Review: Cupra Leon Sportstourer V e-Hybrid - good clean fun

Review: Cupra Leon Sportstourer V e-Hybrid - good clean fun
Cupra Leon Sportstourer V e-Hybrid is good clean fun. (Image: David Linklater)
David Linklater
At the risk of sounding like a motor-industry apologist, you have to feel for those brands that made a huge effort to source plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars to meet a forecast increase in demand from the Clean Car Discount, only to be left all charged up and with nowhere to go in 2024.Getting the right models at the right price for such a small market can take months, even years, which meant some PHEVs arrived near the end of 2023. Right in time for the new government to pull the plug on the Discount.PHEVs are a great solution for those who want to...

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