Video Summary
Findings from the review:- The exterior styling is distinctive with bumps in unexpected places.
- The front appears angry.
- The exterior styling, overall, generally works well.
- The back is the best side of this car.
- The spoiler bisects the rear window glass.
- There is no rear wiper, so it is hard to see from the rear mirror when it rains.
- As standard, it includes a 7.4 kW charger, upgradable to 11 kW for £300.
- 0 to 100% charge takes 7 1/2 hours (7.4 kW) or 5 hours (11 kW).
- It's got 101 kW rapid charging to 80% in 30 minutes.
- 380 liters of boot space with seats up or 1250 liters with seats down.
- The boot has a really flat entry point.
- The boot space isn't capacious for a large car.
- One of the features is a tablet holder on the top glovebox.
- The tablet holder is over-engineered and flimsy.
- Interior comfort is great.
- A major issue is the cheap, scratchy plastic throughout the interior; worse than the E208.
- It has buttons for the settings, versus a full touchscreen.
- A head-up display shows speed, speed limit, navigation, and distance to the car ahead.
- The 100 kW motor is not particularly quick for an electric car.
- With the 50 kWh battery, the car has a real-world range of 180 miles.
- Lane Keep Assist is ON by default, and it's the first thing to turn off as it's annoying.
- This Shine Plus trim is no longer available on the newer model which has a bigger battery and motor.
- This specific car has part-leather seats.
- The car costs £36,000 new or £20,000 used.
- The ride is soft.
- The car rolls a bit around corners.
