Skoda Enyaq Coupe review

Few cars are easier to drive than this. Settle yourself in, pop it into Drive or B mode (you don’t even need to press a Start button), and off you go. The steering is well weighted, the accelerator and brake pedals progressively smooth, and pitch and roll well contained. Lovely jubbly.

The ride is on the firm side, with bumps and lumps a little jarring in the cabin. But the same could be said for any two-tonne-plus electric SUV. Dynamic Chassis Control is a fairly expensive option that we probably wouldn’t bother with. Still, it breezes along nicely at motorway speed, with minimal wind and road noise.

Sportline models and above get paddles on the steering wheel to adjust the amount of brake regeneration, though we mostly stuck it in its strongest ‘B’ mode setting. But even then the regen isn’t particularly strong – this isn’t one of those cars that you can drive using just the accelerator pedal.

Is it quick?

Zero to 62mph takes 6.7 seconds in all but the vRS model. That car gets there in 5.4s. Whatever Enyaq Coupe you go for you won’t be short of torque, with two-wheel drive models sending 402lb ft through the rear wheels and four-wheel drive adding another 99lb ft through the fronts for extra traction. 

Most of that torque is found low down, too, which means it’s pleasingly nippy around town, despite its heft. So it’s quick. But not raucously so.

Aim it at a corner and the lack of steering feel means you'll struggle to pick a consistent line. At least the accelerator and brake pedals are well judged.

If it's dynamism you want from an electric car like this, give the Ford Mustang Mach-E a go. The Jaguar I-Pace was brilliant too... note the past tense, because Jag doesn't make it any more.

Is there much difference in efficiency?

The SUV should achieve marginally less than the Coupe, but don't expect a drastic difference.

The Coupe is officially rated at up to 4.2 mi/kWh in the rear-wheel drive 85, and up to 3.9 mi/kWh in the all-wheel drive 85x and vRS. As ever though, those figures are in laboratory conditions and should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Still, we got very close averaging 4.1mi/kWh in warm spring weather in the rear-wheel drive 85, which works out at 315 miles real world range – well down on the claim of 365, but actually a very good return. Expect less in colder conditions, mind.