![]() But if, for you, long journeys are the exception and not the rule, and you need an incredibly spacious, comfy, quick and well-equipped family car, the Superb Estate iV plug-in hybrid gets a big thumbs up from me. It is mainly accomplished by means of cryogenic distillation, which accounts for nearly 3 120 teraBritish thermal units (TBtu)/year of the total energy used for separations (). Frequently, though, electric running has been limited to the bit between my house and the motorway, and once the iV’s (respectable) official 35-mile electric range is used up, I was back to petrol power in a car made heavier by its batteries. Olefin/paraffin separation is a critical separation for the chemical industry. On days when all my activity is local I’ve managed the lot on electric power alone. ![]() This all comes down to the unpredictable journey lengths I subject the car to. On the other hand, at one point my economy dropped to 43.4mpg – only fractionally better than the 42.8mpg official figure given for the non-hybrid 1.5 TSI petrol. For a repeat purchase, the only thing I’d change is the engine – but, as with the line that’s so feared at the end of a first date, “it’s not you, it’s me.” The Superb iV’s plug-in hybrid system has more than proven its ability to return incredible economy the peak I saw was 79.9mpg – astonishing for such a responsive and rapid car.
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