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    The big test: electric family crossovers

    Nov 10, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS OLLIE KEW
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    JONNY FLEETWOOD

    SKODA ENYAQ IV 80 SPORTLINE

    £42,915/£48,045 as tested

    AUDI Q4 E-TRON 40 LAUNCH EDITION

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    If I could just appeal to your better nature for one moment, don’t flip past and sink your teeth into all things Bugatti and Ferrari shaped just yet. I know this looks like two pleasant, middle-of-the-road cars in the middle of a pleasant B-road. But what I present to you here is nothing less than an epoch-shaping cataclysm in the future of car sales.

    Buying a premium car has, for some time, not been for the rarity. Thanks to cunning lease deals and the sheer proliferation of bodystyle niches, the likes of an Audi, BMW or Mercedes-Benz are wantonly

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