What did you think of the car?
Hi
@Cocijo .
It was a fairly short test drive of only about 20 - 25 miles in horrible weather conditions, as I am sure you understand.
What did I think ?.
Here is a brief summary.
It was a Battersea Blue ( nice ) Trophy Iconnect and had only covered about 80 miles.
The first thing I noticed when pulling away, there is a slight delay when pushing the “Go” pedal.
Maybe they have done this to help with wheel spin ?.
Straight away, you get the feeling that something has changed regarding the ride ?.
The car feels more settled and a little less “wobbly” if there is such a word ?.
I can’t make my mind up if there has been changes to the suspension set up i.e. springs or dampers or it just down to the increased weight the longer range model is packing.
Either way, it feels better.
The same could be said about the steering, it feels more positive and more responsive.
Hard to tell properly, but the power feels about the same in normal mode and with Regen 3 it feels very similar.
The motor whine at about 28 Mph on the Gen1 model has gone.
The only time you can here the motor spinning up, is when you are travelling at about 50 Mph and you want to make quick progress to overtake.
As you bring the car from about 50 - 55 Mph you can just about hear it.
As you easy back on the “Go” pedal, it’s gone.
I reset the trip and after a little bit of town work, we headed for the dual carriageway.
We where travelling at speeds around 55 to 70 Mph due to the weather conditions.
We returned 3.9 M/kWh on our quick trip.
The instruments and info unit are a massive improvement over the Gen1 model.
The cabin / road noise is about the same I would say.
Okay, bottom line would I buy one ?.
Well, I still have my deposit in place !.
The face lift has addressed about 95% of the issues that owners of the original had I do believe.
The standard range model due in Jan 2022 with its increase range, would not tempt me to replace my current ZS EV.
Yes the face lift with its extra bits and slightly increased range is great, but speaking for myself I am looking at that bigger battery that the long range version has to offer, plain and simple.