Elroq VRS or Enyaq VRS
Discussion
Evening all. I'm considering a new family car to replace a 2017 Golf Alltrack, which has been great but (a) I don't do diesel mileage any more, and (b) is starting to need more things doing, and work requires me to have a reliable car, and 10 would be old enough for some "conversations". I plan to PCP while there's still some residuals uncertainty.
I don't need thrilling. I have an A110 for fun. The family car should be calming.
Lady BMcH is pro-EV. For the huge bulk of our journeys it'd make more sense. We do maybe four trips a year that'd need a charge partway, so that's not an issue. We have no kids, but one big dog, likely to be two big dogs in under a year.
I like AWD for the family car. Lady BMcH has ruled out Teslas, anything with flush door handles, and PHEVs, for perfectly sound reasons. I am not allowed something with a 6 or 8, for reasonably sound reasons.
Having tried an Elroq VRS, a non-VRS Enyaq, a Mercedes CLA electric shooting brake, and a Toyota BZ4X Touring, the Elroq VRS was a clear winner (best ride/handling balance, best interior, best deal). But the boot is a chunk smaller than the Golf.
With minimal haggling the price difference between the Elroq VRS and the Enyaq VRS is all of £15 a month. I'd "need" the bigger boot a few times a year, but the Enyaq is bigger (for parking and so on) all the time.
Welcome to the most hair-splitting decision yet on PH.
I'm open to other suggestions around the same budget; nothing FWD, must be EV. Moderately quick, very comfy. Under £350 a month with the Golf as deposit.
I don't need thrilling. I have an A110 for fun. The family car should be calming.
Lady BMcH is pro-EV. For the huge bulk of our journeys it'd make more sense. We do maybe four trips a year that'd need a charge partway, so that's not an issue. We have no kids, but one big dog, likely to be two big dogs in under a year.
I like AWD for the family car. Lady BMcH has ruled out Teslas, anything with flush door handles, and PHEVs, for perfectly sound reasons. I am not allowed something with a 6 or 8, for reasonably sound reasons.
Having tried an Elroq VRS, a non-VRS Enyaq, a Mercedes CLA electric shooting brake, and a Toyota BZ4X Touring, the Elroq VRS was a clear winner (best ride/handling balance, best interior, best deal). But the boot is a chunk smaller than the Golf.
With minimal haggling the price difference between the Elroq VRS and the Enyaq VRS is all of £15 a month. I'd "need" the bigger boot a few times a year, but the Enyaq is bigger (for parking and so on) all the time.
Welcome to the most hair-splitting decision yet on PH.
I'm open to other suggestions around the same budget; nothing FWD, must be EV. Moderately quick, very comfy. Under £350 a month with the Golf as deposit.
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Yeah, the Elroq is basically the same car as the Enyaq, just with a few inches taken off the back, and with lower spec for a given trim level.
I'm only in an Enyaq because the lease deals were much better than for Elroqs, I would have had the same dilemma re boot space otherwise.
In my Enyaq you can easily take out the polystyrene packing under the boot floor and make the main load space usefully deeper. Not sure if the Elroq is the same.
I love the AWD setup. Rear biased, the front just doing enough to maximise acceleration and/or keep you pointing the right way. Like xdrive, very unlike the joy-sapping 4motion alternative that most VW/Skoda ICE models had to put up with.
I'm only in an Enyaq because the lease deals were much better than for Elroqs, I would have had the same dilemma re boot space otherwise.
In my Enyaq you can easily take out the polystyrene packing under the boot floor and make the main load space usefully deeper. Not sure if the Elroq is the same.
I love the AWD setup. Rear biased, the front just doing enough to maximise acceleration and/or keep you pointing the right way. Like xdrive, very unlike the joy-sapping 4motion alternative that most VW/Skoda ICE models had to put up with.
I test drove the elroq VRS and the Capri/explorer AWD but discountec the Enyaq due to the size. Skoda was the far nicer car inside and out, no haptic buttons on the steering wheel, seats far nicer and not overly weighty in the rear.
Ordered the VRS but ended up with the Capri as it was over £100 a month cheaper on SalSac. The capri is huge inside and not a bad place to be, but I would have preferred the Skoda.
However there is a change to the Capri (and I assume explorer) for 26/75 MY which changes a lot, including the whole car software which might be a better option.
Ordered the VRS but ended up with the Capri as it was over £100 a month cheaper on SalSac. The capri is huge inside and not a bad place to be, but I would have preferred the Skoda.
However there is a change to the Capri (and I assume explorer) for 26/75 MY which changes a lot, including the whole car software which might be a better option.
Edited by TheDrownedApe on Friday 17th July 19:06
occasionalranter said:
Nice. Yeah, definitely more manufacturer money pushing people into Enyaqs.
The discount/deposit contribution certainly helped, as did the £1500 more part ex than anyone else, but it was also genuinely the best of what I tried.I couldn't correlate the somewhat middling reviews with what it was actually like to drive. Brake pedal is a bit soft, but I had no problem working it. The ride was better and the interior much classier than the Mercedes or Toyota.
I would be tempted by the Elroq. It seems to have a small footprint, but the downside is that it still has the SUV bulbous look.
Sitting in the rear, the back of the front seat head restraints limit the view forward quite a bit.
With regards flush door handles, China will ban non-mechanical door handles, and the EU will be legislating that handles must be capable of being in opened with a heavily gloved (think firefighter) hand. One thing i liked about my old Volvo 740, was that you could drive and operate pedals and knobs with snow boots and gloves.
Sitting in the rear, the back of the front seat head restraints limit the view forward quite a bit.
With regards flush door handles, China will ban non-mechanical door handles, and the EU will be legislating that handles must be capable of being in opened with a heavily gloved (think firefighter) hand. One thing i liked about my old Volvo 740, was that you could drive and operate pedals and knobs with snow boots and gloves.
Pica-Pica said:
I would be tempted by the Elroq. It seems to have a small footprint, but the downside is that it still has the SUV bulbous look.
Sitting in the rear, the back of the front seat head restraints limit the view forward quite a bit.
I'm not sure anyone but the dog is likely to be in the back of ours.Sitting in the rear, the back of the front seat head restraints limit the view forward quite a bit.
I would have loved something a bit more distinctive like the Yeti was, but I s'pose EVs have to be a bit blobby for the aerodynamics. It's a bit more "surfaced" than a Tesla at least - but not as over-crinkled as the Toyota.
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