Skoda Ireland announces Peaq EV prices

So what are the Irish prices for the Peaq?

The starting price - for the ‘Peaq 60’ model with its 58kWh battery, a rear-mounted 204hp electric motor and 454km range - is €54,996.

That’s in Selection trim, which includes heated front seats and steering wheel, three-zone climate control with an electrically heated windscreen, two wireless (and magnetic) phone chargers and a new 13.6-inch ‘portrait’ style touchscreen with Skoda’s latest Google-based software.

Is that a bargain?

Sort of, if you can call any car with a €50k+ price tag a bargain, but let’s look a little deeper. Likely to be the best-seller is the Peaq 90, which gets a much bigger 86kWh battery enabling a 622km range; it’s powered by a 286hp rear electric motor.

That one, in Selection trim, costs €58,150. Skoda points out that’s €20,000 cheaper than the two cars it considers the Peaq’s biggest rivals - the Hyundai Ioniq 9 and the Kia EV9.

In fairness it is, but both the Koreans are larger cars again, and Skoda seems to be forgetting that the seven-seat Peugeot E-5008 has a starting price of €55,995, so we reckon that there’s more than one way to skin this particular cat.

What other Peaq models are coming?

There’s also a Peaq 90x with the same 86kWh battery, but an extra electric motor for all-wheel drive and a slight increase in maximum power to 299hp.

Its official range is 601km, and that will cost you €59,650. There are also Sportline versions of the Peaq 90 and 90x, priced at €61,650 and €63,050 respectively.

Sportline models get 20-inch alloys, blacked-out trim, suede-like seat fabric, sports seats in the front, aluminium pedals and adaptive suspension dampers.

When does the Skoda Peaq arrive in Ireland?

Not for a bit yet. Skoda Ireland will bring eight left-hand-drive Peaqs in for a series of preview events at its dealers around Ireland in October, but the first customer cars won’t actually arrive until mid-January 2027.

Is the Skoda Peaq going to be a big seller?

Skoda Ireland certainly thinks to; it says it has more than 1,500 “expressions of interest”, but it’s only getting 450 new Peaqs from the factory in the Czech Republic next year so the Peaq will probably be sold out for 2027.

Skoda’s expecting lots of owners of its Kodiaq seven-seater to make the switch to electric power, and it seems that there’s plenty of interest from people who own SEAT’s now out-of-production Tarraco too.

We’re down to test-drive the showroom-ready Skoda Peaq early next month, so keep an eye out for that on our Skoda Peaq reviews page - there you’ll find our first impressions having already driven a disguised prototype.

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