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P11d (BiK) £40,585 (11%) MPG/CO2 56.8mpg/33g/km Test MPG 300+mpg

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While my honeymoon period is definitely not over with the Cupra Formentor, there are a couple of minor niggles that have crept in as it nears the 4,000-mile mark.

Firstly, in the most first-world problem sense, the electronic tailgate sometimes only half locks into position when closing, which you invariably only find out about when you’re sat back in the driver’s seat. No doubt there’s a simple fix as it always locks in fully the second time around but is a little baffling.

Secondly, the infotainment system which is ordinarily so user-friendly has been somewhat reluctant to react to the touchscreen of late. When things like your cabin heating, set to demist wintery windows, is stuck temporarily on ‘max’ due to the touchscreen not responding, it can be rather frustrating. Not least because, running predominantly on electric power, the cabin heater air-conditioning takes a fair chunk of battery power to do its thing – 5% of charge can be lost here – and requires longer to clear the air compared to an ICE vehicle.

That said, life is full of compromises, however small, and it hasn’t stopped the otherwise excellent Formentor’s average fuel consumption rising from 252mpg to 300+mpg. This of course is a function of charging availability and journey-type, but as more offices get charging points installed, vehicles like this will swallow up a short daily round-commute. I even had a fellow non-PHEV Formentor driver (who had one as a company car) stop and ask me if he’d made the right choice.

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