Electric estates/tourers/station wagons

[tamore]

or whatever you want to call them. only one currently made and it has a bigger lip on the boot than a kid on a beach who has just dropped his mr whippy on the sand.

is the estate shape dead? or does it just not suit EV architecture yet?

[RobDickinson]

tamore said:

is the estate shape dead?

Yes.

The market shifted to SUVs


other than the mg 5 and taycan CT I dont know any others coming (outside of some phev options like skoda)

[kambites]

I think as the EV market expands we'll see more, but they are certainly a relatively small part of the market these days so there's never going to be as many as there are SUVs.

[Mr E]

The estate was on borrowed time anyway.
SUV makes it easier to hide the batteries.

[anonymous-user]

I thought the VW ID Space Vizzion concept looked brilliant. Not sure if it’s happening though.

[georgezippy]

Mr E said:

The estate was on borrowed time anyway.
SUV makes it easier to hide the batteries.

A Tesla Model 3 or S manages to hide its batteries without being very high/SUV shaped.
I saw an artists mockup of an ID3 estate, it looked great, I'd buy one of those straight away but they won't make one sadly, the ID4 is a huge fat blob to my eyes. Surely estates would have better aero and therefore more range? I do lots of long journeys so would actually need this.
Surely now there's loads of SUVs and Hatchbacks on the EV market, the gap is now an estate.
I drove an MG5 and it went well enough but the rear seats don't fold flat and there's that lip - and it's so hideous to look at.
I like the Ioniq5 but it's really really wide which makes it somewhat impractical for local running around. Am always squeezing through gaps.
The only thing I can see that would fit my requirements is a PHEV Passat/Octavia/Superb although I'd rather go full battery.
I guess my money will stay in the bank.....

Edited by georgezippy on Friday 15th October 17:10

[tamore]

Mr E said:

The estate was on borrowed time anyway.
SUV makes it easier to hide the batteries.

yes... for ICE models converted to BEVs. For new models made on a BEV only architecture, no.