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Thanks and wow that's a big journey, how did you find it?

@GenuinelyLAS travelling was fine, my challenge was finding a charger in Carlisle that was operational that day (at would provide enough charge). From memory I spent an hour going to various public chargers

Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to watch!

That's incredible to hear, thanks for watching and for commenting, it's great to hear stories and experiences with the Schumacher GP and your rolling road video was even better than I thought it would be!

Thank you for watching, I appreciate it and you too!

But with 4 doors

Oh wow cool, have you ever had one?

@GenuinelyLAS im not... And never know anyone who has

@GenuinelyLAS i know that existed The yellow version and The red one

@@CarlosHenriqueNoronhadeAguiar That's very cool, thank you for telling me about it and thank you for watching!

It is really cool and I was in the same boat as you! Thanks for watching!

Hahah Just like that! Congratulations on it💪🏾

@ 2/200 now this one’s definitely cleaner that’s for sure 😂

Making your way through the UK register😂what made you dive in again?

Very nice and that’s fair👍🏾

Thanks Roger, I appreciate the comments and I appreciate you taking the time to watch!

I'm not sure if you get the cargo version in the UK, but none of those features are on the cargo model, I can't say for certain if that's the same in the passenger version

Man that's frustrating, so is it just importing or nothing?

@GenuinelyLAS finding interior dash piece's mainly , but I haven't found a car to import bc Its also hard to find "salvage" ones or I might just be looking in the wrong area

Congratulations! Is this for your first N car?

Thank you, I appreciate it! Definitely agree, my new Nissan video is the first with a microphone!

55 litre fuel tank and 1.5l 3cyl engine

Tough crowd!

It is very good! Thanks for watching!

Nice that’s solid and what made you go for the e-Power? Thank you for watching as well!

At least it avoids two separate drive trains I suppose but battery size is minimal. I'd much rather see a larger battery with a small range extender engine - essentially a generator - and external charging as the main input. Feels like too much of a compromise weighted towards an internal combustion engine and does nothing to be more environmental than a normal ICE car.

I imagine most of the extra cost is in the powertrain setup. That's fair, it's dependent on usage and the style of hybrid, but I do think E-power is more efficient and more accessible than a plug-in hybrid for example

I’ve owned an Epower for 4 months now and my previous car was a Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid and I have to say that the running costs have been very similar but the ride has been so much nicer in the Nissan it’s so smooth more like driving in a full EV ,so all I can say is if your in the market for a new vehicle give it a test drive and I’d be surprised if you don’t like the ride.

@@ShaneF-d7o If running costs the same I am not sure it worths the premium. An ev would probably do a better job.

@@dmpaniswhat you’re missing is e/power is not for cost reduction, it is for comfort, driving is so much better. If you want a full ev, sure that would give you the same driving experience but this is for to avoid charging hassle.

Now that is cool! A custom turbo V6 sounds mega as well. Yep they all use the 4 cylinder engines, I think it would be interesting if they did have a class system with the V6 though!

My bad, thank you.

Exactly Stephen, we aren’t monsters! They are pretty pricey, but depreciation just like other EVs will likely be pretty heavy early on

@@GenuinelyLAS thanks for reply .. the most affordable one I’ve seen so far with 20000km and priced at €40000 still way out of my reach .. in your opinion do you think they’ll come way down in price

Thank you for watching! That is steep and I could be wrong, but just in line with other EVs, I can imagine the price taking a dip when most of the initial 3/4 year leases come to an end and they come to the market. That being said, I don’t actually see that many around

No problem, I appreciate you taking the time to watch, thank you!

That's fair - quite a silly statement from me really

It's a shame what they did styling wise to the vrs - such a great car for the money! I can imagine them attempting to dial in a more sporty feeling into the Cupra version. Enjoy the Born as well! It'll be like an early Christmas present fingers crossed and thank you for watching!

I do see your point, I think the VAG group on the whole has gone pretty minimalistic interior wise and I do love the electric Hyundai range, especially the Ioniq 5N!

That’s very fair, I’ve moved away from that whole style now, I can definitely appreciate that feeling - the tripod is now king!

Haha they don’t make them like they used to!

Thanks Dave, I appreciate you watching! I think that's the perfect situation for the RZ and it's such a good car in that respect - you beat Lexus Reserve to it! Agreed on the paddles, it does make total sense I think I was just being a bit thick haha! Thank you again!

I’m not 100% sure no, I’ve tried to have a research, but I think it’s one to ask them.

Thanks for watching Aman, I appreciate it!

Fair enough! Out of curiosity, what makes you think that way about Hyundai?

Sorry for the late reply on this, but it’s interesting to hear both sides so I appreciate the comment! I think it’ll be really interesting with the new e-transporter how the buzz cargo will do sales wise!

Interesting I see what you mean and I agree on the price and audience for this as well. I would have loved to have it for longer to test out more of the van side. Thank you for your comment though, I very much agree.

Yes! £65,000 in the UK which makes it almost x2 the price of the i30N!

​​@@GenuinelyLASBut Ioniq5N is cheaper than Porsche Taycan. The performance is better than Tesla model s plaid. If you wanna find cheap one you can buy Chinese ev.

I agree, I think the performance is great value I don’t this it’s too expensive, it’s also a different league of performance to the i30N!

Thank you for watching! Congratulations, I really did enjoy it so I’m glad you did too! I believe you can yes, although I do prefer zapmaps as a charging app

Enjoy! What colour did you go for?

@@GenuinelyLAS I went with performance blue pearl. Nearly stuck with the standard orange

Nice choice, the pearl blue will look really good, congratulations! Thank you as well for watching!

@@GenuinelyLAS good review. I drove an i30N when my previous Ioniq 5 was in for a service. i30N went very well. Stopped making them now? And the i20N. Future electric performance N brings the N into next century. Keep up the good vids

That's interesting having a spin in the i30N, did you ever consider getting one after your current Ioniq 5 or was it Ioniq 5N all the way? Yep the i30N and i20N are gone. It's a shame really, I think they've priced out quite a large percentage of their current audience/fans with that move. Maybe they could have had a crossover situation of sorts, similar to the Macan ICE and EV. Thank you as well, I appreciate you watching!

Yep agreed, my mistake on that!

@@GenuinelyLAS No worries. Great review

Thank you, I appreciate your comment and my apologies it's taken me so long to get back to! Ah okay I'm with you, I will do, that's a good tip thank you! Are there any other electric cars you'd like to see?

It’s fine in normal and eco! My favourite was to use the custom mode to turn everything to the sportiest setting and then leave the suspension on the normal setting

Couldn't agree more! I'll be making some more content with them later this year as well, is there anything you'd like to see or know?

Silverstone Circuit, UK

I agree, it feels like they missed what seemed like a bit of an open goal... I'll be reviewing it's Toyota twin the bZ4X very soon to see how it stacks up!

What were the charging issues?

@@SG-sc9vc Cupra Official website has a technical drop down page which sets out charging performance. For DC it should charge 5-80% in 35 minutes. Actually it took 50-55mins. Worse still it never even peaked at the rate it would need to average to achieve 35mins. The specification is not caveated. A courtesy Cupra did the same. I have detailed charge info but neither VW or retailer have challenged the accuracy of the information. On AC, the VW Cupra website advertises cheap overnight charging and recommends Ohme and Octopus: I purchased both. The AC charging was at half charge rate for 75/80% of charging instances apparently because of the battery safe mode. There is no explanation of battery safe mode and why/when and on what criteria it will be activated. So 75/80% of time it half charged overnight (so just 3/3.5kwh not 7) which means I could not get to work and back! This was despite charging in a closed integral garage.

​@@SG-sc9vcI think the early versions had a software issue that would charge at half speeds on AC charging. I've not heard of any DC issues .

@@StephenButlerOne I’ve had the born for 4 months now, haven’t had any charging issues and can comfortably get 200+ miles on a full charge

@SG-sc9vc that's extremely good to hear as I have one in order now, hopefully it will be here before Xmas. That will make a nice present for me. How have you been finding the car? I don't think I'll ever lose the muscle memory of the centre gear selector. On my test drive, twice I done a reversing manoeuvre, one a 3 point turn, then into a parking bay, and in both times, more than one occasion went seeking for the centre gear knob. I know my muscle memory will never learn to use my opposite hand, when in them quick gear shifting moments. But I'm fully aware going in that this will pee me off every time I need to do a quick manoeuvre. I thought the ride was comfy, seats exceptional, as are the V1&2 seats, but I went for V3. But I'd not be unimpressed with the "basic" seats. I thought they was very good indeed. Especially the passenger one, pasanger seats on smaller cars are usually inferior to the drivers. And it's turn of pace is enough to get you out of trouble in a town centre or roundabout, and fun enough for my local B roads that I use daily. On a side note. I saw a top tip while on my born TH-cam rabbit hole adventure. The large center cubby, you can get a purpose made divider on Amazon that fits. And doesn't block the ports or the phone pad. it gives you a sunglass slot, and divides the area up better. It's billed for the id3 but fits perfectly. Search on Amazon "CDEGF for id3". I think it will be a well spent £16. I'd put a link in but TH-cam would take it down One question when you're out and about do you use the Tesla chargers.l? From all my research, I can't see why I'd go elsewhere, unless an emergency. I've set up the Tesla charge app, which is buggy as hell, which surprised me given Tesla is know for it's software, and I've set up the octopus card that covers many networks and in my search for the perfect route planner app i come across ChargeMap, that also does the single app to cover a host of charger networks. I think it's a better route pammer than ABRP. Both the octopus and chargeMap is rolling out plug and charge, meaning no app, tap and pay, or RFid card needed. Just plug it in and it will do the set up and charge you at the end. The Born is on the list of supported cars. The one feature octopus app (electroverse) has over ChargeMap is, if you already have an octopus plan for your house, your plug and play charge can (if you select it) simple place the charge on your monthly home bill. So you will be paying it in 5-8weeks later. This is like using a credit card but getting an extra month of interest fee credit. I've not set that up yet, I'm going to start with just using my debit card, as I'll get some perks, but I'll definitely be taking it into account after about a 3 month review. I know this was long if you got here thank you for reading.

Thank you Andrew! Sorry this is such a late reply, but I appreciate it!

More content to come on these later this year, is there anything else you'd like to see or know?