 10+ years ago has all those similar "clever" boot items as this car (sans the netting as we didn't need to look after cables back then!)
My 2001 Fabia Estate, which I bought new, had hooks in the boot for carrier bags. It had two sliding drawers under the front seats, for storing bits and bobs. The little clip, useful for parking permits etc, was on the driver's windscreen pillar. There were also 2 little pockets on the inner sides of the front seats, to hold a mobile phone....
I really like @skoda styling & ‘simply clever’ness. A Touch I’d like that the sun visors could have a slide out & extend section, for when the sun is coming through the side windows, we can allready pull & pivot them 90 degrees to the windows, but the lower winter sun means exposed glaring to the B pillar. Yes it’s a niche want, but so is an umbrella.
That boot net for the cable, great idea. A thought I had it that their would be a tray behind the number plate that comes out with a wave of your foot, but the principle is the same, easy access rather than a storage space, inevitably under your ‘shopping & stuff’
Very much look forward to seeing their very sleek & therefore MORE efficient estates. The Superb L&K awd ooohhh !!! :-)
Argghhh more big centre screen madness….. they should just go for the active cockpit display that their ice cars have and minimise the display clutter in the middle of the car + have physical controls for the principal heating settings…
Thank goodness Skoda is around and we got some sensible cars!
EV database says: Elroq Edition 85: 77kWh useable, 210kW RWD, 280miles, NCM, 8yr warranty, 175kW charging, Plug & Charge, 0-62 6.6s
Had pretty much written off Skoda for EVs, but this is a serious consideration. Liked the thoughtful touches of the Octavia and missed them in the Kia e-Niro. 🤔
Spec'd up with options (heat pump, metallic paint, faux leather, heated seats, HUD) getting on for £47K. Oof.
I don’t get why the EU is still pushing NCM? 8 year warranty for a 50k vehicle seems crazy.
@@AssaultedPeanut Pull you in with the basic 4 wheels and steering wheel cheap price but everything that makes the car is an optional extra. Puts me right off.
Not going to swap my Ioniq 5 for one of these. I get 320 miles out of my 77kwh battery.
@@MancMotoThere are not many manufacturers of LFP in Europe for one, and 85 kWh LFP in this car would be too heavy. But perhaps on the 55 kWh version.
Why is the warranty crazy?
The door handle design is seriously good.
Great review.
I love Skoda design and tbis model is no exception 👍
A good number of people, who may never have even thought of a Skoda previously, would be pleasantly surprised if they looked at the current models...
Skoda new car department. We like the Enyaq people love it. Let’s make a new one but shrink it ever so slightly.
Very pleased with our Enyaq - I'd say that's a sound approach.
Yeah but this drives better too. I love my enyaq, I'm on my 2nd one, but driving the Elroq on Škoda's test track was fun. Drove it back to back with an Enyaq RS and this is much better when you're chucking it around on a slalom course.
Worst thing about this, the marketing department. On the website they put the 54kwh promote it as not a distance car. I would have no issue with doing several long trips a year in the 54kwh.
Agree. I'm doing long trips with 40 kWh Leaf.
Charge times have improved nicely.
Same here! I have driven from London to Isle of Skye in Scotland several times in a standard range Model 3 (55 kWh) without any problem.
Great presentation 👍 And the car is somewhat interesting too :) Though, I'm still waiting for an electric Octavia 😒
Looks great to me.
Really good.
Clean lines, class, inside and out.
I'd much rather this Skoda then many other new fancy cars.
Great looking car, please do cheaper hatchback, like ID3
It will come in 2027 at the earliest. Next in line is an even smaller Epiq SUV in 2025 and then some sort of sedan/combi as an EV alternative to the Octavia/Superb in 2026.
Are these number accurate? I think when they are stretched, they must be fined.
Which is better choice, Enyaq or Elroq? I’m going from a Renault Zoe to one of these choices
Forget the net, lets have a "Frunk" best place to keep cables.
Exactly ... then the cables are never going to be underneath anything or squeezed into a net that will eventually get damaged as you pull it in and out. Every EV can surely be made with enough space under the bonnet for cables ... Tesla have been doing it for years.
Superb design!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
What’s the braked towing limit on this please. ??
Nice. Interior not as pleasing as some but exterior beautifully proportioned.
What's with the wire hanging down under the car at 3:20 ?
Probably a top-up charger for the 12V battery.
THERE WAS A CAT?
@@JackScarlett1 i cant tpye :)
Thank you for this very sensible and informative video Mr. Johnny Depp
Why didn't you at least show the standard measurements on screen, as you often do?
kw per 100km, range in km, price in €?
Great review. You should be on Top Gear...no joke. Does the Elroq have adjustable regenerative braking settings? My Enyaq has a fixed setting (set to brutal) and is unusable.
Your Enyaq should auto adjust in eco assist mode
I really like the look. I like the idea that even if this is EV, is doesn't have to scream, look at me, I'm futuristic! And if was proven many times, that designs like this age slower.
Aftermarket parcel shelves to replace broken ones are already being geared up for production in China - 3 kilos is three bags of sugar...
You just keep getting better. Can’t wait for the next drop!
Why can’t it just be a regular estate car? The Skoda Superb is still my ideal car- electrify that.
Actually the Cd of 0.26 is the best case, depending on the trim, it increases to 0.28 which is not amazing for an electric car, the Porsche Taycan reaches 0.22.
To really compare drag values, we need the Cd multiplied by the frontal area (called Cd.A). I estimated the Skoda frontal area at 2.65m2 which is large.
This gives us a Cd.A of 0.692m2, 35% larger than the Taycan (0.513m2) and 11% higher than the VW ID3 (0.621m2).
The new cars are large and we really need car manufacturer to specify the frontal area for aero comparison.
Well, on the shopping list for next EV along with the EV3 which is already on it. I like it.
Why don’t you ever quote the power available and whether it’s front / rear / both wheel drive?
I love the clever boot!
Looks good from the side!
Consumption / Miles per Kw ?
Very good....now they just need a Renault 5 size car..... something like the old Fabia VRS.
Also any chance you could do a cash purchase v finance purchase v leasing video for EVs please Jack.
Very nice, wheel flappy things thought turned to snow🤔
Styling wise it's actually a nice looking car compared most competitors, especially with those front headlights.
The most important question of all though, will it be available in proper nice colours like red, yellow, green etc? Or is it VW's usual arrangement of 50 shades of white/black/grey?
Yes, just look into the configurator
Does it have V2L or V2G? All new vehicles should have one or both.
"new design language" is a bit of an overstatement. The profile and back look the same as in the Eniaq. It's a simply a refreshed front.