Two and a half tonnes is the number that decides the new Range Rover Electric for a lot of its buyers. That is its towing limit, a tonne below the combustion Range Rover's 3,500 kg, and in Electrifying's review it is the reservation that outlasts all the others. Range is the usual worry with a heavy electric SUV, and the presenter does call 372 miles WLTP short of rivals, but for a family with a horsebox the hitch settles it first. Most of today's stories run the same way. The weakness on the label is rarely the one that turns up.
Hertz sent the Polestar 2 that Rich Rebuilds bought to auction listed, Rich says, with undercarriage damage, the kind of description that usually points at the battery, the most expensive part of any EV. By his account the pack was fine. What kept the car parked, he found, was a cracked coolant hose at a cheap clamp, a fuse missing from the service disconnect, a coolant valve he replaced with a $12 used part, and a rear damper whose top mount had come apart. None of that is what the listing warned about, and all of it cost far less than a battery. The car was cheap for another reason too: Polestar is about to lose its US market, as the story below explains.
Driver assistance is where the other three cars keep their catch. Out of Spec BITS towed at the iX3's limit and found the chassis barely noticed the load; what dropped out was lane centering, which would not engage with the trailer attached. Ever's host likes the used Honda Prologue's space and range, then points out that no trim offers lane centering at all. And It's Only Electric says the change that matters most on the 2027 Zeekr 7X is one you cannot see, a move from Mobileye to a Bosch-based system with seven cameras and three radars. None of this appears in a range figure or a price, and all of it shows up on a long motorway day.
Before buying, picture the worst day of your year with the car rather than the average one: the holiday tow, the four-hour cruise, the repair bill. What to watch next is whether BMW treats lane centering with a trailer as something a software update can switch on, and whether Zeekr's new hardware actually steers more smoothly once owners get it. Watch used Polestar prices as well. A car that cannot be sold new tends to get cheaper used, and Rich's purchase suggests that discount has already arrived.
Hertz Listed This Polestar 2 as Damaged. Rich Rebuilds Found a Hose, a Fuse and a Shock.
Rich Rebuilds bought a former Hertz rental Polestar 2 with, he says, about 80,000 miles at a salvage auction, where it was listed with undercarriage damage. He gives the price as $2,900 early in the video and $3,125 at the end. On his inspection, the battery pack showed nothing worse underneath than cracked plastic. A pressure test traced a coolant leak to a split hose at a basic clamp near a pump. A fuse was missing from the high-voltage service disconnect under the rear footwell carpet, and Rich found replacements listed at about $200 on eBay before buying one. A coolant valve was swapped for a $12 used part, and the knocking on the first drive came from a rear performance damper whose top mount had broken; that damper, he notes, was the one part he found marked made in Japan. After the repairs, he reports the car charging at a little over 100 kW on a Tesla Supercharger and running 0 to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds at 47 percent charge, then 3.9 seconds with one person aboard. The video also includes a visit to CATL in China, where, Rich says, a taxi pack with 700,000 km still tested at 90 percent health. The timing matters for shoppers: Top Gear reports that the US Commerce Department will bar Polestar sales from the 2027 model year under its Connected Vehicle Rule, though Polestar says it will keep servicing existing cars.
A Used Honda Prologue Costs Half Its Sticker, and Still Has No Lane Centering
Ever's host, Andrew, makes the case for the Honda Prologue as a sensible used buy rather than an exciting one. He describes a GM Ultium SUV, styled by Honda and built by General Motors in Mexico, with an 85 kWh battery and an EPA rating of up to 308 miles in its best front-drive form. His used prices run a little under $25,000 for an EX, just over that for a Touring and about $30,000 for an Elite, against $49,000 to $59,000 new in 2024, with many off-lease cars under 30,000 miles. He rates the rear space, the physical climate controls and the built-in Google route planner, and quotes a 150 kW charging peak with about 40 minutes from 10 to 80 percent. The catch he flags is lane centering: by his account no Prologue trim offers it, and he points buyers who want it on this platform to GM models with Super Cruise or the Acura ZDX Type S. The car is also on its way out. Electrive reported in July that Honda will end Prologue sales after the 2026 model year. On a model with no successor, the remaining warranty, which Andrew lists as eight years or 100,000 miles on the battery, is part of the price.
Zeekr's 2027 7X Swaps Mobileye for Bosch and Stays at 800 Volts in Europe
It's Only Electric walked around the updated Zeekr 7X at the Paris Motor Show, a year earlier than the host, who drives the current car, had expected. Outside, the nose and tail are reshaped and the active grille shutters now sit behind a flat panel, which he expects to survive minor knocks better. Inside, the console is redesigned, the cup holders sit side by side, and a small pocket he used for sunglasses is gone. He says dual-pane glass now covers all four side windows. The all-wheel-drive version gains 25 kW for 500 kW in total and trims 0 to 100 km/h from 3.8 to 3.7 seconds. The change he considers most important is driver assistance, which moves from Mobileye to a Bosch-based system with seven cameras and three radars. CarExpert's report on the European car matches those figures and adds what it does not get: the 900-volt system China's 100 kWh versions moved to. Europe stays at 800 volts, with peak charging of up to 450 kW on the 75 kWh LFP pack and 420 kW on the 100 kWh NMC one, and deliveries begin in the first quarter of 2027, according to CarExpert. Yesterday's edition covered the current 7X's split charging and range claims.
The Electric Range Rover Wades a Loch but Tows a Tonne Less
Electrifying took the Range Rover Electric through Scottish water and forest tracks, and the presenter's view is that the model suits electric power unusually well. The video quotes 542 hp, 850 Nm, 800-volt charging at up to 350 kW, 22 kW AC as standard and a WLTP range of 372 miles, which the presenter expects to work out nearer 300 in daily use and calls short of the BMW iX5 and Porsche's electric Cayenne. The rear seat reclines in a chauffeur mode beside a refrigerated compartment and electric blinds, and the video gives the boot as 733 litres, or 1,753 with the rear seats folded. Raised to full height, it is rated to wade 900 mm, and the presenter took it through a loch with sensors in the mirrors reading the depth. The reservation the presenter keeps returning to is towing: 2,500 kg, against 3,500 kg for the combustion Range Rover, which the presenter says sends anyone needing the full figure back to an engine. The EV Report says UK orders opened in early September from £154,070 on the road, and CarScoops gives the battery as 118.5 kWh, charging from 10 to 80 percent in about 22 minutes on a 350 kW charger.
BMW's iX3 Tows at Its Limit Calmly, but Drops Lane Centering
Out of Spec BITS hitched a 26-foot flatbed carrying an electric Porsche 914 to an owner's iX3, for a combined 4,400 lb. The hosts give the rating as 4,410 lb with 440 lb of tongue weight; Kelley Blue Book lists 4,400 lb for the 2027 iX3 50 xDrive. With three people aboard, they say they were at the payload limit as well. Their verdict is that the chassis barely registers the trailer: steering, braking and ride stayed composed, and they rate the ride better loaded than empty, despite passive dampers and visible rear squat. They also liked the 7-pin and 4-pin sockets fitted side by side and the car's automatic trailer detection. It asked for a trailer type and maximum speed, which it appeared to use for range prediction rather than to limit speed. The hosts found no built-in trailer brake controller and saw 1.8 miles per kWh on back roads. In the hosts' account, the weak spots were low-speed one-pedal driving, which lost some smoothness with the load, and lane centering, which would not engage with the trailer attached; adaptive cruise still worked. For heavier trailers, the hosts point to the Volvo EX60 and Mercedes GLC, which they say tow more than 5,000 lb. Kelley Blue Book lists the iX3 50 xDrive at $62,850.
Bottom line: The best buy here for most readers is the cheapest. A used Prologue under $25,000 is a sensible family EV, provided you can live without lane centering and accept that Honda has moved on. The iX3 is the better tow car for light trailers, and BMW should let lane centering work with one attached if the hardware allows it. The Range Rover Electric is superb and wrong for anyone with a horsebox. Rich's Polestar shows a damage listing is a guess, not a diagnosis, but most buyers should not bet on that.
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