2021 Seat Mii Electric review - is the cheapest new electric car also the best? | What Car?
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- Electric city cars have been huge disappointments - until now. The Seat Mii Electric could be the car to make you go electric. It's one of the cheapest new EVs and it has a range many could live with - but how far will it go and what's it like? Watch to find out.
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That wasn’t “everything you wanted to know about the Seat Mii electric” I wanted to know the price...
Lol right? What a failure.
£19,300 with government grant
The price varies country to country due to various import taxes, grants and currencies. Also the price will be determined by options and upgrades. If you want the price just hit up the website for your country. In Norway it costs about 179,000 Kroners. Hope that helps.
The price is a ripoff like all electric cars being sold in the uk. Finance is even worse, it's an absolute joke. Cheaper over 3 years to buy a petrol or diesel.
@@Hitngan lol, no it isn't. And the more you drive, the more you save.
Please, please, please when you are reviewing cars and talking about headroom tell us how tall you are! Everybody forgets this.
Mii is a small car, i guess he is 160 cm.
I've been sitting in a citigo iV (same car) a few days ago and with my 200cm I could fit pretty comfortably. Even enough head room when you pump the seat down
He is 7ft 2 inches.
2:59 the car does not have manual or electric rear windows because it would need a thicker door, there for widening the car
This was backed up by VW and Skoda and Seat
Considering that it's already a strict 2-seater in the back I'm sure losing 2cm of shoulder room wouldn't be an issue making the rear seats narrower. The more realistic answer is that this is (in car terms) an ancient design and it was still sorta acceptable in cars this small when this was originally designed.
@@shroomyesc Weight is also the enemy of not only performance, but efficiency. Electric windows weigh about a kilo over keep-fit windows, which I suppose doesn't sound like much.
In a car like this, there's rarely anyone in the back, and I'm sure that those who are, even more rarely yearn for regular opening windows.
The south American up has wind down windows in the back.
@@jannevaatainen This is allright in Europe, even in 38C summer temperatures I rode on the backseat in a similar car with rear windows that didn't even open, but as it is such a small car, just the crack from the front windows deliver plenty air to the rear passengers.
Gotta take issue with the description opening: "Electric city cars have been huge disappointments" To whom, exactly? Some of us have been ecstatically happy driving our "electric city car" for years (2016 e-Golf, in my case).
My sister has an electric UP! In Norway. I'm a big fan of this car, I'd choose it over an E Golf any day.
I'm pretty interested in these. Looks like the front headrests are not adjustable though, would have to test drive and see if it's comfortable...
Wv Group owns Seat and Skoda that's why they pretty identical,CitiGo & Mii
The best electronic car so far with same design,I love this new vassion
So when will it appear here in Canada? I like the simplicity of it; something for which I have eagerly awaited.
J Ashton no
Here's what I want for my FIRST Electric Car: BASIC Car ( K. I. S.S.) ~ Charge on 110vac~ No Computers ~ Digital Read outs ~ 100
BOLT = but $$ want a 1st EV ar = Cheaper
It is the best place to fry your phone under direct sunlight. Congrats designers
The regenerative braking system should not burden the driver with level 3, 4 or whatever. If the driver puts a foot on the brake pedal it should just dedicate as much regenerative braking as is possible, and relevant to the deceleration the driver commands. Modern cars should get better than dinosaur cars.
Who actually cares about the resolution of the screen between the gauges?
That thing alone ... noone. But it gives you idea how much cost-cutting there was. Decent LCD is matter of few extra euros.
@@petrkubena That's a cost well worth cutting, as long as it makes the car cheaper to buy.
@@Tuppoo94 Well...not really. Such things can lower the resale value more than they cost. Simply speaking if the cars equipment looks outdated, resale value is lower. So even if you don't care about it, you will end up loosing money. Like it or not, people respond to looks.
@@petrkubena well, cant really expect much from a car thats from 2013 to be honest, its just e rebranded E-UP!
"is the cheapest new electric car also the best?" hmmm let me think......if its 50p bloody hell brilliant!, if its £100,000 no its crap........so how much is it then and we will answer the question you asked me. Oh you dont say the price *uck knows then. No wait Ill google it.
Seat has announced that UK pricing for the Mii Electric, its first zero-emissions model, will begin at £19,300. Oh right seems like a lot of money then and you seem to say its a bit rubbish. I think you answered the question. No the cheapest new electric is not also the best. There done your better spending some more and getting better value. Thought id post this so others dont have to fart about.
How much !!!!
What's the real world motorway range?
No.
The word is probably,not probally.
I'll just wait until Dacia bring out a cheap ev hopefully not 19k like this 'cheap' EV
Am excited for the electric Dacia too. But it's becoming known that the car that's built and sold in China is a very bare bones, 22kWh 68mph EV. I'm more excited for the Citroen Ami which is like an enclosed and upscale Twizy, if it gains traction for prvate and public-share use it could be huge.
I look forward to Dacia spring as well. There are some drawbacks as the range which is around 200 km as per the tests which in real life is clearly less with approximately 20% or more. Maybe they will pump it up a bit for the European market. Still I'll be keeping an eye for it when it comes out. Citigo seems to be the next best thing though.
£20k car and the rear windows don’t even open!!!
Wonder if it would charge from a 3000w portable (petrol) charger.
TFL tried the tesla. It didn't work.
Pointless for a small City car. You are in the middle of a huge electric grid.
@@Neojhun true. Interesting all the same.
I thought it was 10k
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seems like another truly terrible car from the volkswagen group....extremely cheap looking and feeling, ridiculously small range and a price that is falsely low because you don't get anything and be better off driving a shoebox on wheels. just buy a ZOE, for 1500€ more you will get a much better car, a much longer range and a better built vehicle
Infotainment systems/phones should not be allowed to be sited as a visual display, should be banned in cars, a real safety hazard.
It's an UP you fool!!!! Everyone knows this!!
I guess you didn't watch the video...
augnkn93043 wrong
The price is a ripoff like all electric cars being sold in the uk. Finance is even worse, it's an absolute joke. Cheaper over 3 years to buy a petrol or diesel.
And the price is?
£19,300 for the base model.
About £17k if you wait six months for them to realise that sales aren't going well
Approx. 19k is what it is in Euros, so surely won't be that in Sterling.
@@nigel.w genuinely £19,300 on the SEAT UK website. I just think it's more a technical exercise than anything serious at these prices.
@@sonofwilliamchris Thanks!
Why do reviewers insist on talking about 3 cars, when it is one car with 3 different badges? The pricing structure of the 3 models shows how fickle we are, paying so much more just for a badge, give me Skoda every time.
In the petrol cars the engines are different, to the extent that the VW is in a lower vehicle tax band (may depend on manufacture year). I went for the VW due to this and the fact that there was no price difference when buying 18 months old used. I suspect you are right that the difference will be much smaller between the electric models.
seat=skoda pricewise
The Skoda in the same spec costs the same and looks worse
@@evilmario6061 The yellow Twingo ZE looks the best, it will come out in few months during the spring at the same price and range.
There are a couple of differences which reflects in the price, not just the badge. The e-Up has the most additional equipment like climate control, cruise control and reverse sensors as standard along with the better suspension, which also makes it the most expensive.
The Mii Electric is slightly cheaper but less features (I think it was cruise control but don’t quote me on that).
Finally the Citigo-e is the cheapest, mostly because it doesn’t have the extra equipment that the others have. Of course VW's car is most expensive since it’s their base platform and they chose to max out the extras. At the end of the day it's up to you to decide what features you want for what you can afford to pay.
Another car review, another example of the fixation with scratching the fascia and door cards, people in real life don't do that any more so than they scratch their head when bewildered, it is bizarre. What is it about soft plastic that car reviewers perceive to be of higher quality than hard plastic? Presumably if a car had a dashboard carved out of Italian marble, it wouldn't pass the 'soft touch' test.
Agreed, the three questions I have: will it drop to bits, how slow is it and how much does it cost?
It's something I like to know, I have had both and hard touch scratches more easily. I have also found that hard dashboards make more creaking noises etc, although that might be coincidence.
This is electric car done right.
It's just a car, but electric. I like it all, the flashy Teslas for me try too hard
I don't care for best efficiency on electrical atm, since it is a lot more than petrol.
Also, the simple dash and not many screens is efficient.
@@1300l agreed I like the simple stripped back Mii electric/Vw UP. I just want an simple electric car with no bells and whistle just a good electric battery and drivetrain.
Yeah man can't agree more. It is a normal car, but electric. I never understood why electric car manufacturers just went all weird with their electric car designs. Just make a normal bloody car!
@@FQFix and being a city car, aerodynamics etc are not as important
@@FQFix Except electric isn't new, it's old.
Thats a good price. If you had a 7 year loan. And it only costs say 20 quid a month to charge. Save quite a lot. I rememeber my old yaris 1.0 used to take a bit of petrol because you would rev it higher. This ev would be great for young drivers.
The Mii has somehow aged well and looks quite handsome 8 years in! I just wish they had given it a better name, and stuck with Arosa.
Specsavers.
@@Silver-st2zq Ha ha. Fair enough. I think I meant more that it looked so dated and I hated it when it first came out, but maybe as conservative shape it's aged better than some. But maybe "handsome" was definitely the wrong word. I must had a sherry or two when I typed back then,
Not putting a silly infotainment system but just a good phone holder with charger is a great idea! All cars should offer that, at least as a (cheap) optional.
£20,000 for a small city car. VW said they were going to sell these at 'similar' prices to the petrol equivalents, and these used to be £10,000......
They REALLY don't want you to buy electric cars.
What about the price watched all the way through waiting in anticipation but he just kept saying it’s a good price, go figure
I wish all cars had the pop out rear windows, so much quieter at speed and reasonably secure if you leave one open. Funny how all reviewers seem to mention the same “problems” which I regard as benefits (“scratchy plastics”... more durable and who pokes the dashboard anyway? “sitting on the car not in it”... which gives a much better driving position and visibility in my opinion), perhaps it would be better to mention these as fact rather than giving opinion?
This is more along the kind of car we need in the US for first time EV buyers. It doesn't have to be fancy, and it doesn't have to be the best performer. If it could maintain around 125 miles in -40F weather and was priced under $20k american, it'd sell like hotcakes.
The Mii is a customizable avatar made for the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Nintendo Switch.
Don't compare it to a Zoe its From £28,795 after £3000PICG the Mii is £19,800.00 after £3000PICG. almost £10K cheaper!!!
This car should be no more than £12k max not 18k lol
If you have small kids the last thing you want is electric rear windows to chop of their fingers... The pop out windows were a big selling point for me, it seems all reviewers miss that point.
Most cars I see on UK roads have one person in them. What are the 5 doors for.
Shopping and putting stuff in the back, it's a ball ache without back doors.
@@DogsBAwesome I drive a fiat 600: Only two doors, and a cramped backseat for 3 people! Still shopping alone is no hassle, i just flip the driver's seat forward and the whole backseat and footwell is available for grocery bags- Actually easier than opening a rear door.
There's only that one day you wish you had them
@@Tore_Lund My little C1 Is a right pain to put stuff in the back especially as you have to readjust the seat afterwards.
@@DogsBAwesome Guess there are differences? The C1 is a very nice car.
"So there's going to be more competition in this class" goes on to list the same car with 3 different badges...
@m !!! Well, not really accurate. All of the companies are subsidiaries of the same company group. They share most of the technical features, the only real difference being the styling. You may be right about 'fans', but that is a really minor market category, most people are willing to consider many options when purchasing a car as it's one of the most expensive things a person owns usually.
Enjoyed this review a lot. I want one of these so much for when I eventually replace my old but gold (really) Saxo. Very fair comments, I love the look of this car inside and out even though it's been around a long time almost unchanged.
Thanks Richard!
Start saving, they ain’t exactly cheap.
I can remember the first EV I ever drove , No heaters or doors ,The front bench seat was Uncomfortable , The steering was vague , it had just 1 headlight , 3 wheels and the top speed was only 12mph fully laden ,the Noise was deafening with bottles of Gold tops and R whites lemonade rattling when you you hit potholes and if you hit a corner to fast there would be broken glass everywhere !
I think my Boss Bob had a weak bladder as he was always stopping off at different lady's houses who used to let him use their toilets at 20 minuets each time ! ! Well he was always doing up his flies when leaving their front door . I could never work out how many of the kids in the area looked like my old Boss.
Bob used to let me have a drive when heading back to the yard on weekends while he slept on the bench next to me, he use to look exhausted.
My wages of £2.00 per day in 1977 -1978 wasn't bad for a Boy of 12 or 13.
Does anyone else remember the first EVs or was lucky enough to drive them?
But if you spend just a little more you coulda got a Tesla. GET THE TESLA! TESLA! TESLA!
Don't you have sub editors? How can you talk about the price without giving us any idea what the price is?
In Finland its only 15300€
TNX 4 mention that fact 4 us curios peeps
Seems a good little car for 161 miles range, lets hope the App software is better than the flaky Renault Zoe software, I'm fed up of fiddling with that on our Q90 Zoe !.
These things are not bought for luxury more like getting from A to B without getting wet or hammered for road tax / parking / emissions zones etc so being basic and cheap is good. If you want something a bit fancier then know you will be paying more
Jim Drew the Zoe is quite good, best was 201 miles showing on the GOM. We get around 160 to 180 in summer but now it’s hitting 150 tops but then again it’s our run around so probably only charged every few days (at home) seems to work okay for us, longer distance we have a Range Rover PHEV that’s about 20 to 25 miles electric which is my wife’s daily mileage then weekends we do distance where the petrol bit comes into its own, especially towing a caravan !
You can't get 160 miles on this, not even in idealist of conditions in the summer with AC off. You are looking at about 120-140 miles on full range. Of which you can obviously use 70-90%. So 100 miles give or take. And not on the highway... This is a pure compliancy car...
@@marcusbiller867 200km is possible, if you avoid motorways.
@@ChristophLeitl How is that different from my 120-140 miles estimate?! Plus you need some buffer so 80% is even less and who is going to avoid motorways for 200km...Not realistic. Compliancy car.
@@marcusbiller867 do a test drive yourself. You would be suprised. One could have a Golf 8 with the same battery. Less range.
old feeling plastics...? you mean like all city cars have? And the VW leather wheel is pretty nice... they use the same ones even in the Golf and others.
Seems like a great car for the price. In Germany it will only be 1k € more than the petrol Version, so thats great.
Wie kommst du denn da drauf? Hierfür sind ca. 22,000€ von denen ca 4000€ wegfallen vielleicht bald 6000€. Ein Benziner Mii hast du früher ab 1-12€ bekommen und davon noch Rabatt bekommen. Und hier hast du nicht mal ein Kabel oder CCS was 1500€ Aufpreis kostet... Ist zwar für die Stadt nett, aber werden die wenigsten kaufen. VW muss die Preise etwas nach unten schrauben. 6000€ kostet die Batterie im Fahrzeug nicht...
@@marcusbiller867 tja, aber die Hersteller können keine Autos mehr um 9.000€ bauen. 95g Regel, benachteiligt leichte Autos. Siehe letzte Autobild. Ist schade.
Fairer Vergleich wäre Renault Zoe. Mit Batteriemiete teurer, Verbrauch pro 100km höher.
And I thought an E-Up was a Yorkshire greeting.
Lol. I do think the e Up is nicer but they are more or less the same 🤐
The Mii, along with the UP and Citigo electric are clearly an attempt to cash in while they can with what is basically a dated design and a model which is no longer in a popular segment. Yeah it has some decent equipment but for the price I predict sales will be low, any potential buyers with common sense will wait until there are better alternatives on the market.
Considering how most manufacturers and drivers have become obsessed with the SUV... I think it's hard to think what the future of the motor industry is going to be, but the SUV is an incredibly unsustainable direction to go in, both with the significant increase in CO2 emissions from ICE SUVs in Europe and the fact that more and more cities are planning to ban SUVs from them.
The city car segment's demise has been very detrimental as well, I feel. When you look to see the current market... it just seems like there's nothing really available anymore. It's all SUVs or something just unsuitable.
I live in a oil country. Here is Azerbaijan. In here the petrol's cost is 0.42 pound, the premium petrol's cost is 0.56 pound and diesel's cost is 0.28 pound for one litre. I think they are cheap in here but i prefer to futures cars. Unfortunantly electice cars are much more expensive than petrol cars.
I wonder, how long that battery can last (years/kilometers). range is 260 km and if I dont charge it over 80 %, and keep it above 20% I would have about 150 km range per day, what is okay for my needs. So, how many cycles that battery can handle without any durability loss? Can I expect after 300 000 km same battery health, or maybe 90 - 95% of what was when I buy it?
Should be OK. I have heard of people who have 100 000 miles on theirs and still have 92 per cent of the original battery capacity
*And the price is **_from_** £19,300 !*
16900 euros the Skoda Citygo, 15900 pounds or less.
Electric cars... with standard bulbs. They couldn't stretch to LED bulbs for a tiny bit of extra range as well as reliability and convenience?
Stephan Dolby it’s a VW group car, what do you expect.
Stephan Dolby there's an ENORMOUS cost increase to both the end-user and the OEM with LED, it's not yet as reliable as you'd imagine either.
M Bacon they probably don't meet the quality standards VW would like.
@@theweekthatis Suzuki are a manufacturer that routinely courts the top five of reliability and dependability surveys, at least here in the UK. VW... don't, as a general rule.
What’s the bloody price?
It may be thought of as cheap but it's still twice the pice of a VW Up! ( or three times the price of a pre-reg Up) What's the incentive to spend the extra £10k as fuel isn't it. The Up does a good 50mpg. They still aren't cheap for those without the pocket to be electric green.
Totally agree. I'm desperate to "go green" but there is no way I can possibly afford it. I could always buy an older used Zoe, but my worry would be the battery
MG ZS EV does the same mileage and is £21,995 and you get a full sized SUV, I do realize it defeats the purpose of a city car, but I'd rather the extra space and 7 year warranty on the batteries.
Range is actually greater on the MG and its faster too so more practical for motorways, maybe the charging is slower. The point I'd make about this Seat is the near identical Skoda is £2,500 cheaper in the UK with Skoda garages typically being higher rated. I must admit I'd rather have the MG looks fantastic in comparison to these VW offerings for similar money but I'd get the identical range and speed Skoda over the Seat.
It's great to have options though, eh? The MG does nothing for me, but I'd take this in a heartbeat given the chance.
@Mark Jones What EV would you buy that isn't fully of Chinese made electronics?
@Mark Jones Well the parent company of MG also makes Volkswagens in China, so I'm sure they've learned a thing or two. But 10+ years ago who would of bought a KIA. My personal opinion is it's still to early in the game to be considering any electric car, as the government and councils are happy to set up ULEZ, but invest in little infrastructure to help you move away from fossil fuels. And at 70% tax on fuel, £1 for 15 minutes parking, £12 to drive in certain areas, it's a huge revenue to lose if people suddenly do move to EVs, ride sharing or public transportation.
@@sonofwilliamchris When the extend London ULEZ starts in October 2021it will impact millions of people, I expect to see a significant increase in EV activity as we approach that date
I think i would prefer the Mini, should have a much lower depreciation rate and a much better finish
But costs about 50% more.
This is kinda off comment but Doug has nice style. He looks cool in Levis jeans. Nice review too.
Thank you M j G!
Thanks Dougs mom.
Why would they want to make it a 4 seater. If you want it cheap make a 2 seater and give the Smart car a run for their money
Jorn Navarre unfortunately 90% of the time you only see vehicles carry two or less passengers on the road
why are you acting like those rear windows are normal. It is the worst thing ever. Why would they do that?
Chevrolet SPARK EV
Brngtbck!
20 fcuking grand. You'll lose 60% over 3 to 4 yrs on average in depreciation. Then there's the interest on top. Also the expensive dealership servicing. You'll need to save aroud £15k in fuel over 3yrs just to break even. Then with pcp you'll need to give the car back and start again. How about buy a cheap little diesel (clio 1.5dci 65mpg £20 road taxt) for £3k, sell it after 3yrs for £1500 and smile about the 13grand you've just saved. That's what I'm doing. Come back to me when these cars are 10k
@Jorn Navarre 2500$ for a 4yr service plan. Enough said dummy
It's practically the same as the e up. I think the e Up is a little better looking from the rear
The MG ZS EV is way better and cheap as chips for the all kit, including a great sunroof. SEAT is trying their luck here with this cheap n nasty box.
Andrew Daley The MG ZS EV is a old Mazda CX-5 and is really cheap and feels like it was made out of plastic milk bottles
@@H.K_R I have a ZS and i love it. They could have used better materials but then it would be more expensive. It's a trade off.
Minifan101 Really...a Chinese car is an old Japanese car?
I think the two cars are very different size wise so perhaps not a direct comparison?
@@tommydplayskeys True, but just saying that Seat is testing the waters here with a crummy deal compared to MGs. Check out the MG spec for the money compared to this expensive-for-nothing car.
More BS pricing from a conventional ICE car manufacturer!
Where do you buy it at
who needs a back seat 99% it is empty
Well, people who carry 2 passengers would be a good example......
no ones mentioning battery warrenty , what if the battteries fail how much to replace them etc .
We're getting closer to a simple electric car to drive around town.
So people buy 20+K cars just for driving around the city now? Don't we have bikes for that? What use is a car when it's only fit for city use.
Renault will launch the Twingo ZE to compete and his design is better, I don't know about the space for tall drivers.
To date a huge disapointment? Based on your discription of the battery pack and its specifications clearly you know nothing about electric vehicles .I could name 5 excellent options. Cheap soft plastic? Eh its a seat, if you want the nice high quality trims and interior then you spend the extra money buying the VW German version... Of the same car! Upskill or go home.
We've got to do a whole lot more on pricing in Europe on EV's. This is good, but still way too expensive. I'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat as me, in that I would happily buy one of the many "tiny EV's" built for 2 people that are coming out of Asia. These are being sold in Asia for around 3,500 USD! Granted there's no airbags and the top speed is very low at around 80kmh, there's no fancy gadgets or bells and whistles, but I would happily forego the bells and whistles. And to be fair, equipping them with 2 airbags and increasing speed to 100kmh wouldn't take much. I'm excited to see what happens when Renault introduce their latest city EV...again, it's perfect, doesn't have much equipment, but is extraordinarily cheap where it's currently being sold....in Asia/India. I believe it's going to be marketed under the Dacia brand when it comes to Europe - and I hope I'm wrong but I'm expecting the price to at least double on this side of the world ☹️
People never look when they make quick comments on pop open windows in rear doors. Just where would a sliding electric one go to when there is a rear wheel arch so close below at the back? This is a tiny city car. Nobody in the back has to suffer discomfort for more than short trips. If you really want sliding electric rear windows, get a Porsche Panamera !
The price in Spain is around 17000€. I can't tell in other countries
Germany €14800.
Why does it look so similar to the Volkswagen up?
I have a 2006 Nissan micra 1200; a city car. It is not sporty but will happily do 70 all day long on the motorway if required. It has see-through windows, radio, heater, gets me from A to B in moderate comfort. I'd happily swap it for the Seat Mii to do the same job cheaper. No-frills motoring for the pensioner :-)
I'm pretty sure this model takes only about 30 minutes to rapid-charge from empty to 80%, not an hour.
Renault Zoe still king in the City
Totally agree, beats this hands down in every department.
Absolutely. Shame they have done away with the battery lease
@@user-zr4wh3lh5v I believe Renault are only testing the water with the ZE50 in UK and haven't completely abandoned the lease. It's still available abroad.
@@scobo4592 that's interesting. Because it brings down the purchase price so much and gives you peace of mind over the battery. I hope they bring it back. If they don't then I can't afford one 🙁
@@user-zr4wh3lh5v Absolutely, not to mention free 24/7 breakdown cover too. I couldn't have afforded our ze40 without the lease.
Would have been really awesome if it were to be RWD
People buy small cars like this on PCP over 3-4 years, if it's near 20k when an Aygo is 10k then it's not going to work, even if the electricity is free, which it aint. Another 3 or 4 years we might see electric start to make an impact IMHO. It has to be in that same price range before there's wide adoption.
It starts at just over £17,000 which for most people looking for a small city runabout, is simply far too much money.
Until the price disparity becomes less acute, against the electric and petrol Versions of this Seat, sales of electric vehicles will remain poor.
The time is not right to go electric, as the on road price disparity is too large
Great review, and I like the reviewer. Thanks
Mi car.. with a streponic audio...lol
Surely a 1litre petrol is better, cheaper and takes 2 minutes to fill the tank. and it's actually more environmentally friendly. In the long run. Stuff the electric.
$25k for ~150 miles range is still a bit too expensive but I like the trend. I hope closer to 2025 we'll have cars like this for $15k, that's the point where gas-cars will start losing heavily
Spend an extra £5k and get the new Zoe
Or the Mini electric for £24k which is a far nicer car than this.
Or a 40kwh Zoe for around the same price or with battery lease for about £5k less !
The price is what matters for these smaller cars and in this case it is astronomical, as with all other EVs. With some bells and whistles it will be around 21 000 euro which is a lot, given the plastic interior and the quite ordinary exterior. Automakers nowadays are just trying too hard to cut corners.
Using your phone as the entertainment system has significant consequences for legality in the UK. It's a crazy situation where you can control your phone app through your car system and stay legal, but control it through the phone positions 10cm higher and you're breaking the law apparently.
Cuanto? £20,000. No thanks. Not until £10,000 will I buy. All these EV adverts sponsored by Shell. Tsk tsk TH-cam.
Drove one of these a few days ago. My first experience of driving an electric car & I thought it was great! I never looked in the back but I'm pretty tall & thought I would struggle to get comfortable but I had more than enough room. Only had it for a morning but drove everywhere with regen set to level 4 and the 1 pedal driving was great - okay I believe some have even stronger regen on highest level but I loved the whole thing.
Frankly stop speudo journalist speak about hard plastic .do not care .and yes Mobil are the best info system . sick of stupid screen for nothing .well done vw .cheap and easy .a car .I do not live in it for good ....
El Born
I wonder what kind of 'defeat' mechanism the VW group has designed for an EV ? Emissions shouldn't be an issue, but battery range might be......
I swear the petrol is about £2,500 why is the electric £19,000
"The price is so good... That I will not mention it". Seriously....
David Cano
It's different in every country so you can't slap a price in it but in Denmark it's exactly half the price of a Tesla.
@@baileysubliminals7192 the car has been tested in Spain and the channel is English, so giving an estimated price before tax either in euros or pounds is fairly easy, like most of the channels do. The only thing needed is the will to do it. Thanks for the input, by the way.
David Cano
No problem. I would say that it's 150.000 krones and 20.000 pounds.
Around that
David Cano
Also what is the game of that profile picture? I played it 3 years ago.
Unfortunately the car is not very good for tall people like me (im 1.90m tall) and i don't really fit in it.
Its a shame that once again perhaps you need an up to date mobile phone (using data) rather than my budget 3 year old one ?