Absolutely brilliant vid to end the year boys - totally agree with the winner as well. You’ve really stepped it up this year with the video quality and am looking forward to seeing what you come up with in 2025. All the very best!
Lovely roads and a great production from you guys. High quality and loved the footage. Still not got to the end so intriguing to know which one you all went for 😊
for those moaning about cost then check out the lower catergories and EV's are booming in them. remeber in 18 months time a lot of these through second hand deals will become much more affordable as well. How many people outright buy a new car anyway so therefore look at the lease/PCP deals than just the sticker price.
@@BuckleUpShow well regardless if ICE or EV it is what makes the market. I am lucky enough to have a company car but leased for a decade before that, a mondeo then two niros (hybrid) before my EV now (MG4) and cost is pretty similar.
Had a Leon ST Cupra manual, properly tuned with basically completely new front axle to sharpen the handling and get those 400-ish ponies to the road. Loved it but my Ioniq 5 N is different level, does everything a lot better, space, comfort, performance and fun.
@ first they thought it is harness issue, but replacement did not help. Now dealership is waiting for new instructions from manufacturer. Too many issues with such expensive car, they had to test this model better before starting selling, even issues with 12v and iccu carried forward from ev6. While I absolutely liked EV9 I realize that my next car definitely will not be Kia
Are the issues that have occurred with your battery cell that common? With the volume of vehicles Kia manufacture it is inevitable that a problem will occur at some point - however frustrating that will be for the customer. (And yes it ideally should never happen.)
Good shout on the Octavia vRS, even though its DSG, I miss my Mk3 vRS (245) manual estate, it was a good car. NB second hand vRS mk4s start at approx 23-25k for a 2022. Not so keen on MG, or H9 but love the Ionic 5 but not spending 65k and love Mx5 ND (but second hand RF this year, purely for fun, to balance out sensible Toyota garage!) Happy NY.
Dear God, hope you get the letter, and- I pray you can make it better down here I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer But all the people that you made in your image See them starving on their feet 'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God I can't believe in you Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but- I feel that I should be heard loud and clear We all need a big reduction in amount of tears And all the people that you made in your own image See them fighting in the street 'Cause they can't make opinions meet about God I can't believe in you Did you make disease and the diamond blue? Did you make mankind after we made you And the devil too? Dear God, don't know if you noticed, but- Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look And all the people that you made in your own image Still believing that junk is true Well, I know it ain't so, and you know Dear God, I can't believe in- I don't believe in- I won't believe in Heaven and Hell No saints, no sinners, no devil as well No pearly gates, no thorny crown You're always letting us humans down The wars you bring, the babes you drown Those lost at sea and never found And it's the same the whole world 'round The hurt I see helps to compound The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Is just somebody's unholy hoax And if you're up there, you'll perceive That my heart's here upon my sleeve If there's one thing I don't believe in It's you Dear God
One of our rules is no unobtanium. You will not find another CoTY test with cars priced as low as they are in this video. It's a test of brand new cars, brand new cars are expensive.
@@BuckleUpShowwe’re being ripped off by manufacturers and governments! We all know new cars are expensive but tell me which family with two working parents and two kids has this sort of cash lying around to spend on one car?
They don’t so they buy a used car or they finance one like everyone else. No one buys cars cash. This is car of the year, not affordable family car for people with 2 kids of the year. Hence the MX-5 and Cyberster 🙄
@@BuckleUpShow surely affordability should be factor when deciding COTY?? You may as well have done a video on the proper exotic cars with V8’s V10’s and V12’s, no? Ferraris, Astons, Rolls Royce, Bentleys etc. #justsaying Also, loving your bants
@@BuckleUpShowThere are many cars costing less than £30000 which you could have included in your award. Paying over £400-500 per month for a car on PCP is not financially viable
Nope. Where is the real world cost for these cars? Who has £65k to spend on an electric car? £65k? That’s an absurd amount of money for a car with two batteries. What will it be worth after 3 or 5 years? A mere tiny itsy bitsy of its initial cost. Families don’t have £65k to spend on a car. Need to have more realistic options for real world families. These manufacturers are literally and actually taking the consumer for a ride.
The cheapest ‘family’ car you can buy is around £20k at best. Who has £20k hanging around? No one buys a car anymore, 95% are leased or financed. Look at the deals you can get and you might be surprised how affordable these cars can be. Also, this isn’t affordable family car of the year, hence the Cyberster and MX-5 🤌
Absolutely brilliant vid to end the year boys - totally agree with the winner as well. You’ve really stepped it up this year with the video quality and am looking forward to seeing what you come up with in 2025. All the very best!
Thank you so much for this, we really appreciate it! Hopefully we can keep it up for 2025 🙏
Thanks
This is unbelievably kind! Thank you so much!
I’ve ordered an EV9 Air so good to see it in there, and one from the same family as a winner!
It’s a cracking family hauler! Thanks for watching!
Lovely roads and a great production from you guys. High quality and loved the footage. Still not got to the end so intriguing to know which one you all went for 😊
Thanks Sam! Hope you had a lovely Christmas!
Lovely one guys. You’re a great team and I love the way you put your videos together so authentically.
Thanks so much!
If I could only have two... 😂 it would be the Kia and the MG
Suits you sir 😂
for those moaning about cost then check out the lower catergories and EV's are booming in them. remeber in 18 months time a lot of these through second hand deals will become much more affordable as well. How many people outright buy a new car anyway so therefore look at the lease/PCP deals than just the sticker price.
Thank the lord for depreciation 🙌
@@BuckleUpShow well regardless if ICE or EV it is what makes the market. I am lucky enough to have a company car but leased for a decade before that, a mondeo then two niros (hybrid) before my EV now (MG4) and cost is pretty similar.
MX-5 here, the 1.5, but i'm happy anyway :D
A lovely, lovely, sweet sweet car
Agree with the winner you chose❤❤❤. Adored the end section, congratulations to you all, what a brilliant team😊
Thanks as always, Claudia!
Congratulations gents, you genuinely love what you do and it shows. Looking forward to 2025!
Thank you! We really do, see you in 2025!
Loving the music 🎶
It’s a bop!
Newly subscribed and loving the channel. Good roundup and of course agree with the winner!! Looking forward to an exciting 2025...
Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching!
Great video. Can we do something about Harry's mic? It seems to be echoing in most videos..
Thank you! We’ll investigate the mic issue
I think that's actually me being picked up by the other mics because I am a loud boy, so the issue is more me than my mic
Out of those ones I’d pick the Skoda, and would have a Cupra Leon anyway. I love this Yorkshire driving footage.
But the Cupra doesn’t come in greeeeeeeeeeeeeennn
@ which is a dreadful shame
Had a Leon ST Cupra manual, properly tuned with basically completely new front axle to sharpen the handling and get those 400-ish ponies to the road. Loved it but my Ioniq 5 N is different level, does everything a lot better, space, comfort, performance and fun.
@ the Ioniq 5N is very nice, but it’s also much more expensive in the first place.
It’s like someone ordered Top Gear on Wish lol
That’s not bad going with a budget of £0
My EV9 already got damaged main battery, and 12V battery also was replaced once during 6 months of owning.
When you say damaged battery, you mean the cells failed and it wouldn't charge or it physically got damaged by hitting something?
@ no physical damage, there is voltage imbalance in one cell, SOC BMS 67% at full charge
That's very unfortunate - is it being sorted?
@ first they thought it is harness issue, but replacement did not help. Now dealership is waiting for new instructions from manufacturer.
Too many issues with such expensive car, they had to test this model better before starting selling, even issues with 12v and iccu carried forward from ev6. While I absolutely liked EV9 I realize that my next car definitely will not be Kia
Are the issues that have occurred with your battery cell that common? With the volume of vehicles Kia manufacture it is inevitable that a problem will occur at some point - however frustrating that will be for the customer. (And yes it ideally should never happen.)
I enjoyed watching the video
Thank you!
RIP Jeep Wrangler 💔💔💔 (the real ones know what's up)
RIP to a real one 🙏
Good shout on the Octavia vRS, even though its DSG, I miss my Mk3 vRS (245) manual estate, it was a good car. NB second hand vRS mk4s start at approx 23-25k for a 2022. Not so keen on MG, or H9 but love the Ionic 5 but not spending 65k and love Mx5 ND (but second hand RF this year, purely for fun, to balance out sensible Toyota garage!) Happy NY.
Thanks for watching! HNY 😊
Well done, great video
Thank you very much!
Music volume through the roof, vocals really low!
It doesn’t sound like that through our headphones. Sorry about that.
Thank God for the mute button.
Dear God, hope you get the letter, and-
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat from God
I can't believe in you
Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but-
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
And all the people that you made in your own image
See them fighting in the street
'Cause they can't make opinions meet about God
I can't believe in you
Did you make disease and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you
And the devil too?
Dear God, don't know if you noticed, but-
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look
And all the people that you made in your own image
Still believing that junk is true
Well, I know it ain't so, and you know
Dear God, I can't believe in-
I don't believe in-
I won't believe in Heaven and Hell
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well
No pearly gates, no thorny crown
You're always letting us humans down
The wars you bring, the babes you drown
Those lost at sea and never found
And it's the same the whole world 'round
The hurt I see helps to compound
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody's unholy hoax
And if you're up there, you'll perceive
That my heart's here upon my sleeve
If there's one thing I don't believe in
It's you
Dear God
Agree the cyberster is a bit gimmicky. But still... gimme.
It’s just got something about it
What do they have in common....expensive. You have forgotten the affordability so your award only includes wealthy people.
One of our rules is no unobtanium. You will not find another CoTY test with cars priced as low as they are in this video. It's a test of brand new cars, brand new cars are expensive.
@@BuckleUpShowwe’re being ripped off by manufacturers and governments! We all know new cars are expensive but tell me which family with two working parents and two kids has this sort of cash lying around to spend on one car?
They don’t so they buy a used car or they finance one like everyone else. No one buys cars cash. This is car of the year, not affordable family car for people with 2 kids of the year. Hence the MX-5 and Cyberster 🙄
@@BuckleUpShow surely affordability should be factor when deciding COTY??
You may as well have done a video on the proper exotic cars with V8’s V10’s and V12’s, no? Ferraris, Astons, Rolls Royce, Bentleys etc.
#justsaying
Also, loving your bants
@@BuckleUpShowThere are many cars costing less than £30000 which you could have included in your award. Paying over £400-500 per month for a car on PCP is not financially viable
Nope. Where is the real world cost for these cars? Who has £65k to spend on an electric car? £65k? That’s an absurd amount of money for a car with two batteries. What will it be worth after 3 or 5 years? A mere tiny itsy bitsy of its initial cost.
Families don’t have £65k to spend on a car. Need to have more realistic options for real world families.
These manufacturers are literally and actually taking the consumer for a ride.
The cheapest ‘family’ car you can buy is around £20k at best. Who has £20k hanging around? No one buys a car anymore, 95% are leased or financed. Look at the deals you can get and you might be surprised how affordable these cars can be. Also, this isn’t affordable family car of the year, hence the Cyberster and MX-5 🤌
@@BuckleUpShow yeah fair but £20k is more realistic than £65k come on.
Lessing deffo the way to go. Those PCP deals are a con.
All too many rich toys
You won’t find a CoTY test with cars for less money
Our money's on the Ioniq 5N
We think you might have some inside knowledge