Ford Kuga hybrid

How did you find the Ford Kuga PHEV, regarding the fuel consumption claims, to obtain them you would virtually have to run on electric only, as regards the EV range that is based on city driving, in the real world you will achieve nearer  24 - 26 miles.

We are going to change from our Ford Kuga to a Mitsubishi Outlander 2.4 PHEV in May at present Mitsubishi is heavily discounting due to a new model later this year with a 20 kW battery.

As regards EV home chargers we have gone for  a Podpoint  32amp and Octopus energy, they do a night time off peak 5 pence kWh, so to charge your PHEV 50 pence for 25 miles. EVO energy are offering a free charger, Mitsubishi have an offer with EVO energy a free charger and 2 years 10,000 free electric, over the 2 years we found buying you own charger and Octopus energy several hundreds pounds cheaper. 

At present we have a 2017 Ford Kuga diesel 150bhp powershift, it tows our Swift Conqueror 480 very well, we are not sure how well the Outlander PHEV will tow compared to our Kuga, but to be honest we are looking it from the financial side, according to others on the Outlander forums the 2.4 Outlander PHEV are achieving 24 mpg as opposed to the Kuga 28/30mpg towing.

Earlier this month we road tested the Mitsubishi Outlander 2.4 PHEV and just fell in love with it, starting with 3/4 of a charger, electric seats on and travelling approximately 40 mile we achieved just over 70 mpg, however most of my journey are less than 25 miles.

I found the Kuga very good to drive, as it is the new model it has a lot of extras as standard on the first edition ( electric leather seats, power tailgate, electric sunroof ) Kuga ST-Line X model

according to the dash reading on the test driver ( which wasn’t that long) I drive through town and also a main ‘A’ road it showed average of 53mph.

I am looking at it as my commute to work is 30 miles round trip so would be fairly cheap for that which would offset the times when towing.

I would go back and give it a proper test drive, most dealer are offering 24 hour test drives, at the very least give it a good 100 mile test drive.

When tested the Outlander PHEV we made sure we depleted the battery for the return journey, from the dealership to Telford it eventually recorded nearly 120 mpg on the return journey down the M54 running in petrol mode only it dropped from 120 down to 66 mpg, once back on the slower A road is regenerated by the time we reached the dealership it was back up to 70mpg. With more experience of how to get the best out of the EV system and regenerative brake, starting with a full battery and the heated seats of we believe we could have achieved 80mpg plus over the 40 mile journey

I have no experience of hybrid vehicles but would say nearly all the towing reviews I’ve watched have been shot in Norfolk.  I discounted a hybrid due to the way we camp.  Last year we used 3 sites which were at an altitude of 2500 feet, so good old diesel was the way forward.  If I didn’t have a van I would probably try either electric or hybrid but that’s a different story

I have the Kuga PHEV. Whilst driving purely in hybrid mode got around 53 mpg. Am picking up a Sprite Alpine 2 soon so will let you know the mpg towing purely in hybrid mode.

How does your kuga get on with towing, what's the mpg. I'm collecting a st line phev on Wednesday. Thanks

We have had a MHEV Kuga for a nearly two years and been very happy with it, can I suggest you order one direct from the factory with the electric tow bar fitted just press the button and out it pops and it worked out cheaper than an after market one 

Hi there all i have been looking at the Kuga self charging hybrid which as a better towing weight of 1600kg and my caravan is only 1450kg so looks goods however i would love to know what these are really like for towing ie whats it like on hills especially when the battery is flat so only using the petrol engine, and whats the mpg like towing and solo any help or advice here would be very much appreciated