Skoda, the well-known VW-owned Czech automaker, has announced the pricing of its first Australian-bound electric model. It will come in the form of an electric SUV called the Enyaq, and has a starting price of $69,990.
The Enyaq will initially be available in Australia under two variants with both offering their own unique powertrain setup.
These include:
- Sportline (rear-wheel-drive) – $69,990 before on-roads
- RS (all-wheel-drive) – $83,990 before on-roads
The Sportline delivers up to 561 km of WLTP range on a single charge thanks to its 82 kWh battery pack. The same pack is found in the RS, which delivers up to 530 km of WLTP range. The sports line has a stated efficiency of 158.6 watt hours per km, while the RS has 163.2 wh/km
Skoda has sold over 200,000 Enyaq EVs in Europe, so its arrival into the Australian market has been highly anticipated by those looking to buy a European-built electric SUV. It will be one of the first EVs brought to Australia by a VW-owned brand. Cupra is the other already in the market.
“Australia’s BEV market is maturing rapidly and the Enyaq is an expression of that,” said Kieran Merrigan, Škoda Australia’s head of product and marketing.
“Enyaq is a BEV that, especially with its recent upgrades, embodies the dimensions and inherent value that a Kodiaq, Superb or an Octavia RS customer has every right to expect in a Skoda.
European engineering and technology with transparency around ownership costs, underwritten by Guaranteed Future Value, backed by expert dealership – that is not a proposition that more recent entrants to the Australian market can match.”
Orders for the Enyaq are now open in Australia with first deliveries expected on this side of Christmas in December. We look forward to test-driving the new Enyaq when it lands in the coming months.
When it comes to charging up to 175 kW of DC fast charging is on offer, making it one of the faster charging Electric SUVs in the market. That, of course, depends on the right DC fast charger that can deliver these speeds. If so, it means the Enyaq can get from 10-80% in just 28 minutes.
Orders for the Enyaq are now open in Australia with first deliveries expected on this side of Christmas in December. We look forward to test-driving the new Enyaq when it lands in the coming months.
When it comes to charging up to 175 kW of DC fast charging is on offer, making it one of the faster charging Electric SUVs in the market.
That, of course, depends on the right DC fast charger that can deliver these speeds. If so, it means the Enyaq can get from 10-80% in just 28 minutes. 11 kW of AC charging is available allowing the car to charge from 0-100% in about 8 hours.
This battery feeds the single-motor rear-wheel-drive powertrain in the Sportline, delivering up to 210 kW of power while the RS and its all-wheel-drive system bumps that up to 250 kW.
With a low coefficient of drag of just 0.234, the Sportline variant can sprint from 0-100 km/h in 6.7 seconds while the RS can do the same run in just 5.5 seconds.
According to the brand, this makes the Enyaq RS is the most powerful Skoda ever. The Enyaq RS includes the Ultimate Pack as standard.
The Ultimate Pack includes:
- Augmented Reality Head-Up Display
- Adaptive Chassis Control
- CANTON sound
- Area View, heated rear outboard seats
- heat insulating windshield
- intelligent park assist
- ‘Crystal Face’ LED grille
The Sportline on the other hand has the Ultimate pack as a $6,000 option.
When it comes to technology, as standard the augmented reality (AR) heads-up display can show many safety features as well as directions from popular mapping applications like Google or Apple Maps.
There is also wireless phone charging on offer along with metallic paint and a panoramic sunroof as standard.
Skoda will be offering the Enyaq with a 7-year warranty as well as an 8-year/160,000 km high-voltage battery warranty.
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.