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39 responses to “BEST Plug-in Hybrids 2025 (and the ones to avoid) | What Car?”

  1. @2Burgers_1Pizza Avatar
    @2Burgers_1Pizza

    These are very different cars, and at very different costs. Not sure why being PHEVs should qualify them as comparable. The Skoda Kodiaq IV seems like the better value option here. I’d definitely avoid the MG cause the infotainment is laggy and all the AC controls are trapped in it. Like, if you design a car that’s got everything on the infotainment, you better make sure the UX is unparalleled, and not in a bad way.

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  2. @MrOP66 Avatar
    @MrOP66

    You left aout Rav 4, NX, Prius and CH-R. Sponsored list?

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    1. @presterjohn71 Avatar
      @presterjohn71

      Grow up.

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    2. @chrissmith2114 Avatar
      @chrissmith2114

      Yeah, car journalists and magazines have to pander to their advertisers

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    3. @urumps9922 Avatar
      @urumps9922

      Are those plug- in hybrids?😂

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    4. @UltraJaff Avatar
      @UltraJaff

      Probably

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    5. @Carfan678 Avatar
      @Carfan678

      They all get less electric only range than the vehicles they chose

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  3. @jondu-sud274 Avatar
    @jondu-sud274

    This could be an interesting option for me. 9 journeys out of 10 are less than 10 miles, so not great for a petrol/diesel car. Regular hybrids would probably fire up their engines for a short time during a 10 mile trip, so not great for their engines either. All electric is interesting but potentially bothersome for long drives during summer holiday period with charging constraints.

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    1. @Sno0py-XV208 Avatar
      @Sno0py-XV208

      If you daily mileage is only 10 miles, look up a 2nd hand Kia Niro PHEV. It should easily suit your requirements and save you a lot on fuel. Can easily be charged up on cheap overnight electricity via a 3 pin plug too.

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    2. @ace100hyper3 Avatar
      @ace100hyper3

      Even PHEVs have to power up the engine for from time to time even in ideal conditions, to work out the engine and cycle a bit of fuel. I don’t think this use case would be favorable to PHEV

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    3. @apaul9776 Avatar
      @apaul9776

      Ordinary hybrids have their petrol engines and electric motors working as a system. The motor is constantly stopping and starting as it is needed. This isn’t a problem, it is just part of the way they work. I have a Toyota Touring Sports hybrid and although I have various criticisms about it, none are concerned with its hybrid system, which is superb.

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    4. @Sno0py-XV208 Avatar
      @Sno0py-XV208

      @@ace100hyper3 Having owned a Niro PHEV for 3 years and 25,000 miles, I can assure you that if you plug in each night and use less than the 33 mile EV range, the engine will NOT start unless it is cold and you need heating in the winter. Otherwise, it runs on EV only. A 33 mile charge cost me approximately 50p on Octopus Go overnight cheap electricity. I often drove longer than the 33 mile EV range, when it defaults to a hybrid system. I drove from the south of France to the UK and the fuel consumption average was 55mpg. You do the maths?

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    5. @sargfowler9603 Avatar
      @sargfowler9603

      @Sno0py-XV208 I agree with ace100hyper3. A PHEV is what you need.
      I charge up overnight with Tomato Energy and get around 40 miles in mild weather for 50p.
      The engine only starts once a month perhaps unless you go into sport mode and get engine/motor performance!
      On longer journeys, the battery fills in to give great economy and is no worse than a hybrid.
      Look for 85mpg on longer journeys up to 100 miles.
      Some hotels have free slow overnight chargers – perfect for the PHEV.

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  4. @mattp4806 Avatar
    @mattp4806

    I’m surprised to see the MG at number 1. Granted it’s very good value but surely the weight of Whatcar?’s own reliability survey of the brand should be enough to at least caveat the opinion. MG were placed last in the survey and that was with the relative simplicity of a majority all electric range of cars. Can you imagine how bad things would be if you added the complication of a combustion engine too?!

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  5. @jamiep61 Avatar
    @jamiep61

    Not every Hybrid, Electric or Plug in Hybrid were featured 😊

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    1. @DeadlyDizzle-yn1vz Avatar
      @DeadlyDizzle-yn1vz

      This video would go on for hours if every hybrid car was featured

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  6. @mike191919283474664 Avatar
    @mike191919283474664

    Unless you show the actual battery sizes and prices it is hard to visually understand what consitutes a small medium and large battery, especially when hy rid batteries are already much bigger than the small batteries cars always have had

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  7. @leestorm5640 Avatar
    @leestorm5640

    Where is Raf ,nx 😢

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  8. @aka7kak8 Avatar
    @aka7kak8

    Will all these PHEVs be able to warm up cabin without ICE ?

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    1. @MrPeteJMc Avatar
      @MrPeteJMc

      The rav4 phev ( not mentioned) has a heat pump and can maintain cabin temperature, both cool and warm without the ice.

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    2. @sargfowler9603 Avatar
      @sargfowler9603

      The VW cars do as the heating is electric, not from the engine.

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  9. @carrickrichards2457 Avatar
    @carrickrichards2457

    Hyundai Tucson, Toyota CHR, BYD Seal-U and MG HS all looked good to us…. but as self employed, no BiK, so hesitating!

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  10. @MrPeteJMc Avatar
    @MrPeteJMc

    My rav4 phev gets 50 mile range in the summer and 45 in the winter. That’s actual as driven. 302 hp = 0 to 62 in 6 seconds. Has a really big luggage area. Plus Toyota warranty is for 10 years or 100k which ever comes first. Toyota practically invented the hybrid set up and quality is superb. Why no mention and no mention of Lexus either. Bad journalism.

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    1. @oliverstemp9132 Avatar
      @oliverstemp9132

      The ride is far too floaty. It makes me feel sick.

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  11. @Riste17 Avatar
    @Riste17

    RAV 4 Plug-in hybrid is the best

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  12. @keshavprasad6485 Avatar
    @keshavprasad6485

    How come there is no mention of Rav4 and Mazda cx60? It’s shocking. I have been watching this channel for a long time and they consistently seem biased against Mazda cars…Such a shame! The fifteen mins we spent in watching this, what we expect is honesty and some ethics.

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    1. @stevewhitmill2037 Avatar
      @stevewhitmill2037

      Who pays What Car???

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  13. @jost4786 Avatar
    @jost4786

    My X5 45e has all EV benefits and all ICE benefits. 1,2 liter/100 km average consumption in April, but does fast Europe tour quickly without unnecessary stops

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  14. @slicklace Avatar
    @slicklace

    I have the BYD Seal U being delivered this weekend which is a PHEV. I’ve heard good things about it so hopefully it will make it on this top list soon, test drove one last week and the luxury you get for the price is unmatched! It easily beats all other cars on this list just purely on that alone.

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    1. @oliverstemp9132 Avatar
      @oliverstemp9132

      BYD? Luxury? 🤨

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    2. @slicklace Avatar
      @slicklace

      @ have you been in the BYD Seal U? Judging by your comment you haven’t. It feels and looks luxurious and thats all that matters. Nowadays there are a lot of top car manufacturers BMW, Mercedes, Audi etc that cost ALOT more and its full of cheap scratchy plastic and piano black everywhere 🤷🏽‍♂️.

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    3. @oliverstemp9132 Avatar
      @oliverstemp9132

      @ yes. It’s well made, but not luxury. It’s like an older Honda. And that touchscreen is full of mistakes.

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  15. @Mike-bi7kb Avatar
    @Mike-bi7kb

    Would have been nice if you gave the gas mileage when not in electric mode as well, as electric range is not the only consideration when buying a PHEV. A lot of the ones you have shown get terrible gas mileage as a hybrid, or on the highway.
    I bought Alfa Romeo Tonale Sprint PHEV EAWD 1 1/2 years ago, and after testing many of the PHEVs available at that time, it was the one for me to buy, and at below MSRP.

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    1. @MrPeteJMc Avatar
      @MrPeteJMc

      The RAV4 phev gives 50 to 55 mpg when on hybrid alone. If you use ev and hybrid carefully then during a month you can get 350ish e- mpg. Depends how carefully you drive. I only put £15 of petrol in mine every 3 months.

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  16. @ewaf88 Avatar
    @ewaf88

    The tax is too horrific

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  17. @stevewhitmill2037 Avatar
    @stevewhitmill2037

    I love the way motorist journalists thing £48-50k is a normal, affordable price. Not they are not.

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  18. @stevewhitmill2037 Avatar
    @stevewhitmill2037

    Private motorists say £17000 is the price they would pay for a car. That stuffs all of these.

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  19. @barrydavies998 Avatar
    @barrydavies998

    Repetition of the same info over and over again makes padding out a video this way annoying You only have to say once what a Hybrid and a PHEV is and does … We got it the first time

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  20. @israelbarnett8414 Avatar
    @israelbarnett8414

    What a shame Mitsubishi pulled out of the UK car market. I bought a 2020 Outlander PHEV and I absolutely love it . I saw the new model in Canada and it’s stunning with a very good EV range. I am sure it would be shortlisted in this video if it were available in this country.

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