Sportline 85x on order

[MK09]

Hello all,

Recently signed up to the forum as I ordered an Enyaq through my employer’s salary sacrifice car scheme last month.

Order is for a Sportline 85x in Race Blue with Maxx pack, sunroof, transport pack, heat pump and 21’ Supernova alloys. Delivery currently estimated for late April / early May.

I’ll be moving, a bit reluctantly, from a diesel Volvo XC90. I did have a new plug-in hybrid XC90 on order, but the valuation of my current car plummeting, ridiculously spiralling insurance costs, combined with a fairly low annual mileage these days caused me to have a rethink. Opting into the work’s EV car scheme made financial sense.

A bit apprehensive about the switch to EV, as well as downsizing and losing the flexibility of 7 seats (used only occasionally), although as a family of 4, I’m sure the Enyaq will be practical enough for us. There seems a wealth of info and practical advice on this forum to help me make the transition from diesel to electric.

[spinna1969]

Welcome!

[pnr]

I came from Volvo xc60 and was worried, have now done 28k on Enyaq 80 sportsline only regret is not ordering a heat pump overall delighted with the car the saving in cost of fuel is amazing

[EVNewbie]

I’ve got the same as you arriving (hopefully) in the next few weeks. I went for the same spec albeit with 20” Vega’s and the partition net screen. Car was build week 48 and is in the UK due at dealer shortly.

[Welsh_Rob]

I have the same model, same colour and same additional extras on order. Your delivery date estimate is the same as mine- I wonder if ours are batched up together!

[Kimbie]

I came from Volvo xc60 and was worried, have now done 28k on Enyaq 80 sportsline only regret is not ordering a heat pump overall delighted with the car the saving in cost of fuel is amazing

Why do you regret getting the heat pump assuming your in the UK?

[Welsh_Rob]

I just remembered that I have the heat pump added as an extra. I saw so much conflicting advice that I ended up playing it safe and adding it. I haven't had an EV before so the addition of the pump for me is lost money in that I won't notice a difference as I cant compare it to anything but I will be hoping it is helping- if that makes sense.

[Ken3966]

I bought a cancelled order which did have a heat pump.

I don’t think this is worth having unless you regularly need the maximum range to complete your trip and get back to home where you can charge off peak, or do a huge mileage charged at commercial rates.. If you can get home each day it saves virtually nothing.

I worked out in another post that if you do 50k a year and 20k of that in cold weather, and charge exclusively at expensive superchargers you could maybe save about £350 a year.
Most buyers will do far less than that and will never recover the extra cost.

[Kimbie]

Thanks Rob and Ken, I only do around 10K a year and most commute to work so around 40 miles a week, and charge at home, so sounds like will not really benefit from the heat pump, could to know.

Thanks

[glossopwhite]

Ordered an 85x Sportline on salary sacrifice via Arval mid December, originally quoted mid April delivery. Rung up dealer (Fish Bros, Swindon) for a build date earlier, now being quoted as a end August build date!, pushed back 4/5 months. Might be worth checking that yours hasn't fallen back too.