Stick or twist?

Surprising good value those Tipos - or maybe not so surprising..

Insurance Group 7 I think for the standard 1.4.

Yes the insurance group is an attraction. The standard 1.4 is 95bhp, sufficient for a learner/new driver. The T-Jet takes it to group 13, which is still not too bad. As a car I'd use over the next few years, particularly on the Wales run (although I'm confident of doing that in the Leaf wuite easily too), I think I'm minded to go for the T-Jet if I get one at all.

Now, estate or hatch? Hatch, I think. It's more likely to become "his" car in a few years, and I would then get my own auto estate again. I'd get the saloon if I had another estate car, and maybe I'll square that one with an MG5 in 2 years' time.

People will still see your snakeskin boots. And your parking pass for the line dancing club. Still cool? 😛

Funnily, I thought of you this morning as I set out in the Enyaq. Blocking the lane ahead of me was someone attempting a foolishly complicated manoeuvre in a chromed, black-painted breezeblock. I suspect now that it was a Dodge Nitro (!) rather than anything with a Jeep badge, but even so. Why?

Probably better discussed over here.

Thing is, while the CLS is already the spare car, in that it does far fewer trips than the i3, there are things only it can do — notably carrying four people, bikes or student kit. Committing to an indefinite wait for a new Enyaq, say, would be uncomfortable if we had to be without a big car in the interim.

I think Toyota may be in trouble, although I’m looking at its performance in Europe, which probably matters a lot less to it than Asia or North America. But it seems way behind on BEV technology and marketing — most notably the lamentable ‘self-charging hybrid’ slogan.