The Škoda ENYAQ is able to ‘train’ itself to park completely autonomously.

Trained Parking is one of many innovative parking features to appear on a Škoda for the first time.

Škoda research reveals 73% of UK motorists give up parking in a space if they find it too difficult and decide to try their luck elsewhere.

Its introduction on the ENYAQ, alongside Intelligent Park Assist, are part of the optional Maxx Package. Almost a quarter (23%) of drivers in the UK say they have bumped into another vehicle when parking, while 33% have damaged a wheel or tyre while parking.

Trained Parking enables drivers to autonomously park in any location familiar to the vehicle, whether on the driveway, in a garage, nearby street parking or a location that the driver regularly uses.

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The ENYAQ is a quick learner, too, as drivers will only need to perform the parking manoeuvre manually once as the car will store the entire route, surroundings and parking position in its memory. From then, every time the driver arrives home or another familiar point recognised by the car, it can park automatically with pin-point levels of accuracy.

When initiated, Trained Parking is completely autonomous with the car controlling the steering, braking and direction of travel (forwards or backwards). The ENYAQ’s sensors will also continuously monitor its surroundings, detecting any objects or pedestrians and helping to avoid collisions with them.

Intelligent Park Assist aids the driver when parking in both parallel and perpendicular parking spaces, the former the nation’s least favourite parking manoeuvre according to Škoda UK data, receiving a thumbs down from 43% of respondents. After finding an appropriate parking spot, the driver can activate the feature at the touch of a button, choosing whether to move forwards or backwards into a regular bay parking spot or just backwards for parallel parking.

All the driver needs to do is activate the indicator and manage the accelerator, while Intelligent Park Assist does the rest, controlling the steering, braking and direction of travel.

All of these features are available as part of the Maxx Package on SportLine Plus and vRS models.