PHEV to replace BMW 120d?
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Is it a company car? If so the A250e would be a good shout from a CC tax point of view.
For me when I was looking, my top 5 were:
330e
Peugeot 508 GT PHEV
A250e
KuGa PHEV
Superb PHEV.
The Passat gets well written up, but it just felt dull to me. There’s a lot of options out there now, Renault have PHEVs as do a lot of the korean manufacturers.
For me when I was looking, my top 5 were:
330e
Peugeot 508 GT PHEV
A250e
KuGa PHEV
Superb PHEV.
The Passat gets well written up, but it just felt dull to me. There’s a lot of options out there now, Renault have PHEVs as do a lot of the korean manufacturers.
IMO the VW group PHEVs are as good as it gets. You can properly drive them as a short range EV (including heating etc) without accidentally taking them out of electric mode if you ask for too much power. They can preheat via an app, and can also preheat just on battery. Reasonable power in electric mode, plenty in electric+petrol, and the GTE mode always aims to keep several miles of electric range as a buffer.
New Octavia vRS with the 242bhp version of that powertrain looks great.
New Octavia vRS with the 242bhp version of that powertrain looks great.
ZesPak said:
Frimley111R said:
No, because i know exactly what will happen! 
Ask for the Performance on the test drive for good measure 
couple of colleagues have replaced golf GTE's with the A250e to reduce their tax bill and dont like them.
GTE was simple, EV mode, hybrid mode, charge mode all done by buttons. The A25e0 when guidance is setup decides what modes it wants you to be in based on the type of road/traffic you have further ahead.
not experienced it but they keep manning so i assume haven't found a way to stop it. they're keen drivers so want to be in control.
GTE was simple, EV mode, hybrid mode, charge mode all done by buttons. The A25e0 when guidance is setup decides what modes it wants you to be in based on the type of road/traffic you have further ahead.
not experienced it but they keep manning so i assume haven't found a way to stop it. they're keen drivers so want to be in control.
SlowAndDull said:
Yeah, that’s exactly what happened to me - thinking about getting the basic model, no great rush. Test drove the Performance and had the lease signed within a month...
I was fortunate, the test drive was said to be a P while I requested a LR.Arriving there, they had a LR available so I got that
.weirdly i was just creating a topic very similar:
I need one car. I work from home and the missus has a 28 mile round trip commute (mostly country). atm we have a 120d and we usually fill the tank every fortnight. We live in the coutnry and every drive out involves a 10-15 mile country road drive on fast (although 50 ofc) roads. I want a car with around 210-240bhp that's both economical as a daily driver (electric only) yet punchy and not annoyingly loud on the motorway.
There are only us 2 and sometimes our 19yo son with us so nothing bigger than a mid-size hatch with 5 doors.
Why do most cars in this range get negative reviews? is it because they are comparing the new car cost against the Petrol version? Is there no one in a similar position to me?
I need one car. I work from home and the missus has a 28 mile round trip commute (mostly country). atm we have a 120d and we usually fill the tank every fortnight. We live in the coutnry and every drive out involves a 10-15 mile country road drive on fast (although 50 ofc) roads. I want a car with around 210-240bhp that's both economical as a daily driver (electric only) yet punchy and not annoyingly loud on the motorway.
There are only us 2 and sometimes our 19yo son with us so nothing bigger than a mid-size hatch with 5 doors.
Why do most cars in this range get negative reviews? is it because they are comparing the new car cost against the Petrol version? Is there no one in a similar position to me?
TheDrownedApe said:
weirdly i was just creating a topic very similar:
I need one car. I work from home and the missus has a 28 mile round trip commute (mostly country). atm we have a 120d and we usually fill the tank every fortnight. We live in the coutnry and every drive out involves a 10-15 mile country road drive on fast (although 50 ofc) roads. I want a car with around 210-240bhp that's both economical as a daily driver (electric only) yet punchy and not annoyingly loud on the motorway.
There are only us 2 and sometimes our 19yo son with us so nothing bigger than a mid-size hatch with 5 doors.
Why do most cars in this range get negative reviews? is it because they are comparing the new car cost against the Petrol version? Is there no one in a similar position to me?
Golf GTEI need one car. I work from home and the missus has a 28 mile round trip commute (mostly country). atm we have a 120d and we usually fill the tank every fortnight. We live in the coutnry and every drive out involves a 10-15 mile country road drive on fast (although 50 ofc) roads. I want a car with around 210-240bhp that's both economical as a daily driver (electric only) yet punchy and not annoyingly loud on the motorway.
There are only us 2 and sometimes our 19yo son with us so nothing bigger than a mid-size hatch with 5 doors.
Why do most cars in this range get negative reviews? is it because they are comparing the new car cost against the Petrol version? Is there no one in a similar position to me?
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