Firstly, I'm from West Yorkshire, UK, so it's RH drive UK spec Touring. My daily is a BMW i8.
My wife's Solterra was ready to be picked up yesterday (arriving months ahead of the original delivery date), so I was dispatched as she's not too driving "new" cars. 10 miles on urban single and dual carriageway roads. First impressions? It's bloody brilliant, drives really well, quick and sure-footed, and the tech enhances the drive.
A couple of early observations:
My wife's Solterra was ready to be picked up yesterday (arriving months ahead of the original delivery date), so I was dispatched as she's not too driving "new" cars. 10 miles on urban single and dual carriageway roads. First impressions? It's bloody brilliant, drives really well, quick and sure-footed, and the tech enhances the drive.
A couple of early observations:
- Switching the A/C on drops the range by 50 miles. Yikes. So I left it set with heated seats and wheel. Range fully charged showed 255 miles - temp was 8 degrees celsius - or 205 when the A/C is on.
- It feels long. Maybe it's the slight cab-forward layout or the limited natural view from the RVM.
- The LCD rear mirror takes some getting used to, but it's really good as are the 360 camera views.
- It's quick, much quicker than the 0-60 time suggests.
- It's huge inside and easy to get comfortable. Acres of space in the back.
- The "you look over the steering wheel" thing takes about 5 mins to get used to.
- Lots of random bings and bongs, I need to read the manual
- Easy to park, and our drive is quite tight
- The stereo is epic, but Carplay on Youtube Music seemed to stutter in and out a bit
- Looks nice in red
- The panorama roof is good, it lets lots of light in on a gloomy day with a car wearing a black interior.
- Heated seats and wheel are good, better than most
- The forward view out is excellent
- It's tall, esp at the back
- Some ergo (the close and lock button on the boot) take a read of the manual to understand WTF is going on
- Charges pretty quickly on my 7kW home charger
- Headlights are good
- Massive screens and LCD mirror does not distract and work really well
- One-pedal driving doesn't work when the battery is full
- Stepped regen is ace and very controllable. And it feels natural to use.
- Gear selector is fiddly but I'll get used to it.