Skoda Enyaq Coupé review

You’ve heard the saying "Don’t mess with a good thing", right? Well, it seems the team behind the Skoda Enyaq Coupé chose to ignore it.

After coming up with the Skoda Enyaq electric SUV, Skoda decided to trim its rear end to create this sleeker coupé version. We'll let you decide whether you think the Enyaq Coupé is better looking than the regular model, but we can tell you that its more streamlined shape helps give it a longer range.

You can have the Enyaq Coupé with rear-wheel or four-wheel drive and, as with the boxier and slightly cheaper original, there’s a faster vRS version (read about that in our Skoda Enyaq vRS review). Better still, an update for 2024 added up to 20 miles to the official electric range.

So is the Skoda Enyaq Coupé worth the extra over its squarer stablemate, and is it a worthy rival to the best electric SUVs – ranging from the Kia EV6 to the Tesla Model Y? Read on to find out...

There are two versions of the Skoda Enyaq Coupé (excluding the vRS variant): the 85, which has rear-wheel drive, and the 85X, with all-wheel drive. If you're likely to be doing a lot of urban driving, it's worth noting that the 85 has a tighter turning circle so it's easier to manoeuvre in car parks and narrow streets than the 85X.

Both have 282bhp and plenty of pace, with 0-62mph times of around 6.7 seconds for the 85 and 6.6 for the 85X. While that's brisk, the Kia EV6 AWD and Tesla Model Y Long Range are noticeably quicker.

The Enyaq Coupé is not supremely fun to drive, but it handles tidily and is easy to make relaxed progress in. As long as you're not overzealous, it stays fairly upright in corners, and the light-but-precise steering lets you position the car with confidence.

Better still, we think it's one of the best-riding electric SUVs we've tried. It's a little unsettled at low speeds in an urban environment but becomes much smoother on faster roads. It’s far more composed than a Model Y or Ford Mustang Mach-E and a close match for the VW ID 5 (which shares parts with the Skoda Enyaq).

The 85X in SportLine Plus trim has slightly firmer, but still comfy enough, sports suspension. You can add adaptive suspension – called Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC) – as part of the Maxx Package, but we don't think it's worth the extra cost. Whichever set-up you go for, you'll feel and hear the odd thump from the suspension on rougher roads, especially with the big 20in alloy wheels of SportLine and L&K models, but it never develops into any jarring movements.

With no engine chugging away, refinement in the Enyaq Coupé is impressive, and wind noise is low thanks to standard-fit laminated side windows. There's a faint rumble from the big tyres at motorway speeds, but less than in a Tesla Model Y.

As for slowing down, there's an adaptive regenerative braking system that varies the braking strength depending on your distance from the car in front or an upcoming junction. It feels natural generally but it's not always easy to slow down smoothly because the brake pedal doesn’t have much initial bite.

In terms of range, the Enyaq Coupé is competitive against its main rivals. Since the introduction of the 85 version, which has a 77kWh usable capacity battery, the maximum official range has been 365 miles, or 334 if you get the 85X four-wheel-drive model. For comparison, the Kia EV6 manages up to 328 miles officially and the Model Y 331.

The Skoda Enyaq Coupé seats you slightly higher up than the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 in an electrically adjustable driver’s seat with adjustable lumbar support. Once you've found a comfortable seat set-up, you can store it in a memory and retrieve it any time.

Visibility to the front isn't as good as in the Tesla Model Y but the good-sized back window means rear visibility is better than in an Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron or Volvo EC40. Every Enyaq Coupé has front parking sensors, rear parking sensors and a rear-view camera (which, handily, is washed when you operate the rear window wiper and washer).

The Maxx package adds a 360-degree camera and a system called Trained Park Assistant that allows you to store manoeuvres so the car can repeat them when you return to the same space.

The digital driver's display is smaller than in most electric SUVs (5.3in) and shows limited information – but then the Model Y doesn't even have one. A head-up display is available with the Advanced pack and will project information on to the windscreen.

The Enyaq Coupé's in-car functions are mostly controlled through a 13in infotainment touchscreen in the middle of the dashboard. It's packed with features, including Android Auto and Apple CarPlay smartphone mirroring (which are not available in Teslas), and most icons are big and easy to hit, although the software could be more responsive.

As with the regular Skoda Enyaq, the interior is a pleasant place to spend time. It feels well screwed together and can be had with various attractive dashboard materials, including microfibre, artificial leather and real leather.

There's lots of head room and generous leg room in the front of the Skoda Enyaq Coupé, and the wide interior means you won’t find yourself rubbing shoulders with a front-seat passenger.

As a bonus, there's a good amount of storage within easy reach, including an area at the base of the dashboard that's wide enough for two phones and has a cooled wireless charging pad. Behind the gear selector are two cupholders and there's a vast cubby under the central armrest.

There's lots of head room for those in the back, despite the chopped-down roof-line compared with the regular Enyaq. All but the tallest adult passengers will fit in fine, and rear knee room is generous enough to keep long-legged occupants comfy.

Rear middle seat passengers get a similar amount of head room but are shortchanged for foot space because of a console that protrudes from between the front seats. Meanwhile, the bigger rear door openings give better access to the back seats than the Volvo EC40. There's not much of a door sill to step over either.

You might be wondering whether the Enyaq Coupé has a smaller boot than the Skoda Enyaq. The answer is: yes it does – but not by much (15 litres to be precise). You get 570 litres of storage below the parcel shelf, which was enough fit in eight carry-on suitcases in our boot test.

That beats the Kia EV6 and Volvo EC40 but not the Tesla Model Y (which has a front boot and a huge well under the floor of the main boot).

We'd recommend the optional Transport Package, which brings a height-adjustable boot floor and levers on the walls that remotely drop the 60/40 split rear seatbacks. A Model Y doesn’t have the option of a remote backrest release, but it does have a more versatile 40/20/40 split-fold arrangement. All Enyaq Coupés get a ski hatch.

The Enyaq Coupé costs more than Skoda Enyaq but the entry-level version still compares well price wise with a Kia EV6 or Tesla Model Y. It's also significantly cheaper than the Volvo EC40.

That entry-level 85 Edition comes with all the kit you need, including LED matrix headlights, an electrically adjustable driver’s seat with memory function, heated front seats, three-zone climate control, adaptive cruise control and a panoramic roof. Skoda charges extra for a heat pump (to more efficiently warm the interior) while Tesla and Volvo include one as standard.

PCP finance deals are usually competitive, although the Model Y is likely to cost you slightly less per month in repayments. You can check the latest prices using our New Car Deals pages. Like all electric cars and electric SUVs the Enyaq Coupé is very cheap to run as a company car because of its very low BIK tax band.

The Enyaq Coupé 85 has a maximum charging speed of 135kW while the 85X (and the Enyaq vRS) manage up to 175kW. For comparison, the EV6 manages up to 238kW and the Model Y 250kW. The length of time it takes to charge up will depend on the speed of charger you're using, but in theory you could charge an 85X's battery from 10-80% in less than half an hour.

In terms of reliability, we don't have specific data for the Enyaq, but Skoda finished a respectable 13th out of 32 brands in the 2023 What Car? Reliability Survey. That's below Kia but ahead of Volvo, Tesla and Audi. Most components are covered by a three-year/60,000-mile warranty but the main battery is covered for up to eight years with a 100,000-mile cap.

The Enyaq was awarded five stars out of five when it was tested for safety by Euro NCAP in 2021. Every Coupé comes with e-Call emergency assistance, automatic emergency braking (AEB), lane-keeping assistance, blind-spot monitoring and traffic-sign recognition.

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