Why this machine is mean and green

Skoda’s greenest car is besides its meanest.

The caller Skoda Enyaq RS is the quickest and astir almighty car successful the brand’s range.

It’s besides the archetypal electrical car offered by Skoda, lending biology credentials that spell good beyond lurid “mamba green” paint.

It takes the marque into caller territory, some nether the bonnet and with terms tags usually recovered successful prestige showrooms.

The exemplary shown present volition outgo astir $90,000 drive-away, and warrant its terms with a generous specifications database and awesome driving manners.

Let’s analyse the latter.

The Enyaq feels similar a earthy improvement of the brand’s sportier cars, specified arsenic the turbocharged Skoda Octavia RS.

Like that car, it feels brisk but not shockingly speedy – aft all, the 250kW recovered present is good down connected accelerated EVs specified arsenic the Kia EV6 GT or Hyundai Ioniq 5 N.

Let on the heavy-hitting weaponry from Porsche, Mercedes-AMG, oregon Audi Sport.

Skoda argues that a 5.4 2nd dash to 100km/h is plentifulness for the existent world, and they’re right.

It’s capable to triumph the postulation airy expansive prix, but not truthful overmuch that you’ll marque yourself sick.

The car’s multi-mode suspension adds different furniture to its appeal, capable to rotation with the punches of bumpy roads oregon bounce connected its tiptoes looking for the close infinitesimal to strike.

Yes, it feels heavier than petrol cousins.

It’s not the benignant of car you would prime to get the humor pumping connected a Sunday greeting thrash.

But it’s besides quieter, with superior thrust comfortableness to astir six-figure sedans.

And there's nary uncertainty it makes a beardown impression, some wrong and out. For starters, Skoda Australia elected to skip a applicable wagon enactment successful favour of coupe-like curves.

The illuminated crystal grille of the Enyaq RS won’t beryllium missed astatine night, and its crisply creased bodywork looks crisp successful the day.

The interior is arguably much impressive. Triple integer displays are easier to get connected with than cars that miss retired connected accepted speedos.

High-backed beforehand pews connection plentifulness of support, and a flat-bottomed steering instrumentality with displacement paddles feels astatine location successful your hands.

Those paddles tin beryllium utilized to set artillery brake regeneration connected the fly, thing that isn’t imaginable successful the Skoda’s cardinal rival – Tesla’s Model Y.

Skoda pitches the cheapest Enyaq successful enactment with the mid-grade Tesla Model Y Long Range.

But that’s an unusual prime fixed the Tesla has all-wheel-drive, and the equivalent two-wheel-drive Tesla costs astir $15,000 little than the Enyaq.

The modular Enyaq costs $69,990 positive on-road costs, which is astir $75,000 drive-away, oregon $198 per week financed done Skoda.

It has a 82kWh artillery that offers a claimed 561km of range, and sends 210kW of powerfulness to the rear wheels.

Though the Enyaq has been connected merchantability successful Europe since 2020, Skoda Australia waited until present to present the exemplary truthful that it benefited from moving changes including a much almighty motor, longer scope artillery and faster charging times.

The committedness is that 175kW of charging powerfulness volition present a 10-80 per cent complaint successful 28 minutes, 8 minutes faster than before.

Skoda pitches the cheapest Enyaq successful enactment with the mid-grade Tesla Model Y Long Range.

But that Tesla has all-wheel-drive, and the equivalent two-wheel-drive Tesla costs astir $15,000 little than the Enyaq.

Skoda didn’t effort to marque this the cheapest car successful its class.

Instead, the Enyaq is loaded with modular instrumentality specified arsenic matrix LED headlights, a panoramic sunroof, heated seats, three-zone clime power and more.

Customers who privation much tin walk a further $6000 connected an “ultimate pack” that adds an illuminated grille, 360 grade camera, premium stereo, heated rear seats and a head-up show with augmented world navigation that projects directions into the driver’s tract of view, showing you wherever to turn.

The scope topping Enyaq RS has each of the above, positive an other dose of attitude.

After all, it is mean and green.