Skoda Elroq long-term test: report 5
The Skoda Elroq is one of our favourite electric SUVs, but what's it like to live with? Our Used Cars Writer is finding out...
The car Skoda Elroq Edition 85 Run by George Hill, Used Cars Writer
Why it’s here To find out whether Skoda’s smallest electric SUV can deliver the all-round greatness it promises
Needs to Be comfortable, practical and easy to live with in a city. A good real-world range will be important, too
Miles covered 3410 List price £38,650 Target Price £31,425 Price as tested £44,485 Official range 360 miles Test range 293 miles
3 October 2025 – Screen time
As time goes by, screens are getting bigger and better. It’s not exclusive to cars, but TVs, laptops, phones – you name it. That’s why I’m confused by the size of my Skoda Elroq’s digital driver’s display, because it’s pretty tiny at 5.0in. That’s about the same size as my iPhone 13 Mini, which came out in 2021.
Most electric SUVs, like the Kia EV3 and Renault Scenic, have much bigger displays. In fact, the screens in those two cars are more than double the size of the set-up in my Elroq. They’re configurable, too; in the Scenic, you can have a widescreen sat-nav map or a simple layout. You can even have a mixture of the two if you like.
In my Elroq, the display is split into three sections. You have your driver assistance info on the left, your speed in the middle and your trip information on the right. That’s it – and the font for your trip information is pretty small.
I think this is a shame, because while I find infotainment screens have too much of a role in the functionality of interiors these days, digital driver’s displays are useful. Having as much information as possible in your line of sight is great and, importantly, safe, because you can spend more time looking at the road, rather than looking at an infotainment screen.
There are some good points about the set-up, though. While the functionality of the display is minimal, you can at least control it with physical steering wheel buttons. This is better than the fiddly touch-sensitive buttons in the Mercedes EQA and VW ID 4, which are all too easy to nudge while driving.
I’m also grateful to have a digital driver’s display in the first place. I was recently driving a Volvo EX30 Cross Country, which has all of your key driving information in the central infotainment screen. I found this frustrating, because you have to keep looking at the central screen to see how fast you’re going. It’s very distracting.
So, while the Elroq’s small 5.0in display does a better job than the EX30, it still feels a step behind the EV3 and Scenic. In fact, it’s hard not to wish my Elroq’s display had the same scale and usability as those rivals – because when it comes to key driving information, size really does matter.
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