Assisted driving notes

On the face of it, the Enyaq has all the assisted driving features you might expect from such a car (so long as you cough up for the Assisted Drive Package) but they can be frustrating to use on occasion on account of the false activations. The lane keeping can sometimes be too keen, while at other times you can catch it dozing. We also had a few unnecessary collision warnings, although thankfully without activation of the autonomous braking.

Most frustrating was the adaptive cruise control. It can be reluctant to speed up after you’ve pulled out of your lane to overtake on the motorway because it gets confused by vehicles in the adjacent lane. It will also recognise changing speed limits but then it changes the speed itself rather than waiting for confirmation from the driver. Even when the system is working correctly, it can be a little unsettling when the car decides to lay into the brakes, but occasionally it recognises the wrong speed limit.

AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

 Does the system seem prone to false activation? ✓

 Can it be deactivated? ✓

 Does it have pedestrian/cyclist detection? ✓  Is the system tuned to keep the driver engaged at all times? ✓

 Is it adjustable for sensitivity? ✓

 Does it allow you to drive around a pothole/obstacle in your lane easily and without deactivation? ✓

INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL

 Can the system consistently recognise and automatically adopt motorway gantry-signed variable speed limits? ✓

 Does it prevent undertaking? ✓

 Does it have effective audible or visual alerts, or steering intervention, to prevent changing lanes into the path of an overtaking car? ✓