Ora Funky Cat

Not a bad review, but she comes to wrong conclusions imho. I don't think the car will miss out on buyers because of meh range or charging speeds. The main competition isn't any better. But the MINI e, Honda E and FIAT 500 e have oodles of style, why would anyone bring the same sort of money (GBP32k) to a car from a Chinese company most people hadn't heard about before until recently? That's a tall order. The newer more basic GBP25k model, she mentioned that will be coming down the line, has a far better chance as that dips down into economy car territory.

Lots more reviews today, must be end of moratorium. Fully Charged Show and as usual the most thorough of them all is from Jonny Smith, although he doesn't say much about the pricing vs competition although he asks his audience what they think about that at the end.

The WhatCar one was the first one that I saw and watched this morning. Tbh I was surprised others hadn't posted or commented on any reviews here when I'd finished looking at it so I just posted it. Only saw the other YouTube reviews later on.

To be fair, there are some nice design touches and ideas. Depending on what you're looking for spec-wise, you may find that a lot of boxes are also ticked by it. Availability, if it's going to be the same as is being touted in the UK, may also swing some buyers.

Of course, I have my favourites but nonetheless I don't place too much stock in any particular car reviewer/site myself. They all mostly have their strengths and weaknesses but that's why I try to watch as many as possible as they all bring a different take to every car and I like to get a balance.

Carwow, Electrifying and AutoEV are a couple that aren't negative but that aren't hyper positive in their conclusions either. There is enough there to tell me that it's not the car for me as there are certain things that I wouldn't gladly live with.

However, it's not about what I think. It's about the "car love" and I just don't have it for Funky Cat. If someone else does though, more power and well wear to them.

Still no option on ordering this in Ireland even though they are available in UK. Herself has decided that one of these will be our second EV replacing the Ioniq28. A typical situation of I wanted something else, she wanted the funky cat , so we compromised and are going for the cat!

Linders have the franchise.

Interesting - they'll have the Cat, E-Mokka, e-C4 and MG4 on offer head to head

Website is up

If your other half thought the funky cat looked like a beetle, she'd love this one ...(so would I, to be honest!)

So i've yet to see one of these in the wild, outside of dealerships and our test drive. We're collecting ours this day next week, replacement (long overdue) for our erstwhile second EV, an ioniq 28. It's the aurora green with (i think) white roof and the heat pack. We went for the 300 as the numbers for the 400 were simply too much for an unknown chinese car and you'd have a model 3 RWD for the same money.

I actually dont mind it, I wasnt a fan initially but its comfortable to drive and has 3 phase 11kW AC charging. This car in our ownership is not likely to see a DC charger so the slow DC doesnt matter.