New Company car ordered - Cupra Formenter Phev V1

[heisthegaffer]

Hi all

Just confirmed the order on the above today, likely delivery April 2023.

Haven't driven one but my station car is ancient so this will be a step up.

Anyone got one? What are your thoughts?

If I charge the battery over night and do a journey of say 120 miles at 70 mph, does it use the ICE and petrol engine in unison and how long for?

Thanks

[georgeyboy12345]

Wow you must be doing well if you are getting one of those as a station car. Also 120 miles is quite far to the nearest station!

You can switch the car to hybrid auto mode or something like that and it’ll blend the two. If you just run on EV mode at 70 it’ll deplete after a few miles and the ICE will kick in.

I did a 180 mile round trip the other day with my Audi A3 etron in hybrid auto and had 10 miles of battery remaining at the end. The car averaged about 60 mpg.

[heisthegaffer]

georgeyboy12345 said:

Wow you must be doing well if you are getting one of those as a station car. Also 120 miles is quite far to the nearest station!

You can switch the car to hybrid auto mode or something like that and it’ll blend the two. If you just run on EV mode at 70 it’ll deplete after a few miles and the ICE will kick in.

I did a 180 mile round trip the other day with my Audi A3 etron in hybrid auto and had 10 miles of battery remaining at the end. The car averaged about 60 mpg.

Thanks. Role change meaning I'll be out on the road as well as driving to station.

Your last point is what I was trying to understand, sounds good.

[georgeyboy12345]

I imagine your newer car with larger battery will have more miles remaining and probably get better mpg too.

[somouk]

I have a non-PHEV version of the Formentor and can't wait to be rid.

It's an okay car but has some key issues that annoy me:

Ride is firm and noisy, even on 18s.
Entertainment is slow and dim whitted.
No lighting for the temperature controls.

It think the second one should be better in new cars as I heard they were making changes, not sure if it has made its way to the formentor yet.

Let us know how you get on when you get it.

[heisthegaffer]

somouk said:

I have a non-PHEV version of the Formentor and can't wait to be rid.

It's an okay car but has some key issues that annoy me:

Ride is firm and noisy, even on 18s.
Entertainment is slow and dim whitted.
No lighting for the temperature controls.

It think the second one should be better in new cars as I heard they were making changes, not sure if it has made its way to the formentor yet.

Let us know how you get on when you get it.

Cheers.

I had a play with the entertainment in the dealer and seemed ok. I do admit the lack of backlit heating controls is weird.