If you’re a regular reader you’ll already know that CC&V are big Skoda fans. Pretty much everything they make is a winner & in almost all cases proves to be more satisfying than the equivalent Audi or Volkswagen. Skoda’s latest electric car the Elroq, shares the Volkswagen Group MEB platform with models such as the Audi Q4 e-Tron & Volkswagen ID models & as we found out, yet again Skoda have struck gold.
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The numbers refer to the battery size, so the 50 comes with a usable 55kWh battery & a 232 mile range, the 60 a 63kWh battery & 265 miles of range & the 85 the 82kWh battery & a range of 3559miles.
Performance
Specs
SE-L adds SatNav, heated front seats & steering wheel, front parking sensors & drive mode select. Edition our test car goes further with dark chrome roof rails & window surrounds, wireless charging with air cooling, keyless entry with walk away locking, rear USB C inputs & adaptive cruise control. Next up the Sport Line which includes matrix LED headlights, rear LED headlights, front sports seats, a three spoke steering wheel, regenerative braking paddles, aluminium pedals, suede effect seats & an electric boot with virtual pedal. Range topping vRS finishes things off with 20” alloys, AWD, metallic paint & dynamic chassis control.
Outside
A familiar SUV shape greets you, with Skoda logos front & rear, narrow front & rear lights & smooth lines along the sides.
Inside
The cabin design is largely the same as the larger Enyaq. So you get a stubby gear selector on the centre console, a large central touchscreen, a line of shortcut buttons lower down with the smallish 5” digital cockpit in front of the driver.
Build quality is excellent with our test cars themed ‘Lodge’ finishes both tactile & neatly finished with orange stitching & seat belts. Seat & door finishes are in subtle greys & again are all nicely put together.
Cabin practicality
It’s all very typical & well thought out by Skoda, with a large glove box & front door pockets plus a size adjustable twin drinks holder, wireless charging pad, storage in the centre binnacle & under armrest storage. In the rear you get front seat back pockets, twin USB’s & good sized rear door pockets.
There’s excellent head & legroom even in the rear & room for five as well. From the driver’s seat the all around view is good & the rear view camera is also a great addition on the Elroq.
Boot space
It’s practical offering 470-1,580 litres, with space underneath to store two charging cables. You also get some corner shelves & dividers providing additional storage, a storage net that hangs beneath the adjustable parcel shelf, which would be a useful place to put a charge cable if the boots full, plus Skodas clever door-hidden umbrella & in the boot their ice scraper/tyre-depth gauge, all making the Elroq supremely practical.
Infotainment
Having just come out of a Skoda Kodiaq the system was familiar to us & very easy to work & to live with. The Elroq doesn’t feature the ICE model Smart Dials though so you have to utilise the shortcut buttons located lower down to adjust some functions, but these are extremely logical. The screen homepage is customisable, so drivers can add widgets for their most used functions. Climate controls sit at the bottom of the screen whilst Wireless Apple CarPlay & Android Auto feature as standard. Connecting an iPhone was quick, the screen graphics are bright & clear & the whole set-up is very good.
Charging & regeneration
The 50 comes with a maximum charging speed of 145kW, so a 10-80% top up on a rapid charger takes 25 minutes. We utilised our all-new Rolec EVO home charger to add 38kWh overnight in hours for £3.30, where we have a 9p/a kWh five hour window between midnight & 5am. https://www.rolecserv.com/ev-products/evo
The Elroq 60 has a 165kW charging speed so the bigger battery also takes 25 minutes to charge from 10-80% on a rapid charger, whilst the 85 peaks at a 135kW charging speed so it will take as little as 28 minutes to do the same.
Our week in the Elroq 60 saw us averaging 3.8 miles per kWh. Most of this was spent on local urban driving, but a couple of 40 mile motorway jaunts at 70mph saw that figure fall slightly. Fully charged in a warmish May the 60 was indicating a 220 mile driving range.
Driving
The Elroq doesn’t just look & feel solid it drives solidly as well. This is an electric car that is well judged & one of the better EV’s we’ve driven recently when it comes to refinement.
The ride isn’t over firm, so rear seat passengers won’t complain. The steering is nicely weighted & precise & the small 9.3m turning circle was fantastic when parking.
On a series of winding roads between Chester & Fordham Hill, the Elroq stuck to the road like glue & when we encountered some steeper inclines to the 60 possesses plenty of punch to handle these.
Away from the motorway, we left the regeneration B function on all of the time & whilst it does add a bit of weight to the accelerator pedal it’s really not that intrusive & of course does add some extra range, especially if as we were, you’re going down hill slowly.
In town the Elroq is quiet & composed with enough power on tap to nip in & out of traffic in the city as required. Parking as we’ve mentioned is easy & we’d be hard pressed to think of an easier mid-sized SUV to drive in an urban environment.
On the motorway we selected adaptive cruise control & let the car do the work. Some wind & road noise does enter the cabin, partly due we think to our test car being fitted with larger 20” alloys.
Be aware that the brakes are quite soft but when you depress the pedal, the car does come to a halt quickly. Turning off Lane Departure & Speed Warning is simple using the far left icon under the touchscreen. On a few occasions the Collision Warning sound came on as we passed parked cars. Typical of many modern cars it’s over sensitive.
Comparing it to rivals such as the Kia EV3, Hyundai Kona Electric & Renault Scenic sees it outperforming all three in the quality stakes, with a similar ride & feel to the Kia. The Renault offers a crisper drive, but it’s a much better all rounder than the Hyundai & the ID.3 or 4 as well.
Pros
A beautifully built & well thought out electric SUV from the Czech’s. A good range of battery sizes & specs caters for all. Some clever storage solutions & Skoda’s new ‘Theme’ interiors lift the cabin above the norm. Entry level 50 offers C-SUV practicality at a B-SUV price.
Cons
The 50 & 60 driving ranges although par for the course may be too low for many, which means you may be looking at spending almost £5,000 more to get into an 85.
Verdict
We gave the Skoda Enyaq our 2025 Company Car & Van SUV Car of the Year Award. Whilst the Enyaq’s just been updated, if the Enyaq had been out in late 2024 when we judged our winners, we have a sneaky suspicion it would have won instead.
For company car drivers we’d recommend the 60 Edition or SE-L as the one’s to choose, whilst remembering that all versions sit at just 3% BIK .
Another great Skoda we’d highly recommend 4.75/5
