Skoda Enyaq pricing

[s55shh]

So, I was perusing the price lists looking at potential EV purchase to replace my F11 520D Touring and there are two list price thresholds. First is £35k for the £3.5K EV grant and second is £40K for the surcharge on RFL. This got me looking at the Enyaq that comes in list just below £35k with no options and not even headroom for any colour other than doom blue. Trouble is I really need white for work (Chapter 8 livery) so it actually looks like having to buy blue and have a full wrap is cheaper than speccing white from new. Mad hey

[sjg]

The £35k limit for the grant is for base price - power / battery spec. Options that don’t change that don’t count so paying for a colour won’t lose you the grant.

[Dave Hedgehog]

i looked at one for the OH, car looks great but it suffers from the typical german options scam

it was well over 50k once i was done

[Silverage]

Zero VED and no luxury VED on EVs helps a bit too.

[dmsims]

Dave Hedgehog said:

i looked at one for the OH, car looks great but it suffers from the typical german options scam

it was well over 50k once i was done

Curious to know what's necessary on a dull, white goods car ?

[Pica-Pica]

Silverage said:

Zero VED and no luxury VED on EVs helps a bit too.

For now.

[Dave Hedgehog]

dmsims said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

i looked at one for the OH, car looks great but it suffers from the typical german options scam

it was well over 50k once i was done

Curious to know what's necessary on a dull, white goods car ?

since 99.9% of all new cars are dull white goods, interior toys is about all you can do

Colour
Change
Velvet Red Metallic£975
Wheels
Change
20" Vega Silver metallic alloy wheels
Tyre label
£0
Design
Change
Suite
Equipment packages
Change
Comfort Seat Package Plus
£880
Family Package Basic
£305
Climate Package Basic
£400
Convenience Package Plus
£1,240
Light and View Package Basic
£1,115
Drive Sport Package Plus
£785
Assisted Drive Package Plus
£915
Parking Package Plus
£770
Infotainment Package Plus
£740
Services
Change
5 year / 100,000 miles extended warranty
£630
Safety and driving experience
Change
Rear side airbags
£325
Comfort and multimedia
Change
Panoramic sunroof
£815
Practicality
Change
125 kW - DC battery charging
£440
Heat pump for battery
£1,005
Double sided boot floor
£45
Mode 3 Cable (32A) - 6 metres
£0
Add optional equipment
Total price
Basic price (including paint)
£39,995
Optional equipment
£11,385
Delivery cost and first registration fee
£665
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED)
£0
Recommended OTR
£52,045

[Silverage]

Absolute madness. Say this car is competing with the Kodiaq, I reckon you could get the same spec, maybe even better for a good £10,000 less. If you’re not driven by the environmental considerations you’ll be a long time making up that difference via the cheaper running costs.

[Dave_Rich]

Silverage said:

Absolute madness. Say this car is competing with the Kodiaq, I reckon you could get the same spec, maybe even better for a good £10,000 less. If you’re not driven by the environmental considerations you’ll be a long time making up that difference via the cheaper running costs.

That is true of pretty much every EV on sale. The ICE counterparts are always significantly cheaper.

I was/am interested in the Enyaq but the price of the options has pushed me towards looking at the Q4 and IX3. If I'm going to spend >£50k I might as well go all in.

Or I might order a basic spec Enyaq. We convince ourselves we need all the options but do we really ? I'm not sure we do.

[sparkymark75]

Good old car manufacturers gouging people trying to be a bit more environmentally responsible.

[dmsims]

Dave_Rich said:

That is true of pretty much every EV on sale. The ICE counterparts are always significantly cheaper.

Except for the ID3 vs Golf

[kambites]

dmsims said:

Dave_Rich said:

That is true of pretty much every EV on sale. The ICE counterparts are always significantly cheaper.

Except for the ID3 vs Golf

It's true for that too, really. Their "price equivalence" has been reached by making a whole load of options which are expensive to buy on the Golf but cost VW next to nothing to install, standard. The entry point of the ID3 is £10k more than the Golf.

[SWoll]

Taycan v Panamera is the only one I know of where the EV is cheaper for a very similar vehicle despite being more powerful and quicker. Both have the same ridiculously long options list also.

[kambites]

I guess it's easier to achieve with faster cars because the price difference between a powerful petrol engine and a not-powerful one, is a lot greater than between a powerful electric motor and a not-powerful one.

[SWoll]

Certainly makes sense, just surprises me that with the huge BIK savings etc. that Porsche haven't taken the piss and made it more expensive. Got to have taken a decent bite out of Panamera sales you'd have thought?

Even the lease prices are considerably cheaper despite EV leasing costs being very high for most models at the moment. £12.5k over 4 years..

Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 12th May 17:08

[dmsims]

kambites said:

It's true for that too, really. Their "price equivalence" has been reached by making a whole load of options which are expensive to buy on the Golf but cost VW next to nothing to install, standard. The entry point of the ID3 is £10k more than the Golf.

Nonsense

The poverty spec Golf with 1.5 DSG is £26K

[paulrockliffe]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Velvet Red Metallic£975
Comfort Seat Package Plus
£880
Family Package Basic
£305
Climate Package Basic
£400
Convenience Package Plus
£1,240
Light and View Package Basic
£1,115
Drive Sport Package Plus
£785
Assisted Drive Package Plus
£915
Parking Package Plus
£770
Infotainment Package Plus
£740
£52,045

WTF.

[kambites]

dmsims said:

Nonsense

The poverty spec Golf with 1.5 DSG is £26K

Well yes, but that's not an entry level Golf. The automatic gearbox is an option. The Golf starts at £23k, the ID3 at £31k (I'd forgotten they recently introduced a cheaper ID3, I had 33k in my head).

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 12th May 23:16

[dmsims]

You might as well compare Oranges to apples then .......

[kambites]

The whole point of the thread is to compare cars with completely different drivetrains which are otherwise similar!

And anyway even if you take that automatic Golf, the cheapest ID3 is still 20% more expensive. Don't get me wrong, the ID3 is a good value car; but there are plenty of people buying Golfs who can't afford an ID3.

Edited by kambites on Thursday 13th May 07:49