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Originally Posted by tricky6

Hmm, they're good but not "great" but they ignore the massive financial benefits of the low BIK, especially from 2020 onwards. That in itself is my major buying driver. I'm not going to go hacking around B roads at 80 mph slinging the rear end out (those days long gone...) but something cheap-ish to run, decent to drive and reducing the environmental impact is important. Oh, and the fast if you need it bit will be nice from time to time :-). The 2nd gen is still massively compromised but it's better than the last gen. Progress for you...

Autoexpress and Autocar both give 4.5 stars, which is pretty great, and not at all common. The car rating of 3 stars seems reflective of an innate bias more than any kind of objectivity. In the context of a typical family saloon car, even a BMW one, the feelgood factor for lots of people will come from the hybrid capabilities as much as whether it hustles like a sports car down a B road. I can understand that Evo would review a car from that context, but less so Car magazine. For many folk a car that can be used for days on end for commuting on electric power alone, yet avoid range anxiety, take it's attractiveness beyond just that of BIK tax efficiency.