Skoda Enyaq Assessment 2025, Worth & Specs

Skoda has given the Enyaq a extra complete commonplace tools record for this era. There is a new-look steering wheel that, together with the entrance seats, is heated as commonplace, and also you get tri-zone local weather management straight out of the bag. 

On high of this, the upholstery has extra of a concentrate on sustainability than earlier than. In case you go for the brand new ‘Lodge’ design, which we expect appears to be like wonderful and feels plush, the seats are comprised of recycled fishing nets, material scraps from factories and previous carpets, whereas the dye used for the leather-based seats on increased trim ranges is comprised of olive leaf extracts.

Lastly, there are a sequence of recent ‘Merely Intelligent’ options for this era. Considered one of them is a QR code within the boot which hyperlinks to the consumer manuals. You additionally get an ice scraper that doubles up as a tyre tread depth gauge sitting within the tailgate, in addition to the same old umbrella within the doorways and coin holders, the latter of that are a pleasant contact if just a little antiquated.

Maybe over and above the small particulars, nevertheless, you purchase a automobile like this for the quantity of area it affords. Certainly, the cab-forward proportions and lengthy rear overhang pay dividends for the packaging of the Enyaq’s inside, leading to a spacious-feeling cabin. 

You get a 585-litre boot with the rear seats up. That beats the technically-identical Volkswagen ID 4 and Audi This fall E-tron by some margin, in addition to the Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5. Fold the seats down and the Enyaq’s boot extends to 1710 litres, once more virtually class-leading however crushed by the Tesla.

Within the coupé model, boot area reduces to 570 litres with the seats folded up, and 1610 litres with them down; nonetheless not what you’d name pokey. 

There may be greater than sufficient head and legroom on the again seat, even within the center, because of the absence of a centre tunnel. Even in coupé guise, the place headroom is sacrificed for the sloping physique, these over six foot aren’t more likely to wrestle. 

The usual seats supply the same old changes, together with lumbar help, though facet bolstering is proscribed. You’re saved snug on lengthy journeys, although, with good under-thigh help.

Multimedia

The identical 13in infotainment display screen and 5in digital instrument cluster are carried over from earlier than. It has some up to date software program geared toward making it simpler and extra intuitive to make use of, with clearer menu buildings, sharper graphics and a sooner processing unit. 

Skoda has put its personal end on the menu screens, which really make it simpler to make use of than the efforts from VW or Audi. Extra bodily buttons or dials, just like the rotary knobs on the Kodiaq, would not go amiss, nevertheless, not least as a result of the menu icons for the HVAC system and heated seats are fairly small. 

That being stated, there are two bars of customisable shortcuts which are completely on display screen, which makes it simple to entry issues just like the settings menu, switching sure ADAS capabilities off, smartphone mirroring and battery preconditioning. 

Some annoyances stay, nevertheless. The contact bar for the quantity continues to be unlit, and the settings menus require you to rotate an image of the automobile to seek out the proper perform, which may be very form-over-function and never very Skoda.