ŠKODA ENYAQ

Škoda has recently added the sleek Enyaq Coupé to its electric vehicle portfolio, for those wanting something different to the SUV-style ‘standard’ Enyaq.

Model tested Coupé iV vRS Price £54,370 Kerbweight 2367kg Max towing limit 1200kg

What’s new?

In vRS spec, this is the most powerful Enyaq, too.

What are we looking for?

From a distance, the Enyaq Coupé doesn’t look it, but this is actually a large car, so we are looking for good towing ability along with big car comforts and practicality, and reasonable running costs. Plus, what’s it like to live with on a day-to-day basis?

Towing ability

The Achilles heel of many electric vehicles is their limited towing capacity and, of course, the potential hit on the range that they will travel before needing a recharge when towing. The Enyaq Coupé is no different in that respect.

Weighing in similar to the Land Rover Discovery, at 2367kg, the Enyaq is limited to towing a measly 1200kg, a mere 50% or so of its kerbweight. That means it’s only capable of towing the lightest caravans.

We hitched up a Swift Finesse 400 Compact borrowed from Couplands Caravans, in Louth, with a MiRO of just 995kg (MTPLM 1109kg). With a whopping 339lb ft of torque from zero and 295bhp on tap, this should have been an easy test, and despite blustery conditions and quite a lot of up hill and down dale roads, it was absolutely effortless for the Škoda; there was barely a tug from the caravan.

Setting off, the outfit felt as quick with the caravan as without, and romping up to 60mph took no time. Stability was first-rate, with nothing upsetting the balance.