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09/11/2021 at 7:47pm
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The Skoda Superb is mechanically identical to the VW Passat, the plug-in hybrid version of which was a class winner at this year's Tow Car awards and is also highly rated by Practical Caravan magazine. So provided your caravan isn't massively heavy, there's no reason to suppose that the Skoda won't tow it just fine. It won't quite be as good as the diesel, but probably good enough.
There is a big advantage to having a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) if you do a lot of short journeys and are able to charge the car at home overnight, because this enables you to make many of the journeys on electric power alone - thus saving a fortune in fuel. However, for those occasions when you do need to make a longer journey, and/or tow a caravan, you have a petrol engine to fall back on so range anxiety isn't an issue.
However, you should not automatically assume that you "need" to move away from diesel unless your motoring needs are similar to the above. PHEVs cost significantly more to buy than petrol or diesel, so it could take you a long time to recoup those savings if you have a low total mileage. On the other hand, if you do a lot of long motorway journeys, the MPG will inevitably plummet as the petrol engine has to cope with the job of moving the extra weight of the batteries around. So in either of these situations, diesel could still be the best answer for you.
Another issue, which only I seem to be concerned about is that you can't buy a PHEV with a spare wheel in it, because the batteries take up all the space. It's become something of a standing joke that I'll get a puncture whilst on holiday - it's happened 3 times in the last 4 years. Most recently it was in the New Forest, where the local tyre depot couldn't fit me in for another 2 days ("there are a lot of tourists getting punctures").
Since I had a spare, that was fine. But if I hadn't, I'd have been without a car. Yes, you can call on your breakdown cover but all they'll do is either take you home - not great - or drop you off at the nearest tyre place. And if they're busy, or closed, you're still stuck.
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