Borrowed a REx demo for around five hours today.
Did about 90 minutes of motorway driving, with & without REx motor - plus a 30 mile cross country trip selected for poor road surfaces and nasty bends.
Both my wife & I were very impressed. My wife isn't a huge car fan and I thought she might find the firm ride over poor surfaces uncomfortable compared to our Lexus 400h which has a roly-poly, big car ride. After 10 minutes she said "this car seems glued to the road - I don't get thrown around the way i do in the Lexus".
It can get a bit rugged over really bad ridged tarmac - but the overall effect is firm rather than crashy. On reasonable tarmac and motorway, I thought the ride was fine.
The eye opener for me was the superb ergonomics, steering & handling. On poor, narrow roads, in bad weather & light, with heavy oncoming traffic it was very confidence inspiring compared to my usual drive. I actually thought it was easier to drive than any car I've owned.
The only downsides were - a bit of resonant noise over 70 which may have been wind generated, the 80 mile starting range dropped to 16 over about 55 miles with sidelights, wipers and aircon set at 24C (we like to be cosy!) - and the REx noise was a bit more intrusive than I'd hoped.
On balance - I think I'll be confirming my order tomorrow.
Did about 90 minutes of motorway driving, with & without REx motor - plus a 30 mile cross country trip selected for poor road surfaces and nasty bends.
Both my wife & I were very impressed. My wife isn't a huge car fan and I thought she might find the firm ride over poor surfaces uncomfortable compared to our Lexus 400h which has a roly-poly, big car ride. After 10 minutes she said "this car seems glued to the road - I don't get thrown around the way i do in the Lexus".
It can get a bit rugged over really bad ridged tarmac - but the overall effect is firm rather than crashy. On reasonable tarmac and motorway, I thought the ride was fine.
The eye opener for me was the superb ergonomics, steering & handling. On poor, narrow roads, in bad weather & light, with heavy oncoming traffic it was very confidence inspiring compared to my usual drive. I actually thought it was easier to drive than any car I've owned.
The only downsides were - a bit of resonant noise over 70 which may have been wind generated, the 80 mile starting range dropped to 16 over about 55 miles with sidelights, wipers and aircon set at 24C (we like to be cosy!) - and the REx noise was a bit more intrusive than I'd hoped.
On balance - I think I'll be confirming my order tomorrow.
