Moving up to Design Edition adds a Dynamic interior trim and a three-spoke sports steering wheel, then SE L enhances things with tech including keyless entry and start/stop, light and rain sensors, parking sensors at both ends, and selectable Drive modes.
Monte Carlo trim is truly special, and comes with matrix LED headlights, wireless smartphone charging, adaptive cruise control and a panoramic glass roof.
So, something that fits perfectly? That’ll be the Skoda Kamiq.
Skoda Elroq
The all-electric Skoda Elroq is What Car?’s reigning Family Electric SUV of the Year, so you know it’s good.
It was the first car in the range to feature Skoda’s new ‘Modern Solid’ design language, which includes four front light units and a closed-off front grille – it’s a purposeful look.
There are three versions of the Elroq available, called 50, 60, and 85. The numbers refer to the size of the batteries each model is powered by, so the 50 has a 52kWh battery, the 60 has a 59kWh unit, and the 85 has a 77kWh battery. These translate into range figures of 232 miles, 260 miles and 350 miles respectively, so there is an Elroq that will perfectly suit your daily driving cycle, no matter how far you need to travel.
For a car to earn the title ‘Family Electric SUV of the Year’, it has to easily accommodate a family, and that’s something the Elroq can do without blinking. As What Car? says: “The driver and front passenger get plenty of space, but it’s in the back that the Elroq really impresses: even a six-footer will have plenty of head and leg room to spare when sitting behind a similarly tall driver.” There’s room for a family-quantity of stuff in the boot too, thanks to the 470-litre load space.
Skoda has not skimped on standard equipment, because it has LED lights at both ends, dual-zone climate control, rear parking sensors and a rearview camera (ideal if you’re reversing up to a trailer, for example), and cruise control. SE L trim is ideal if you feel the cold, because it comes complete with heated front seats and a heated steering wheel, plus sat-nav and front parking sensors. What Car?’s preferred trim, Edition, adds predictive adaptive cruise control, wireless smartphone charging and cooling, and keyless entry with walk-away locking.