Philip Livingstone has moved from a VW ID.4 Max 77kWh to a Cupra Formentor e-Hybrid VZ2 1.4L/13kWh.
Via our survey, ‘Past, Present & Future’, we want to understand peoples’ respective car ownership stories. With the current climate crisis, there’s never been a greater need for emission-free driving yet at the same time, people are facing rising (and record) energy & general living costs.
This could ultimately change what car & fuel type a lot of people choose next. Also, we are very mindful that not everyone is on the road to electric so we wanted to highlight some of the more diverse & interesting feedback we’ve received.
Tell us about your VW ID.4
Likes:
- Build quality was good
- a very comfortable and spacious vehicle
- good levels of equipment
- a lovely car to drive
- VW dealer was excellent.
Dislikes:
- VW software was unsafe and not fit for purpose
- VW software support were hopeless and did not deal with the issues
- Panoramic sunroof could not be opened.
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Tell us about your CUPRA Formentor
Likes:
- Ex-demonstrator
- 9 months old with 3k on clock and immediate availability
- CUPRA dealer was very good
- fairly comfortable and decent size (nowhere near as good as the ID.4 though)
- reasonable performance
- hybrid removed ‘range anxiety’ due to poor availability of charge points.
Dislikes:
- Not as spacious or as nice to drive as the ID.4
- back to ICE, though majority of local journeys are 100% electric
- prefer the higher seating position of ID.4
- don’t like the Napa leather ‘bucket’ seats, poor wearing
- as ex-stock, no sunroof.
If you had to choose your next car today, what would it realistically be and why?
2024 CUPRA Terramar SUV PHEV with 62 mile electric range and VW ID.4 size/comfort. Still lack of a convincing EV charging network, ridiculously high EV pricing and long lead times for delivery.
