The Volkswagen-owned Czech brand Skoda aims to quell concerns about the uncertainty around resale values of electric cars by launching its entree into the segment – the Skoda Enyaq – with a guaranteed future value offer.
The Skoda Enyaq is the company’s first local challenger to the top-selling electric car in Australia, the Tesla Model Y.
Skoda says customers who take up the guaranteed future value offer can bring their car back at the end of the lease and accept the agreed trade-in value – or sell the car themselves privately if they believe they can move it on at a higher price.
“It’s about giving the customer flexibility but also giving them peace of mind,” said Keiran Merrigan, head of marketing and product, Skoda Australia.
“At a time when resale values seem to be a talking point for electric cars, we want to take that out of the equation and let Skoda customers know we have their back because we have complete faith in our product.”
In welcome news for Skoda buyers, Australia will get the latest uprated version of the Enyaq with more power than the original model that went on sale in Europe two years ago.
The 2025 Skoda Enyaq will start from $69,990 plus on-road costs when it goes on sale in Australia by the end of this year, ahead of showroom deliveries early next year, pending any delays.
This price puts the Skoda Enyaq within coo-ee of the Tesla Model Y, which is Australia’s most popular electric car.
It also sets a challenging benchmark for Skoda’s sister brands Volkswagen and Cupra, which will also launch a range of electric SUVs locally based on the same platform at about the same time.
There are initially two models in the 2025 Skoda Enyaq range in Australia: the Sportline and RS.
However customers will effectively have three choices after Skoda Australia chose to add a Sportline ‘Ultimate Pack’ to slot between the Sportline and RS price points.
The ‘Ultimate Pack’ adds extras such as adaptive suspension, a 360-degree camera, heads-up display, premium audio, illuminated ‘crystal-style’ grille, and a massage function for the driver’s seat.
Note: Prices above exclude on-road costs such as registration and stamp duty.
The Skoda Enyaq Sportline is rear-wheel-drive. Equipped with an 82kWh battery pack it has a claimed maximum driving range of 561km and a claimed 0 to 100kmh time of 6.7 seconds.
The Skoda Enyaq RS (the most powerful Skoda to be sold in Australia to date) is all-wheel-drive thanks to an additional electric motor to power the front wheels, and has a claimed 0 to 100kmh time of 5.5 seconds.
The RS has the same 82kWh battery pack as the Sportline but a shorter maximum driving range of 530km because of the extra power and weight of the dual electric motors.
The Skoda Enyaq is covered by the brand’s seven-year/unlimited kilometre warranty – the longest coverage offered by a European automotive brand in Australia.
The Skoda Enyaq battery warranty is eight years/160,000 kilometres.
The EFTM review of the Skoda Enyaq will publish this Thursday 5pm once the media embargo on drive impressions is lifted. Check back with us then.
Joshua Dowling has been a motoring journalist for more than 20 years, most of that time with Fairfax (The Sydney Morning Herald), News Corp Australia (Herald Sun and News.com.au), and most recently Drive.com.au (owned by Nine Media). He is also a World Car of the Year judge, has won numerous journalism awards, and test drives up to 200 cars per year.
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