Quote by 2424
Forgot to add....don't buy on the basis that you will save £££s at the pump - you won't. You'll get nowhere near the claimed mpg in real world conditions.
Of course it does depend on how its used. Being old and no longer having to go to work 90% of my journeys will be max 30 miles so basically all electric.
re the towing it does have a decent towing limit (actually 300kg more than my CRV) which I don't think any other PHEV can match reports I have found that towing the car should return 25mpg on petrol only which is better than a lot of Diesel Cars
FC
the beauty of the PHEV (plug in electric hybrid) is that it does have a great deal of Torque and yes the weakness is the batteries but they have a 8 year guarantee and after that time technology will have moved a long way I understand that they are already looking at bringing all electrics out with a 300 mile range.
With some cities already banning Diesels and others putting big tariffs (no doubt the EU will soon jump on this and bang a big tax somehow)) Electric looks the way to go and the Plug in electric petrol hybrid to me looks the best way forward at present
David