Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 87: Nissan’s lazy boi, Epiq tale and some Soul searching

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1:10– Munich Motor Show overload: principle automobiles & everyday videos.
3:06– VW ID. Cross & BMW iX3 vs Mercedes GLC impressions.
5:58– Polestar 5 evaluation: performance, price & halo status.
7:31– Budget Friendly EVs: Skoda Epiq & impressions.
8:57– Nissan Micra EV debate: Renault 5 in camouflage?
14:42– Hyundai Ioniq Idea 3: vibrant style & not another SUV.
18:51– Skoda Vision O: could this be the future Octavia?
20:11– Mike's soul-searching & love for the Kia Soul EV.
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35:07– Lease offers: MG4 XPower vs VW ID.3 Match Pro.
37:49– Listener questions: Kia PV5 wheelchair conversion upgrade.
39:28– Enyaq vs Mustang Mach-E: which household EV to buy?
44:46– Hyundai Inster on UK roads: why aren't we seeing them?
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September 19, 2025

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23 responses to “Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 87: Nissan’s lazy boi, Epiq tale and some Soul searching”

@smortg

September 19, 2025

22:00 – I have an older Kia Soul and I honestly cant imagine any other upgrade other than the 2020/2021 First Edition. Now discontinued, here’s (sadly?) not much like it in that shape, unless you want to get a Smart 1 for £10,000 more

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@leswhitehouse

September 19, 2025

Dissing the Nissan and loving the Renault sounds a little snobby to me. Hoping I’m wrong…

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1. @jamesengland7461
  
  September 19, 2025
  
  You’ve missed it
  
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2. @chris-townson
  
  September 19, 2025
  
  I read a comment somewhere that some markets don’t sell Renault, but they do sell Nissan, so badge engineering makes sense to get the car out there. Benefits both companies.
  And for the consumer, just think of the Nissan as additional trim options 😊
  
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@skinnyweb

September 19, 2025

Only car reviewers would care about the Nissan micra. Customers will only drive one and if they are as good as each other, noone will care about which is original. Maybe in 40 years when they are “classics”. People will buy on basis of the best deal and if they have had good experience with the brand before.

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@Mike-qu6fp

September 19, 2025

To me it looked like the NIssan Micra can have leather seats and the Renault 5 can’t. So for the 20% of the population with dust mite allergy it’s a no-brainer, the Micra is the only one they can buy.

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@mikadavies660

September 19, 2025

Love the fact that in the last 5 years the manufacturers have suddenly designed and released so many new and fresh designs. So bored with 2010 to 2020 when hardly anything changed or was really new and fresh.

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@hazelhidson8220

September 19, 2025

I have ordered an inster and hopefully will be picking it up next Saturday. Went for black with the lighter interior. Can get some good deals on them if you look around

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@robertmacgregor2575

September 19, 2025

I saw an Inster on the M90 , headed for the Queensferry Crossing today.

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@neilrwilliams218

September 19, 2025

The Kia PV range will only be available from some dealers. There was a press release a few months ago announcing the dealers.

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@mcxoll9963

September 19, 2025

wait until you see the new Mitsubishi Eclipse – if you think Nissan is bad copying the 5, you’re in for a treat

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1. @marcosalonso4358
  
  September 19, 2025
  
  Eclipse Cross, ASX and Colt!
  
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@judebrown4103

September 19, 2025

We just chopped in our “windknife” for an Inster on Monday. (It’s Friday now) We’ll never have the 6+m/kWh but so far we’re getting 4.8-4.9 m/kWh and the weather’s cooling down, can’t wait for summer!😂
I was getting antsy about getting parts for the Ioniq38kW and Hyundai made us an offer we couldn’t refuse having invited us in for their sales weekend. My wife is quite disgusted with the unmissable colour I chose: Sienna Orange but I love it, I can find it in a car park and I can fit my walker in the boot or behind the seats. It took me down a busy country lane diversion route and got past everything including a pick up truck without touching the hedge and it’s so much easier to park, fits in tiny spaces which is what we needed. If you’re in Kent, look out for us, all the others in the showroom were khaki green. 🧡😁👍

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@fredbloggs72

September 19, 2025

Badge engineering! One day dad was given a urgent job, “get these boxes down the docks ASAP, they’ve run out of badges”, at that time it was GM’s policy that the Vauxhall badge would only be applied on UK soil, and there was a workshop at the docks set up to do that.

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@DFID7Tourer

September 19, 2025

It has been absoultely nuts for you guys the last few weeks and the amount of content being spewed out is impressive to say the least. Most of it I have been watching (of course) but possibly means I have spent more time with you than my own family !

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@TechTravel-up2cx

September 19, 2025

Don’t know why specifically in this episode, I noticed it so much, but it found it a little distracting that you’re only using a third of the screen space when all 3 of you are on screen. As such, you’re all smaller than you could be. Any chance in future it could be 3 quarters (two bottom corners and either top left or top centre, for example)? Thanks.

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@stephenwensley

September 19, 2025

The 500 mile range is useful for people who live in apartments or only have only street parking, at average mileage they’d only need to charge about once a month. It’s not all about single journeys

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@stephenwensley

September 19, 2025

As a parent of three, I’d be choosing by usability – which doors open widest, which can you access the child with the seats in place seats in (feeding, calming, always fiddly), which can take a large buggy and all the bags, which makes changing nappies easiest. I’d be choosing the sliding doors and rear door that keeps the rain off of the VW ID Buzz.

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@JjaysYoutube

September 19, 2025

Hi guys love the team, the podcast and reviews, I am a new R5 owner it’s great and has me wee heart, had mine since launch, similar though only seen 2 since it launched near me, thought I wud see loads. I love the new Micra too, it’s a great looking car, they changed the lights the side skits, the arches and the raised the shoulder line and bonnet hight, looks good ( in my view anyway haha) Renault and Nissan work and have worked on so many cars in the past, the clio and Micra were the last one, was so so similar. I get the interior it’s the same however the only real nod to the original 5 is the roof the rest is just a nice two tiered interior same as on the R4. Nissan has used some nicer material over the top of the dash etc compared to the R5. I mean VW did the same with the City go, the Up! and the Mii all exactly the same inside , the Micra will also be sold in markets the R5 isn’t so some won’t even know it’s based on the R5, when your low on finance why spend money you don’t need to, it’s a great wee car. Would be interesting how people would have reacted if Nissan launched first?

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@chris-townson

September 19, 2025

The Inster will sell very well, with the £3750 discount and a starling price of £19,755.

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@williammykura2342

September 19, 2025

Wonderful, great chat – I haven’t laughed so much watching a video for ages. Thanks guys..

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@JjaysYoutube

September 19, 2025

I think the problem with the Insta is similar to the 500 (for looks not range) it’s too cute looking tends to not sell so well. The mini is cute but looks sporty, the other little cars that seem to sell well are more aggressive and sporty looking than pure out cute.

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@plymouthdan7677

September 19, 2025

I’m the Dan from Dan & Shan – Shan loves the design of the Mach E so we’ll go for that! Thanks all 🎉

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