Land Rover PHEV Experience

[jgrewal]

Happy Monday All!

Starting a new topic as couldn't see one anywhere else in the LR section. Just ordered the new Disco Sport PHEV.
Anybody had experience with the Range Rover PHEV models that came out 18 months or so back?

With us doing such low miles in the near future with local driving due working at home and just school drops it made sense to go for this over the petrol. Was a shame could not keep the 7 seats as the batteries take up that row.

This is my first venture into electric so going for a PHEV was a good middle ground so I don't suffer from range anxiety. I am hopeful the advertised 38 miles off one charge is realistic.

Mine is a factory order so won't be here till September and need to organise the charging point (which I have discussed in the EV forum). Probably going for PodPoint at this moment.

Thanks

J

[jgrewal]

Thanks for the reply mate and I will keep this thread posted.

I did actually order the P200 and it was delayed by Covid and changed it to the PHEV which the lease company have been very good about. It does feel the like right size SUV for us and fingers crossed we like it too!

Sounds like you happy with it so far and the midlife upgrade looks a much improved car.
Which model variant did you go for? I went for R-Dynamic S which ticks all the boxes in terms of features.

[jgrewal]

Andeh1 said:

An old friend had a bogo spec new disco sport engineering PHEV vehicle from jlr (in a previous life I did a lot of the work at jlr and still like to keep in with that crowd).

I laughed at the motion of a 1.5L engine (I think it is) in a disco sport (a chunky car) but i was REALLY impressed with it. Easy 27 miles on electric, very subtle change over between BEV & ice and very tidy performance when you have a charged battery and it +ICE work together to drag you along.

Over a 50 odd mile journey the average mpg end of the trip was something silly like 100+mpg (this was several weeks ago, so i forget) , where 50% was BEV and the ice engine dragged us home but I would be very interested in the actual running costs if you include a fully charged battery every morning!

Nice one and 100mpg on SUV like this would be amazing! It is a 1.5-litre 3cylinder Ingenium engine and then the electric motor on the back. I only do very local miles (like 3000-4000 a year as a family car) so this car will hopefully only be filled up for longer journeys. It seems a nice step into the world for EV and getting used to the technology and get a charging point in place. Hopefully pure EV prices come down a bit because something like an Audi E-Tron or Tesla Model X is still too high for me personally.

[jgrewal]

Haha a car with a Sub! Wish I could go back to my Golf GTD days where I had a sub at the back Sounds like a tidy spec you had there and the Pan roof defo was a good option but could stretch to add it.

Definitely would like to do the LR experience and I am not far from Solihull (when and if they reopen after Covid). Think that part of the car that sounds cool is all the terrain features which I assume we will never use at Sainsbury's or the school drop!

[jgrewal]

Thats sounds pretty awesome man thanks for the reply! I wish I could afford the p400 but the Disco will be great as my first LR car. For me with miles that we are doing this is logical choice and also satisfies my inner geek. I have taken a 2 year lease on it so hopefully its gives LR and the rest of the car companies time to really embrace EV and bring the prices down. I mean the german manufacturers with the Audi (Etron) and Mercedes (EQ) are still limited to SUV and price is still very high. Also my personal view the infrastructure needs be matured fully for us to having plenty of accessible charging around the UK.

Oh and when you have a Vantage I'm sure any MPG is an upside but this is another level for you lol

Edited by jgrewal on Monday 15th June 17:28

Edited by jgrewal on Monday 15th June 17:30

[jgrewal]

VEIGHT said:

I'm looking at this or an Etron but think as I do the odd long journey I'm leaning towards the Discovery.

I have a test drive booked for Wednesday but in the non hybrid model as they are not available in the UK yet I understand? Hope a can get a feel of the car then order.

What sort of lease deals have you got if you don't mind me asking?

£370 month with 12 months upfront for the R Dynamic S P300e for 2 years

[jgrewal]

Cool keep this thread updated. Mine isn’t arriving till October! Need to sort a charging point before then

[jgrewal]

Thanks a lot dude was looking at Octopus! It was actually my last supplier before I moved recently.

[jgrewal]

Haha had to google SWMBO! Well my order was placed in early June around time they were announced and I was quoted end of Sept/earlyOctober. I don’t even know if they will get it ready by then? I know some JLR folk and they said lines are not fully back up and running to capacity in terms of staffing. I am not overly rushed as surviving with one car since lockdown. However will be nice to have the new one soon!