Should you buy one?

If you’re wedded to the idea of owning an electric family car but don’t want to drive around in a boring-looking box, the Skoda Enyaq Coupe could be right up your street. It maintains most of the practicality of its SUV sister car, while adding a welcome dash of style.

As is generally the case with coupes, though, there’s a price premium over the standard car – and whether it’s worth forking out the extra cash it will depend on how much importance you assign to looking good. We’re not convinced that it’s worth it.

We love the standard Skoda Enyaq. So much, in fact, that we made it our 2022 Car of the Year. It’s a great electric SUV, but it doesn’t work quite as well as a coupe SUV. There are objectively better options out there, such as the Kia EV6. The Kia is better to drive, more striking to look at and, in GT trim, even faster – even now that the vRS has more power.

That’s not to say the Enyaq Coupe is bad, but we just wish that Skoda had pushed the car’s platform a little harder. It’s being pitched as a sporty, aspirational vehicle, but it’s clinging a little too hard to Skoda’s sensible brand values – and that means it’s not a strong rival for the best sporty coupe SUVs, such as the Tesla Model Y and Kia EV6 GT.

What we like

The Skoda Enyaq Coupe is a statement EV – and it’s different enough from the standard Enyaq without compromising too much on practicality. Its range figures are even slightly higher than the standard SUV’s due to its more aerodynamic shape.

All the qualities we like about the conventionally shaped Enyaq have survived the Skoda chop shop, too. The Coupe’s ride quality is still effortlessly comfortable, its handling is tight (within the limitations of its massive kerb weight) and it hardly feels any smaller inside. Factor in a real-world range of more than 250 miles and you’ve got an electric car that’s incredibly easy to live with.

What we don’t like

Although the Enyaq’s infotainment system is by far the best across the Volkswagen Group electric car portfolio, it’s still less easy to use than the Tesla Model Y’s system – even after Skoda updated it. The temperature and fan speed are adjusted using the touchscreen, for example, which is tricky to do on the move.

The vRS still falls short of the competition, too. It makes a lot more sense now that Skoda has given it some extra power, but it’s still outgunned by the Tesla Model Y Performance and Kia EV6 GT. If you want a supercar-slaying EV, look elsewhere.