It won’t go into mass production, but in fact, anyone can have one. We are talking about the Škoda Enyaq iV 80 FestEVal, which was prepared by the British representative office of the Škoda car company.
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How is it possible? Simple - “unique” consists of a regular enyaqu, a roof tent and a camping insert from the Czech company Egoé. All of these can normally be purchased separately.
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Shell roof tents are among the more expensive ones. This one also has a solar powered fan.
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“With the festival season in full swing…” begins the press release of the British Škoda dealership, which presents the special. This also gave rise to the name “FestEVal”, which combines “festival” and “EV”, i.e. “electric vehicle”, the international abbreviation for electric cars.
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The car is supposed to offer accommodation for four adults – two sleep in the roof tent, two inside the car on a bed that is part of the camping insert. It is foldable, so the car is normally a five-seater for driving. Only there is not much space left for luggage.
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The camping liner has one gas stove and can also offer running water.
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The British did not provide much information about the equipment of the Enyaq FestEVal, but the camping insert is similar in principle to the one we tested almost two years ago in the Volkswagen Transporter. It’s just smaller, of course, to fit in the enyaqu trunk; especially the flat ones.
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If we’re guessing correctly, it’s a version of the Egoé Nestboard Combi 600, developed for regular station wagons. The pull-out module contains a clean water tank with a pump, a cooker and a number of storage spaces. The unfolded bed is two meters long and one meter wide. The whole thing comes to just under 54 thousand crowns, says the company’s price list.
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The roof tent is hard to guess who made it, but the press release says it has a solar-powered fan in addition to a shell outer box and an integrated ladder, so it certainly won’t be one of the cheap ones.
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Camping chairs are part of the equipment.
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Rooftop tents range in price from around 30,000 to well over 100,000 crowns, and such shell tents tend to be more expensive than those that are made entirely of fabric. And finally, the Škoda Enyaq iV starts at a price of 1,124,900 crowns. An additional 130,000 crowns must be paid for the larger battery in the iV 80 version.
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The negligible price of such equipment, even if you already have an enyaq, is not the only disadvantage of the FestEVal model. One cannot overlook the increased air resistance given by the roof tent, which means increased fuel consumption. And while you could theoretically charge your car overnight at the hotel, this most likely won’t be possible in the vast festival parking lot.
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A large and heavy tent on the roof obviously increases the consumption of any car it is mounted on. Its weight is also evident in the behavior and handling of the car.
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On the other hand, charging could theoretically be possible in campsites. Electrical connections for large caravans are common, but it is a separate question for each campsite whether they can handle the eight- to ten-amp charging draw.
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