I have a Kuga PHEV ST line with the driver assist pack, and it's a fantastic car. I've had 45 miles out of the battery. Once the main battery is empty it reverts to being a normal hybrid so as you ease off the throttle and brake it will put power back into the battery. Being a bigger battery it can store more power. As an example I go down a long hill on my journey home from work and thr regenerative brake puts on average of 2 miles back into the battery. There is an "L" button in the middle of the gear selector which boosts the regenerative brake and its almost 1 pedal driving which is great around town as I hardly use the brake. I recently took it on a 1000 mile road trip, I only charged it once, and out of the 1000 miles 400 of them were electric miles! Because of the big battery the fuel tank is 45 litres. Spare wheel wise, you can spec a space saver which does fit under the boot floor. In the UK it's around £150 but it is an optional extra. If you don't spec it from new and want to add one it's considerably more. As standard it comes with a tyre inflation kit which you'll be grateful for on the side of the motorway to get you out of trouble quickly. Not any use however if the tyre is ripped to shreds. Just to note, because of all the extra gubbins under the bonnet, the 12v car battery is under the boot floor so there is room for your cables, but if you have a spare wheel the cables will sadly be in the boot as there is nowhere else to put them. Optional extra wise, the driver assistance pack gives you front and rear camras, (the front camera has a washer jet), automatic high beam assist (switches on and off the full beam lights when oncoming traffic is detected) inteligent speed limiter that slows the car down to the speed limit (eg if you come into a village with a lower speed limit the car reads the traffic sign and slows the car. One issue I found is it sometimes reads speed signs at junctions that don't apply to you and it slams on the brakes so I've turned off the intelligent bit), adaptive cruise control, intelligent adaptive cruis control (also turned off the intelligent part as it sometimes reads the wrong traffic signs), lane centering assist so when the cruise control is on it steers itself and keeps the car in the lane, lane keep assist which vibrates the steering wheel if you go over the white lines and steers the car back into the lane, active park assist (car parks itself) blind spot monitoring which switches on a light on the wing mirror if someone is in your blind spot. To note the little fold out door protectors don't come as standard and are part of the driver assistance pack. The optional technology pack adds a heads up display, front headlight washers, adaptive intelligent LED headlights where the main beam is made up of little LEDs which automatically switch on and off to stop oncoming traffic being dazzled whilst still lighting up as much as the road as possible, a power tailgate and a 10 way electric adjustable driver's seat. Also to note the rear 3 pin socket is part of the technology pack and the power output is 230v at 150 Watts, so it'll charge a laptop, tablet or phone no problem, but it's not got enough power for things like a kettle for example. The winter pack adds front and rear heated seats and a heated steering wheel. It's worth noting that the ST Line X and Vignale come with the winter pack and I believe the technology pack as standard. If you want a PHEV with decent range and drives like a focus, this is the one to buy.

@DoneDealMotor

2 жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic insight, thank you so much! Facinated to hear how much battery you can gain from the regen, very impressive. Happy motoring!

@davidchambers707

2 жыл бұрын

Hi.Thanks for the information.I have a Kuga phev witch is now four months old with head up display & quad headlights.I found that it drives very well also the cvt is nice & smooth.The charging from the wall charger has dropped during this cold weather down to 27 miles from 35.but still very cheap to run against petrol or diesel cars I agree with you that it it a fantastic car.

Think you will find this is not the St line x edition as you stated, it's just the St line. The x edition has 19 inch wheels, a glass sunroof and a electric tail gate

Also I think you had brake hold assist switched on. You have to press the accelerator to release the brakes with it switched on, giving the jerky motion. It doesn’t jerk if it’s switched off.

Those door protectors are not standard either. Part of a protection package upgrade.

Good review but no mention of essential spare tyre. Not really , really, really, practical!

@DoneDealMotor

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gerry! Ahh apologies, it’s tough to remember everything but agreed, spare wheel is more than ideal! Thanks for watching! Dave

@joshtaylor7881

2 жыл бұрын

I have a Kuga PHEV. Spare wheel wise, you can spec a space saver which does fit under the boot floor. In the UK it's around £150 but it is an optional extra. If you don't spec it from new and want to add one it's considerably more. As standard it comes with a tyre inflation kit which you'll be grateful for on the side of the motorway to get you out of trouble quickly. Not any use however if the tyre is ripped to shreds. Just to note, because of all the extra gubbins under the bonnet, the 12v car battery is under the boot floor so there is room for your cables, but if you have a spare wheel the cables will sadly be in the boot as there is nowhere else to put them. Hope that helps

Did he really say “charge the car, using the car’s batteries” 🫣