At low or constant rpm the internal combustion engine is quiet enough, but push beyond 3,000 and it starts to sound thrashy. Same goes for when you’re fresh out of electricity – it’ll still shut down the engine if it can when you’re coasting or braking. In hybrid mode the Leon swaps between petrol and electric power often as it sees fit. Do so and the transition from electric to petrol power (with electrical assistance) is smooth but takes a second to take full effect and push you down the road at pace. Keeping the engine out of it when you’re running in electric mode is easy enough – it won’t spring to life unless you really floor the throttle. Just remember the faster you go, the sooner you’ll run out of juice and have to call upon the 1.4-litre petrol engine. Far from quick, but performance in electric mode is entirely adequate up to the national speed limit. No nasty jolts from the transmission as it moves through the gears. Which is pretty good.Īdmirably smooth in electric mode which, like virtually all PHEVs, it defaults to when you switch it on (assuming there’s enough charge in the battery). While I don’t think you could eek out 40 miles unless you drove especially gingerly, more than 30 seems achievable. But I wasn’t driving economically and it was cold, so I had the heater on. Incidentally that’s exactly what the Leon said it could do before I set off. Know this – from a fully-charged battery, on a six-degree December day on a relatively swift cross-country drive, I managed 25 miles. Your driving style, the kinds of roads you use, the weather and whether or not you’re using the air conditioning. Hard to say, because it depends on so many different factors. PT-Cruiser, Town & country, 300C, Voyager, Grand Voyager, Voyager Lanciaĭoblo, Freemont, Freemont Black, Grand Lancia, Marea, Grand Puntoī-Max, C-Max, C-Max gas, Edge, Escort, Explorer, Explorer Plug In, F150 Raptor, Hybrid, Fiesta halvcombi, Focus halvcombi, Focus kombi, Focus Active kombi, Fusion, Galaxy, Grand Tourneo Connect, Kuga, Kuga Plug In Hybrid, Maveric, Mondeo, Mondeo CC Combi Coupe, Mustang Mach-e, S-Max, Scorpio, Sierra, Transit, WindstarĪccord, Accord Allroad Tourer, Civic, CRV, FRV, HRV, ShuttleĪtos Elantra, GETX, Ionic, Ionic 5, Matrix, Kona, Santa Fe, Tuscon, Tuscon Plug in hybrid, Trajet, I30 halvcombi, I30 SW, IX35, I40Ĭherokee, Compass, Grand Cherokee, Renegade, Wrangler, Wrangler Unlimited, Wrangler 4XEĬarens, Ceed halvcombi, Ceed kombi, Ceed SW El, Carneval, Clarius, E-Niro, EV6, Hybrid Eko, Niro Plug in hybrid, Optima, Optima Plug in hybrid, Picanto, Rio, Soul, Sorento, Sorento Plug In Hybrid, Sportage, Stonic, Vengaĭefender, Discovery 1-4, Discovery Sport, Freelander 1-2ģ halvcombi, 323 F Sport, 6, 626, CX3.How far will it actually go in electric mode? I3, I4, IX, IX3 SUV, IX3 el, 1-serien, 2-serien, 2-serien hybrid, 3-serien, 330 Touring Hybrid, 4-serien, 5-serien, 530 Touring Hybrid, GT3, X1, X3, X3 Plug In Hybrid/Laddhybrid, X4, X5, X5 hybrid, X6, X7īerlingo, Berlingo family, Berlingo Multispace, Berlingo transporter, Cactus, C3, C4 halvkombi, C4 kombi, C4 Grand Picasso, C4 Spacetourer, C5, C5 Aircross, C8, DS4, DS5, Evasion, Jumpy, X-Santia, X-Sara, X-Sara Picassoīlazer Captiva, Nubira, Trailblazer, Transporter, Surburban, Tahoe, Orlando, PT-Cruiser A1, A2, A3 Sportback, A3 quattro, A4, A4 gas, A5, A6, A6 laddhybrid/elhybrid, A6 RS, Etron, Etron Sportback, el, RS3, Q2, Q3, Q4 Etron/el, Q5, Q5 laddhybrid, Q7, Q8
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