let's hope the below are not true.. Getting my 272 soon. Found this in a
review:
"Then there’s the powertrain itself, which just doesn’t have the character befitting its billing as the most powerful
Terramar variant. The electric range is impressive, indicating 55 miles of the stated 62 available at the start of our drive and you can set it to prioritise electric drive and decide how much recovery you want via the touch screen. You can DC charge the
Terramar PHEV at up to 50kW. The electric motor adds a degree of potency and response low down – with max torque arriving from 850rpm as opposed to 1650rpm – and in normal driving it manages its battery use well."
"But it doesn’t have the feel of a performance powertrain, with the 128bhp 1.5-litre TSI sounding very out of depth, partly because it’s managed poorly by the six-speed transmission (the 2-litre uses the seven-speed). The six-speed is sluggish, almost to the point of not resembling a twin-clutch. The handover between electric and ICE is smooth enough, though prods of the accelerator call the 1.5-litre engine into action quite unceremoniously."
"It just doesn’t seem right, even down to the downright weird sound augmentation, which in Cupra mode – selectable via the Cupra button on the steering steering wheel – sounded like a big American diesel V8 feeding a slurring CVT. Though it gave us a good laugh to begin with, that probably wasn’t the intention… A far cry from the splash of chirruping turbocharged theatre mixed in with the gruff exhaust vocals of the 2-litre, though less intense Performance Mode’ was fine.
The added weight affects everything, from the steering, to the handling and confidence you have at speed, feeding into the overall sense that the PHEV is far from all the
Terramar can be. Good for company car tax reasons and convenient with the electric element it may be, but it doesn’t come close to the 2-litre to drive."
From:
https://www.evo.co.uk/cupra/terramar
Ok feeling quite demotivated now. Please get the
review soon. Sluggish DSG?
Coming from a 1.5DSG
Formentor. I even calculated the Krg/hp ratios before deciding to buy the
Terramar. Ratios were good especiall when powertrain is fully utilized. I drove the 204phev
Terramar for 2 hrs, felt the inertia but also acceleration wise was nice to feel and hear. Performance or Cupra modes should, in principle, defy the above
review. Let's see..
)... Sunday was good if you had an EV they would have paid you to charge it. 2p kwh. Digress. That figure will be the hybrid electric / petrol mix. You'd do your weighted calculations. Suppose to get 90 miles or something on a hybrid battery before petrol kicks in.
