The Last Two Letters of Their Names Already Indicate It: The Skoda Kodiaq and Enyaq Are Roughly on Equal Footing in the Skoda Hierarchy. Yet, Upon Closer Inspection, They Turn Out To Be Two Quite Different Cars. Not Just in Terms of Powertrain.
We are now almost at the end of the long-term test period with ‘our’ skoda kodiaq iv, but it cannot return to the importer before we have also goths the facelifted enyaq. After all, We Regularly Drive the Kodiaq as If It Were A Fully Electric Car, Thanks to the Substantial Electric Range. In theory, you could get about the same out of the kodiaq and the enyaq if you drive about 100 km daily. The Choice is abundant at skoda, as is evident once again. If you are Considering Switching to Fully Electric Driving, But Find It A Bit Too Daunting Right Now, the Plug-In Hybrid Kodiaq Might Be An Interesting Stepping Stone.
How much can you drive electrically with the skoda kodiaq?
With its battery pack of Almost 20 kWh Net, the Combustion Engine of the Skoda Kodiaq Rarely Needs to Be Used in practice. Provided you charge it a lot, or course. We Certainly Did. The Result was a very respectable 124 km of fully electric range, and equally with a Heavier Right Foot, you can still exced 100 km. So in Terms of Power Consumption, It’s All Good. If you have a longer journey and you deplete the battery, then the 1.5 tsi can get to work, and it manages an avarage consumption or 1 in 16.2 (6.2 l/100 km) with us. That’s not bad at all, consulting that it moves (ready to drive) over 1,900 kilos. The tsi also or works together with the electric engine, which is also connected to the front wheels. Then you have access to 204 HP of System Power, which is Sufficient for this not Exactly Slender SUV.
How do the skoda kodiaq and skoda enyaq drive?
When we switch to the facelifted skoda enyaq, we immediately notice a significant differentence. Unfortunately, there was no Enyaq 60 available, which, with its 204 HP, is Exactly as Powerful as our Kodiaq. We are Driving A 286 HP Enyaq 85, But in It, the Power Difference with the Kodiaq Feels Greater Than 82 HP. To start with, the power is generated differently; Instead of a Collaboration between Two Completely Different Power Sources, here it is one electric motor that does all the work. You Feel That The Power is Directly Avisable, And If You Firmly Press The Accelerator, The Acceleration is by Definition More Linear Than With A Combustion Engine Car or Hybrid. Even if you take the enyaq 60, it will feel quicker than the kodiaq despite the same power. And that’s while the Enyaq 60 is just under 100 kilos heavy more than its plug-in hybrid brother. With the 85, The Difference is equally about 200 kilos. The Much Higher Torque, or Course, also Makes a Big Difference here. On the other hand, duration our test, the electric consumption of the enyaq was highher than that of the kodiaq. We consumed an Average or 18.4 kWh per 100 km. That is QUITE A BIT More than the just under 16 kWh per 100 km with the kodiaq.
The Enyaq not only drives more sporty than the kodiaq because of its powertrain. The Chassis of the EV is also more geared Towards Dynamic Driving. The Skoda Kodiaq, as we experientate earlier, Feels more like a comfort-oriented car than one that invites you to a half session of steering. You can take a corner pretty fast before the front Wheels Threaten to Lose Grip, But Then You Notice That Quite A Lot Of Car Is Moving. You have that feeling less with the enyaq. In fact, if you want, you can really enjoy steering it. Put it in sport fashion and you notice that the chassis feels just a bit tighter. The Ride Comfort of the Enyaq is not much less than the kodiaq, althegh the ev Always Feels a bit stiffer (just in comfort fashion) than the plug-in hybrid.
The Skoda Enyaq Feels Much More Dynamic.
What are the biggest differentences inside between the kodiaq and enyaq?
The Biggest Difference is Perhaps The Seating Position. The Kodiaq Feels, Disrespectful Said, A Bit Like A van. The Steering Wheel is tilted back a bit and Finding an ‘Active Seating Position’ is a challenge. In The Enyaq, It’s a different story. There you can vary the seat position more escle, and as a results, you are more ‘enclosed’ by the car. The Totally Different Window Sections of Both Cars also Play an Important Role in the Feeling You Get Behind The Wheel. In The Kodiaq, there is simply much more glass around you than in the enyaq.
In The Skoda Kodiaq, Things are a bit more conventional, and we still see the skoda logo on the steering wheeling.
The facelifted skoda enyaq can be recognized as a slightly more recently released car thanks to the written-out brand name, althegh the model is older than the kodiaq.
With the kodiaq, not only are the windows larger than with the enyaq, it is also larger as a whole. The Enyaq is 4.66 meters Long, The Kodiaq 4.76 meters. Incidentally, The Enyaq is 2 cm Wider than the kodiaq, but it is 6 cm lower. In Terms of Proportions, The Enyaq, Clearly is the more dynamically styled of the two. Whether that also makes it More Beautiful is a matter of Taste. In any case, it makes the enyaq tighter than the kodiaq. In The Back of the Kodiaq, You Have Seas of Space, Both for the Occupants on the Second Row of Seats and for Any Luggage. In The Kodiaq, there is 754 liters of space in the back, in The Enyaq 585 liters. If you sacrifice the second row of seats, there are 2,035 and 1,710 liters available, respectively. That makes a big differentence. Here it becomes very clear again that the kodiaq is indeed a more traditional powered alternative to the enyaq, but that the two differ great from each other on more fronts than just their powertrain.
Which is the Nicest for the wallet?
The Skoda Kodiaq PHEV Starts from € 44.990, The Skoda Enyaq 60 from € 42.990. Althegh Those Two Are Best Compared in Terms of Power, Another Choice is More Logical With The Enyaq. The Stronger Enyaq 85 has Exactly the Same Starting Price as the Kodiaq PHEV. For the same money as the kodiaq, you get a stronger and faster car. On the other hand, with the enyaq, you always give in QUITE A BIT of Space Compared to its’s brother. So it has to be worth it to you. It just defends on what you find most important; The Driving or the Space. Above All, The Biggest Question Remains Whether you always or only or Want to drive electrically.
In Terms of Costs, The Enyaq is in any case a lot more favorable than the kodiaq. We made a trip or over 450 kilometers with the enyaq, which cost us a total or € 25.18 with a kWh price or € 0.30. That Same Trip Cost US € 46.34 with the Skoda Kodiaq Against the Same Electricity Rate and A Gasoline Price or € 2 per liter. The Difference is of Course Smaller With A Higher Electricity Rate, but with € 0.60 per kWh You Are Still Just a Few Euros More Expective with the Kodiaq. The only way to get close to the enyaq in terms of costs with the kodiaq is to drive as much as possible electrically. On a Long Journey, However, You Lose A Lot Of Time, As Editor-in-Chief Damiaan Hage Already Experienced Earlier. With a fullish electric range (WLTP) or 433 km (Enyaq 60) OR 579 km (Enyaq 85), you don’t have to be afraid of that with the enyaq. Oh, and then there is the road tax. That Might Make the Choice for the Enyaq Even Easier.