The air vents are not fake, they form a verticle blade of air pushing past the outer edge of the tyre. If you looked inside the front arch you will see the outlet. This improves the air flow around the wheel and also decreases the air pressure on the bumper. It's the same on the Zoe.
It is about £5k more than a similarly spec'd petrol hybrid version, £10k more than an entry level one. So not too bad, but a full electric should be similar without all the suck-bang-blow paraphernalia...
I think the pricing is a bit high due to incentives in the rest of Europe (6750 EUR in Germany) for plug in hybrids, if you take that into account it makes a lot more sense I think
I have an early 2013 Captur. At the time there were very few smaller cars that would take a family with teenage children comfortably. The Nissan Juke and similar cars have no leg room in the back behind a 6 ft driver. In 2013 we found the Captur the best match for useful internal space without going for a larger more expensive car. The new hybrid sounds very expensive!
PHEVs are still relevant, especially now many of them do offer sufficient range to cover an average persons daily drive without using the engine. Whether it makes sense depends on use case. If you need a daily commuter but with occasional long trips a PHEV could well operate as an EV for well over 90% of the time for many while minimising demand on batteries.
Yes absolutely and of course the other point is as was quite rightly mentioned in the video is that you should change the batteries regularly otherwise they become effectively dead weight which massively affects mpg.
Thanks for the review. We'll never get them in the states but I do know the market for the PHEVs. I drive electric and have been trying to get others to think that way for the next car purchase. Two I know have bought since I've been talking up the electric and both bought PHEVs. I guess it is a good 'dip your toe in' for the electric market for them. They can't fathom having an all-electric car so this is the next option. I actually drive a hybrid (BMW i3), but I don't use it that way unless I'm on a long journey. I only drive electric during the week. I guess once they get a taste of it they'll be ready for the full electric version next time.
I've got a newfound respect for winds like that, after the wind caught the driver door on my Zoe. Now I have the "wrong sound" when closing it. Thank you for teaching me a new word today; undulation. :-)
Andy, please would you make that video, how to drive a PHEV, it would be brilliant. Please try to include some specific figures even if only guesstimates as to the real mpg that we’d get from one. The problem is it won’t get enough views if it’s buried at the end of a review of an PHEV itself. Hope that makes sense! I want to get an EV, but can’t yet find the mid-sized SUV I need at a decent price, so 30 grand. I’m waiting for VW ID4 and Skoda eniaq, but they may not come in time for my lease renewal. A PhEV therefore looks like it’s going to be the best possibility. Therefore let’s have a video telling us how to get the best mpg out of one. Thanks mate love the channel yours is the only car channel that my wife will watch!
Just wait for the right hand drive and check the glove box then. The French don't move the fuse box which is on the left. The Zoe glove box is comically small and lives up to it's name.
As usual, a very informative video. If i am honest i prefer it over the zoe, only due the more practicality that it offers. I am considering buying a car and i am between the RAV4 prime or the skoda Enyaq, when they come out.
Quality's moved up at Renault but not by that much, that will be a tough sell. We'll probably stick with another Niro plug-in rather than go full electric, best of both worlds at the moment and suits our needs. Price difference is the biggest plus, especially if you do what we did and buy an almost new one, next to knack all off an as new EV Niro but a huge discount off the plugin 👍 Those who "don't get" a phev haven't owned one.🍻
I suppose the only appeal in these sort of hybrids is you can use electric most of the time and petrol for longer trips so your not reliant on the crap motorway chargers 😞 My point of view is they are too complicated, you have the normal ICE maintenance costs ( and all the things that can wrong with a engine ) with nearly the normal running costs of ICE but for the price of fully capable EV. Also when these are several years old god help any mechanic that works on them ( normal ICE engine bays are crammed with enough stuff, never mind motors, HV cables, inverters etc ) I think people just need to keep it simple and go fully electric, if your a 2 car household then keep a ICE car for the longer journeys until long range electric cars become cheap enough.
Keep thinking that, I'll keep running round in my Niro plug-in, only using fuel on those long journeys you mention, never having to rely on a broken charging infrastructure and knowing that if anything does go wrong, not that it has for 2 years, Kia will fix it at least for the first 7 years for nowt.
@@stepheng8779 a friend has a Prius plug in, it's not a car i particularly like but he only fills the tank up every 4 months or so and the thing is extremely reliable. Much more so than my Audi A6 despite the added complexity. Funny thing about carr reliability is that I have never had a problem with the engine in a car, problems have all been with the electrics except for a blown gearbox.
@@ElectricVehicleMan Just get better imformed!!! Are you serious? I'm not journalist or youtuber, but i knew that. That's really a poor job you've done. They are on the new Clio, the new Captur and the Zoe as well.
15:50 to 16:15. Precisely. I agree with you completely on that point. Frankencars are, at best, a stepping stone on the journey to driving a full EV. They have their place, for now, but they will be phased out fairly quickly. As a full EV, built to the same standard, it should have a long and fruitful sales life.
Great reviwe... an not overloded with boring tec reviwe. I think that the biggest benefit over Zoe is that you sit higer and therefor have easyer enatrance. Maby it is also perfect "emty nester".
Interesting to hear that a PHEV holds it value in Europe. I just bought a Hyundai Sonata PHEV ( US large saloon car ), 2017 with 25k miles, for $16k. A Honda Clarity would cost maybe a couple of thousand more ( and has 50 mile EV range ). Basically they have lost about 50% of their value from new, perhaps a little more. Guess that's the difference when petrol is about two pound fifty a gallon. What I have realized is that the ICE has probably only done a few thousand miles and you really need a "running hours" figure for the components not just a pure miles covered in order to know how "used" the mechanical components of the vehicle are. If I lived in the UK I think I would go full electric. Unless your a Cornishman living in Scotland I just don't think range can be that much of an issue for most people. I would like an EV with a year round range of 200 and most of the European EVs don't seem to have that. Guess I would be in an ID.3 with the mid size battery.
I wish someone could tell me how they work out the mpg for a phev. They should state how many miles it will do in ev mode only and they should say how many mpg it does in hybrid mode ie when the battery is depleted.
@@ericburbach632 The question is valid since MPGE is gimmick scheme to get manufacturers out of CO2 fines. I do not know which is the equivalent of EPA based fueleconomy.gov i
@@ericburbach632 In Europe WLTP should provide full EV range in kWH spent per 100 km or miles then MPG or gallons per 100 miles or liters per 100 km when battery is depleted the way EPA is rating cars providing real world numbers... 200 mpge equivalent is nonsense since is not clear how in the world those numbers come about...
Why don’t they strengthen the parcel shelf and create a storage area for cables? What’s the point with just about every manufacturer creating a space under the luggage for a cable. It needs to be easy to access!
Have you looked at the Enyak on the Skoda UK website? I’ve just specked up the base model to roughly what I have on my 1st gen Ioniq and it’s shocking what they are now charging for!!! The car comes in now at about 37K not cheap or simply clever but simply stupid price
Looks better than the old Capture. When my Zoe was in for a recall two years ago they lent me a Captur diesel and it was horrible compared with the Zoe. So noisy and the pick up very slow compared with an EV. I am not a fan of the new Renault key either. I imagine the glovebox will be half the size in RHD cars (the fuse box tends to be on the left of the dash and they don't move it). I'm a bit on enthusiast too and not really aimed at me either.
Battery too small imho, needs more range especially considering the likely hood of reduced ( if any ) range in winter, battery degradation will happen fast because its gonna be constantly fully discharged and charged far more than a full ev Personally I'd prefer full ev with big battery and long range keeping it charged around 50% when long journeys not needed. A better hybrid in my mind would be a big battery and a tiny engine which acts as a range extender charging the battery, but the engine would be used so rarely it probably would work when it was needed lol.
Don't expect to see that sliding glovebox on the UK version, all the French manufacturers don't bother moving the fuse box across to the other side for RHD cars. Expect the UK version will just about be big enough for a pair of ......gloves!
I be the glove box is only going to 2rd the size. Due to the French car manufacturers been lazy and not moving the fuse box on right hand drive cars. I also would not be surprise if the glove box was just a generic flap that'e hinged at the bottom. Not the flash looking drawer.
I can't see the point of plug-in hybrids - very expensive, and need constant re-charging. Two of my friends have self-charging hybrids (Toyotas), and they spend a lot of time in town running on the electric motor. I would guess that people who buy plug-ins rapidly get fed up with the constant re-charging and just run them as petrol cars - a rechargable hybrid makes a lot more sense - and a lot cheaper as well.
I remember going to test drive an MG HS, just for giggles. However I had to wait 45 odd minutes for the woman taking me out because she was trying to explain to an old couple the difference to SC hybrids and PHEVS and explain how youd gain benefits and how to use them. I heard just not getting what she was saying at all - so you know when they got there Mitsubishi phev they would never of used it properly. Nice car, improvement over the last, but over priced for sure where there are better and cheaper options..but the people who buy the car wont care or do research.
Andy. I like how you recognise that not everyone can get an EV, but to still talk about cheap electricity? Electricity isn't much cheaper than petrol/diesel if you have to get it from the public chargers! The public chargers around me (except Tesco - free 7kw, at the moment) cost near enough the same, 30p per kwh and about £1 initial connection charge - whether rapid, fast or slow! 40% of UK households don't have access to off street parking so, therefore, cannot leave the car on charge overnight. A PHEV is the best choice - until (if ever) FCEV's gain acceptance. They don't take long to charge on a public charger and you can always use the granny plug if needed. My next car will be the Golf GTE. I have a Golf at the moment, so don't want to drop down in quality to a Nissan or Renault and I can't afford anything from the better brands but I also want to be able to drive a good distance some times! If I buy a BEV, I can only charge free at Tesco on 7kw, which would take 4+ hours and be noticed by its fair usage police!
There are plenty of chargers that are a lot cheaper than that. Polar for example would mainly be free for £7.85 a month. I’m not going to ignore what 60% of the population can access.
@@ElectricVehicleMan yeah, I get that. Just seems that hybrids get missed out by EV reviewers as the inbred stepchild of the EV revolution. But for many they are the only practical way at the moment to move on from pure ICE cars and get some of the benefits of EV cars. Anyway, cheers for the reply.
@@ElectricVehicleMan plug in hybrids are great if you can plug in. I can't and my local public charging is pants. The Yaris will do up to 100mpg in the right conditions , and the Honda high 70s, so for some(probably not many) they are a viable choice. Anyway, I think it's a shame you're not giving them a go, but cheers for letting me know why, we'll just have to agree to differ.
Since this car is a PHEV it uses type 2 plug and charges slowly at home. However how many kW is internal charger rated at? Does it need 3 phase current like Renault Zoe or it is just a tamed 3.5 kW charger used in most PHEVs?
To answer your question about who this car is for: 1st and only car for a small family who lives in a place without sufficient EV infrastructure. Besides UK there are a lot of countries in the world where going full EV isn't easy.
@@ElectricVehicleManIf you have a parking space then you plug it in for everyday commuting. But you have no infrastructure for longer trips. This is for example the case in Greece where I live in. A friend of mine has an older Ampera for his family and only fills it up for vacation trips.
@@dan123collins A chinese car made in china as opposed to a french one, although decent in terms of perfomance I belive it's important to consider where you're sending your money!
@@ElectricVehicleMan It's not because some of the stuff I own has to come from there that I'll also buy the stuff I have a choice over from there too. Sending over the value of a phone or laptop pales in comparison to a vehicle, it's generally the second largest purchase one makes after a house.
Llewln Morals don’t work like that. Also, the profit on frequently bought electronic devices probably exceeds the profit (not the cost) of a car. Would you buy a Volvo? Or a Lotus? They’re both Chinese owned.
Comparing to a GT-Line Zoe this is too expensive. A GT-Line with Bose and auto reversing is only £200 more. I also do not understand EVM's statement - "Plug-in hybrids are still relevant today, not everybody can get an electric car". What's the point of a plug-in hybrid? You'd still need a charger (a home one is supplied free of charge apparently) and you'd still need petrol. Why not go full -EV straightaway? True the Captur is a little bigger but it still is an ICE first car with the Zoe interior. And if you cannot get an EV, why bother with a plug-in hybrid since the pricing is in the same range?
Made enquires for a new Captur but they are only available in four colours black grey in two shades and white. Very boring colours so the more appealing colours are nor available in the U.K
I think is way overpriced i’m waiting for the renault megane plug in hybrid not the station but the short one, but if its overprice like the capture it’s better to get a full ev
You mentioned that you don't love crossovers. Neither do I. You said that people love crossovers. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe actually very few people do love the horrible things, and that what's really going on here is a widespread unfortunate tendency for people to do as they're told, and that for decades they've been told that they are to buy crossovers and behave as if they love them?
Just to correct you plug in hybrids are in no way a substitute for a full bev. They are simply an alternative in the same way as a petrol or diesel ice car would be.
Well someone doesn't know his cars, Peugeot equivalent 2008 looks nothing like this, also the glove box will be tiny on a uk car as the French don't move fuse box
So paying well over the odds for such a poorly looking car, I just don’t see the point spending all that money for a hybrid car that only get 25-30 miles might as well buy a very good diesel or like someone mentioned a mgev or would rather have a second hand Bmw i3
It’s because research says that most people only do 30 miles a day so can be driven as an EV most of the time with the convenience of a petrol engine if you then decided to go 300 miles. I think PHEV’s were relevant 3 years ago. With cars like the ŠKODA Enyaq having 300miles (WLTP) and costing from £33k on the road it won’t be long until PHEV’s have had their day.
So less Boot space, increased servicing costs as its got an ICE. no real electric power / range to speak of . You too can have all these disadvantages for £30,000. Hybrids were only a compromise until full electric became affordable which we are nearly there . 10 years too late renault.
@@andymccabe6712 As I've been running a hybrid for the last 5 years I feel qualified to not speak nonsense and they certainly do give peace of mind . My point was that at that price it's too close to all the advantages full electric gives so renaults offering is late to the party.
PHEV are not even half measure. Why bother. DO NOT PROMOTE Hilarious too that one of biggest argument against EV is price but when looking at most popular vehicle are stupid SUVs and these are more expensive then base model EVs. Bloody Chelsea tractors
The air vents are not fake, they form a verticle blade of air pushing past the outer edge of the tyre.
If you looked inside the front arch you will see the outlet.
This improves the air flow around the wheel and also decreases the air pressure on the bumper.
It's the same on the Zoe.
and he forget to mention the sliding back seat.
I've not seen any of your videos before but I really enjoyed your fresh matter-of-fact delivery which was comprehensive and objective.
It is about £5k more than a similarly spec'd petrol hybrid version, £10k more than an entry level one. So not too bad, but a full electric should be similar without all the suck-bang-blow paraphernalia...
I think the pricing is a bit high due to incentives in the rest of Europe (6750 EUR in Germany) for plug in hybrids, if you take that into account it makes a lot more sense I think
Andy don't worry about the crummy reviews we can't all be perfect ! Another good vid keep up the good work
I have an early 2013 Captur. At the time there were very few smaller cars that would take a family with teenage children comfortably. The Nissan Juke and similar cars have no leg room in the back behind a 6 ft driver. In 2013 we found the Captur the best match for useful internal space without going for a larger more expensive car. The new hybrid sounds very expensive!
PHEVs are still relevant, especially now many of them do offer sufficient range to cover an average persons daily drive without using the engine. Whether it makes sense depends on use case. If you need a daily commuter but with occasional long trips a PHEV could well operate as an EV for well over 90% of the time for many while minimising demand on batteries.
Yes absolutely and of course the other point is as was quite rightly mentioned in the video is that you should change the batteries regularly otherwise they become effectively dead weight which massively affects mpg.
Thanks for the review. We'll never get them in the states but I do know the market for the PHEVs. I drive electric and have been trying to get others to think that way for the next car purchase. Two I know have bought since I've been talking up the electric and both bought PHEVs. I guess it is a good 'dip your toe in' for the electric market for them. They can't fathom having an all-electric car so this is the next option. I actually drive a hybrid (BMW i3), but I don't use it that way unless I'm on a long journey. I only drive electric during the week. I guess once they get a taste of it they'll be ready for the full electric version next time.
I've got a newfound respect for winds like that, after the wind caught the driver door on my Zoe. Now I have the "wrong sound" when closing it. Thank you for teaching me a new word today; undulation. :-)
Cheers to the EVM for bringing the UK gusts of wind and rains in France, we truly appreciate the gift.
I was still in the UK.
@@ElectricVehicleMan ah you got me fooled!
As usual, informative and entertaining...cheers!
So - to sum up, it's a good car for most people!
Sounds like exactly what a car manufacturer would want to sell.........
As I could not go see one for myself due to lock down your video is a life saver, awaiting a quote on one, hopefully it's affordable 🤞great video
Andy, please would you make that video, how to drive a PHEV, it would be brilliant. Please try to include some specific figures even if only guesstimates as to the real mpg that we’d get from one. The problem is it won’t get enough views if it’s buried at the end of a review of an PHEV itself. Hope that makes sense! I want to get an EV, but can’t yet find the mid-sized SUV I need at a decent price, so 30 grand. I’m waiting for VW ID4 and Skoda eniaq, but they may not come in time for my lease renewal. A PhEV therefore looks like it’s going to be the best possibility. Therefore let’s have a video telling us how to get the best mpg out of one. Thanks mate love the channel yours is the only car channel that my wife will watch!
Imagine how popular this would be if it was a full EV
Agree. Renault missed a trick there - SUV's are what sells.
Paul Day The Dacia Spring is one for you to look forward to then!
Just wait for the right hand drive and check the glove box then. The French don't move the fuse box which is on the left. The Zoe glove box is comically small and lives up to it's name.
You mean, big enough for one glove!
just enough room for your brain then, Colin
@@ericburbach632 Is it the wrong time of the month for you?
@@ericburbach632 and you had to edit that? How unfunny was it originally?
Dead right! Same for all Citroens too.
12:40 in and finally the important info up to 30 miles Electric range, so about 20 plus miles real world electric drive range.
Those black and empty piano buttons down the screen are for the heated seats. It's optional.
It’s a Dacia Duster with posh clothes on, leave it and go full electric I reckon
only this is without a clutch dumbass! 😁🤘
Nonsense
As usual, a very informative video. If i am honest i prefer it over the zoe, only due the more practicality that it offers. I am considering buying a car and i am between the RAV4 prime or the skoda Enyaq, when they come out.
Quality's moved up at Renault but not by that much, that will be a tough sell.
We'll probably stick with another Niro plug-in rather than go full electric, best of both worlds at the moment and suits our needs.
Price difference is the biggest plus, especially if you do what we did and buy an almost new one, next to knack all off an as new EV Niro but a huge discount off the plugin 👍
Those who "don't get" a phev haven't owned one.🍻
I suppose the only appeal in these sort of hybrids is you can use electric most of the time and petrol for longer trips so your not reliant on the crap motorway chargers 😞
My point of view is they are too complicated, you have the normal ICE maintenance costs ( and all the things that can wrong with a engine ) with nearly the normal running costs of ICE but for the price of fully capable EV. Also when these are several years old god help any mechanic that works on them ( normal ICE engine bays are crammed with enough stuff, never mind motors, HV cables, inverters etc )
I think people just need to keep it simple and go fully electric, if your a 2 car household then keep a ICE car for the longer journeys until long range electric cars become cheap enough.
My thougths exactly
Keep thinking that, I'll keep running round in my Niro plug-in, only using fuel on those long journeys you mention, never having to rely on a broken charging infrastructure and knowing that if anything does go wrong, not that it has for 2 years, Kia will fix it at least for the first 7 years for nowt.
@@stepheng8779 a friend has a Prius plug in, it's not a car i particularly like but he only fills the tank up every 4 months or so and the thing is extremely reliable. Much more so than my Audi A6 despite the added complexity. Funny thing about carr reliability is that I have never had a problem with the engine in a car, problems have all been with the electrics except for a blown gearbox.
"That's the best glovebox I've seen in a long time"
UK version: "That's the worst glovebox I've seen!"
Those vents on the front are real! As well as on the Clio
Romão Rocha They we’re blanked out. Not real.
@@ElectricVehicleMan prntscr.com/ulcpfv as you can see, they are not blanked out.. I own a new Clio, and they are real, so as the Captur's
@@ElectricVehicleMan Just get better imformed!!! Are you serious? I'm not journalist or youtuber, but i knew that. That's really a poor job you've done. They are on the new Clio, the new Captur and the Zoe as well.
Excellent review in the circumstances. 👍
15:50 to 16:15. Precisely. I agree with you completely on that point. Frankencars are, at best, a stepping stone on the journey to driving a full EV. They have their place, for now, but they will be phased out fairly quickly. As a full EV, built to the same standard, it should have a long and fruitful sales life.
Great reviwe... an not overloded with boring tec reviwe. I think that the biggest benefit over Zoe is that you sit higer and therefor have easyer enatrance. Maby it is also perfect "emty nester".
This car is to go to work for guy who has a storage for cgargind during the night.
A best sellers in France, number one.
5:20 These buttons is for the adaptive cc, and other driver assists that is introduced later on this year ;)
Interesting to hear that a PHEV holds it value in Europe. I just bought a Hyundai Sonata PHEV ( US large saloon car ), 2017 with 25k miles, for $16k. A Honda Clarity would cost maybe a couple of thousand more ( and has 50 mile EV range ). Basically they have lost about 50% of their value from new, perhaps a little more. Guess that's the difference when petrol is about two pound fifty a gallon. What I have realized is that the ICE has probably only done a few thousand miles and you really need a "running hours" figure for the components not just a pure miles covered in order to know how "used" the mechanical components of the vehicle are. If I lived in the UK I think I would go full electric. Unless your a Cornishman living in Scotland I just don't think range can be that much of an issue for most people. I would like an EV with a year round range of 200 and most of the European EVs don't seem to have that. Guess I would be in an ID.3 with the mid size battery.
I wish someone could tell me how they work out the mpg for a phev. They should state how many miles it will do in ev mode only and they should say how many mpg it does in hybrid mode ie when the battery is depleted.
listen to rhe entire thing, sweety
No need to be so patronising Sweety. Go on then tell me at what time is my question answered fully. At least I can type and spell.
@@ericburbach632 The question is valid since MPGE is gimmick scheme to get manufacturers out of CO2 fines.
I do not know which is the equivalent of EPA based fueleconomy.gov i
@@ericburbach632 In Europe WLTP should provide full EV range in kWH spent per 100 km or miles then MPG or gallons per 100 miles or liters per 100 km when battery is depleted the way EPA is rating cars providing real world numbers...
200 mpge equivalent is nonsense since is not clear how in the world those numbers come about...
After 20 or so miles it’s a 1.6 petrol engine that’s it
Why don’t they strengthen the parcel shelf and create a storage area for cables? What’s the point with just about every manufacturer creating a space under the luggage for a cable. It needs to be easy to access!
That thing has like twice the space of a Zoe (if not more). Especially for families that is important. And it explains in part the price difference.
Have you looked at the Enyak on the Skoda UK website?
I’ve just specked up the base model to roughly what I have on my 1st gen Ioniq and it’s shocking what they are now charging for!!! The car comes in now at about 37K not cheap or simply clever but simply stupid price
Looks better than the old Capture. When my Zoe was in for a recall two years ago they lent me a Captur diesel and it was horrible compared with the Zoe. So noisy and the pick up very slow compared with an EV. I am not a fan of the new Renault key either. I imagine the glovebox will be half the size in RHD cars (the fuse box tends to be on the left of the dash and they don't move it). I'm a bit on enthusiast too and not really aimed at me either.
By the way, thanks for the video!
Great video...very informative..many thanks!
Blanked out buttons means no heated seats, simple!
A vain hope, perhaps: It would be excellent if the Right-Hand Drive version kept that superb glove box.
Nice video! Objective review
Battery too small imho, needs more range especially considering the likely hood of reduced ( if any ) range in winter, battery degradation will happen fast because its gonna be constantly fully discharged and charged far more than a full ev
Personally I'd prefer full ev with big battery and long range keeping it charged around 50% when long journeys not needed.
A better hybrid in my mind would be a big battery and a tiny engine which acts as a range extender charging the battery, but the engine would be used so rarely it probably would work when it was needed lol.
I have one of these and i get 35 miles in winter and 40 in summer thats with regeneration b gear
Don't expect to see that sliding glovebox on the UK version, all the French manufacturers don't bother moving the fuse box across to the other side for RHD cars. Expect the UK version will just about be big enough for a pair of ......gloves!
I be the glove box is only going to 2rd the size. Due to the French car manufacturers been lazy and not moving the fuse box on right hand drive cars. I also would not be surprise if the glove box was just a generic flap that'e hinged at the bottom. Not the flash looking drawer.
In first gen Captur seat covers had zippers and were machine washable. Is it still the case?
not been this early for a bit!
Had a old Captur, my MG Ev is a lot better!
I can't see the point of plug-in hybrids - very expensive, and need constant re-charging. Two of my friends have self-charging hybrids (Toyotas), and they spend a lot of time in town running on the electric motor. I would guess that people who buy plug-ins rapidly get fed up with the constant re-charging and just run them as petrol cars - a rechargable hybrid makes a lot more sense - and a lot cheaper as well.
Is there a spare wheel?
D = drive
B = ?
Can you manuel witch from gas til el ?
i think Skoda may poo on them with the Enyaq which is not too much more for full electric
I remember going to test drive an MG HS, just for giggles.
However I had to wait 45 odd minutes for the woman taking me out because she was trying to explain to an old couple the difference to SC hybrids and PHEVS and explain how youd gain benefits and how to use them. I heard just not getting what she was saying at all - so you know when they got there Mitsubishi phev they would never of used it properly.
Nice car, improvement over the last, but over priced for sure where there are better and cheaper options..but the people who buy the car wont care or do research.
If you are sat in the passenger seat does that sliding glovebox hit your legs?
Andy. I like how you recognise that not everyone can get an EV, but to still talk about cheap electricity? Electricity isn't much cheaper than petrol/diesel if you have to get it from the public chargers!
The public chargers around me (except Tesco - free 7kw, at the moment) cost near enough the same, 30p per kwh and about £1 initial connection charge - whether rapid, fast or slow!
40% of UK households don't have access to off street parking so, therefore, cannot leave the car on charge overnight. A PHEV is the best choice - until (if ever) FCEV's gain acceptance. They don't take long to charge on a public charger and you can always use the granny plug if needed.
My next car will be the Golf GTE. I have a Golf at the moment, so don't want to drop down in quality to a Nissan or Renault and I can't afford anything from the better brands but I also want to be able to drive a good distance some times! If I buy a BEV, I can only charge free at Tesco on 7kw, which would take 4+ hours and be noticed by its fair usage police!
There are plenty of chargers that are a lot cheaper than that. Polar for example would mainly be free for £7.85 a month.
I’m not going to ignore what 60% of the population can access.
Great review as always. Any plans for reviewing the new Jazz and Yaris hybrids ?
Shouting George Not plugins.
@@ElectricVehicleMan yeah, I get that. Just seems that hybrids get missed out by EV reviewers as the inbred stepchild of the EV revolution. But for many they are the only practical way at the moment to move on from pure ICE cars and get some of the benefits of EV cars.
Anyway, cheers for the reply.
Shouting George Standard hybrids aren’t necessary. Plug in hybrids can be both.
@@ElectricVehicleMan plug in hybrids are great if you can plug in. I can't and my local public charging is pants.
The Yaris will do up to 100mpg in the right conditions , and the Honda high 70s, so for some(probably not many) they are a viable choice.
Anyway, I think it's a shame you're not giving them a go, but cheers for letting me know why, we'll just have to agree to differ.
17:55 But nooooo. Mr. It's-Always-Sunny-in-Yorkshire, Puttin'-on-the-Ritz drives home in an M3.
Lucky bastard. 😁
I think he owns a Model 3, not an M3!
@@computerbob06 That's what I meant to say.
The price (the capital out) just doesn't work for me
Since this car is a PHEV it uses type 2 plug and charges slowly at home. However how many kW is internal charger rated at? Does it need 3 phase current like Renault Zoe or it is just a tamed 3.5 kW charger used in most PHEVs?
www.automobile-magazine.fr/voitures-hybrides/article/27691-notre-essai-et-nos-mesures-du-renault-captur-e-tech-hybride-rechargeable
The batteries not being used is a company car tax dodge where fuel is paid for anyway
To answer your question about who this car is for: 1st and only car for a small family who lives in a place without sufficient EV infrastructure. Besides UK there are a lot of countries in the world where going full EV isn't easy.
Then why get the plug in hybrid over the normal one if you can’t plug it in?
@@ElectricVehicleManIf you have a parking space then you plug it in for everyday commuting. But you have no infrastructure for longer trips. This is for example the case in Greece where I live in. A friend of mine has an older Ampera for his family and only fills it up for vacation trips.
@@ElectricVehicleMan he meant infrastructure out there in the big bad world! This why people buy PHEVs - peace of mind.........
Front Air vents are real, not fake like many other..
£10,000 over priced at least.
Agreed !
For £20k ish you can buy a MG ZS EV 😃
@@dan123collins A chinese car made in china as opposed to a french one, although decent in terms of perfomance I belive it's important to consider where you're sending your money!
And where do you think half of what you own (inc what you typed that in on) comes from?)
@@ElectricVehicleMan It's not because some of the stuff I own has to come from there that I'll also buy the stuff I have a choice over from there too.
Sending over the value of a phone or laptop pales in comparison to a vehicle, it's generally the second largest purchase one makes after a house.
Llewln Morals don’t work like that.
Also, the profit on frequently bought electronic devices probably exceeds the profit (not the cost) of a car.
Would you buy a Volvo? Or a Lotus? They’re both Chinese owned.
How are those auto handbreaks for knobbing about in an out of hours asda car park? asking for a friend officer.
I think there is someone posting comments on here that's just desperately trying to be provocative and be noticed...it's sad really.
Felt your pain there, trying to find positives but just wanting to say for this money buy an EV....
Would be interesting to learn what the mpg is once the battery is empty.
6.3l/100
@@simonhenry7867 6.3 l for 62.13 miles
Comparing to a GT-Line Zoe this is too expensive. A GT-Line with Bose and auto reversing is only £200 more. I also do not understand EVM's statement - "Plug-in hybrids are still relevant today, not everybody can get an electric car". What's the point of a plug-in hybrid? You'd still need a charger (a home one is supplied free of charge apparently) and you'd still need petrol. Why not go full -EV straightaway? True the Captur is a little bigger but it still is an ICE first car with the Zoe interior. And if you cannot get an EV, why bother with a plug-in hybrid since the pricing is in the same range?
PHEVs can work for people who have occasional access to chargers (work only for eg) or unreliable access.
@@ElectricVehicleMan you r
Most people who buy this won’t bother plugging it in
Not this.
Ok for Porsche, Classe S but this is to go to work every day and chage in the night, the target is middle class.
Made enquires for a new Captur but they are only available in four colours black grey in two shades and white. Very boring colours so the more appealing colours are nor available in the U.K
Reminds me of the Nissan Rogue.
I think is way overpriced i’m waiting for the renault megane plug in hybrid not the station but the short one, but if its overprice like the capture it’s better to get a full ev
You mentioned that you don't love crossovers. Neither do I. You said that people love crossovers. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe actually very few people do love the horrible things, and that what's really going on here is a widespread unfortunate tendency for people to do as they're told, and that for decades they've been told that they are to buy crossovers and behave as if they love them?
So with a flat battery and 1gallon of fuel you're going go 200 miles. Incredible.
Google ‘averages’. On a full battery and lots of short journeys you’d use no fuel.
Why is everybody talking about driving adults in the back. Its a family car. Back seats are for kids. Wanna drive workers? Get a van.
Looks a nice car but way over priced ...thanks for showing us
Overpriced because Brexit tanked the pound
MG ZS EV is noisy an motorways, put me off wanting one for that reason, I found it too noisy for me not factoring all the bongs as well.
latest update removes some of the bongs
@@rogerjones624 yeah, did they give it for free or did it come down to dealerships?
Not found that with My MG EV.
updated via dealer@@tuc-dh4df
Specifically what makes you say an MG ZS EV is noisy on the motorway? Its quieter than a Kona or a Tesla model 3 long range....
Can it TOW?
750kg
@@ElectricVehicleMan Thanks. That's very useful info.
Just to correct you plug in hybrids are in no way a substitute for a full bev. They are simply an alternative in the same way as a petrol or diesel ice car would be.
They’re a compromise rather than an alternative.
Semantics.......!
Not enough EV range.
Can you record in 4k please?
Can you buy me a 4k camera?
Well someone doesn't know his cars, Peugeot equivalent 2008 looks nothing like this, also the glove box will be tiny on a uk car as the French don't move fuse box
Standard euro box I said. Doesn’t just mean new cars on sale.
As for the e2008. Pug flew me out to South of France for that one. 😘
So paying well over the odds for such a poorly looking car, I just don’t see the point spending all that money for a hybrid car that only get 25-30 miles might as well buy a very good diesel or like someone mentioned a mgev or would rather have a second hand Bmw i3
It’s because research says that most people only do 30 miles a day so can be driven as an EV most of the time with the convenience of a petrol engine if you then decided to go 300 miles. I think PHEV’s were relevant 3 years ago. With cars like the ŠKODA Enyaq having 300miles (WLTP) and costing from £33k on the road it won’t be long until PHEV’s have had their day.
You're given me a headache,, the camera work is a touch jerky,not ur usual.i will never have a Renault unless it's dirt cheap
Did you not see the weather? Could barely stand up!
So less Boot space, increased servicing costs as its got an ICE. no real electric power / range to speak of . You too can have all these disadvantages for £30,000.
Hybrids were only a compromise until full electric became affordable which we are nearly there . 10 years too late renault.
This is nonsense - hybrids sell well because they give people peace of mind. Reality is sometimes painful......
@@andymccabe6712 As I've been running a hybrid for the last 5 years I feel qualified to not speak nonsense and they certainly do give peace of mind . My point was that at that price it's too close to all the advantages full electric gives so renaults offering is late to the party.
Way over priced. My mother in law has a petrol one. Mainly bought it because it’s higher and easier to get in and sit with her gammy hip.
If you can charge at home then i dont know why you wouldnt take a zs ev over this or e-2008
£30K ?????????????? What planet are these people from ? No thanks !
În Europe, 28000 euro
20 miles electric ..... then back to 40 mpg .... slow expensive polluting noisy unreliable ......i cant wait..oh and it needs more servicing
In Europe, 28000, euro. Brexit 😂
The fact that the engine is required for highway speeds is pathetic.
It doesn’t. It’ll do 84mph in EV mode.
@@ElectricVehicleMan ah ok good to know.
What a truly crap car. This is bad for everyone and the planet. Only 5 year warranty!! A zoe with ccs would be a lot better option.
Same warranty though.
@@ElectricVehicleMan didn't know that. I thought electric cars had longer warranty. 7 years for the MG ZS EV
They do. The battery in this PHEV has the same as the Zoe but the rest of the car is 5 years, just like the Zoe.
PHEV are not even half measure. Why bother. DO NOT PROMOTE
Hilarious too that one of biggest argument against EV is price but when looking at most popular vehicle are stupid SUVs and these are more expensive then base model EVs. Bloody Chelsea tractors